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• Easy Oven Stew

  

  This has to be the easiest and tastiest stew around. I clipped the recipe from a newspaper many moons again and I have been using it ever since. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Roasted Root Vegetable Soup

  

  One thing which I really love about autumn is that we start to want to eat soups, stews and casseroles and to move away from lighter eating. Our bodies begin... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Chocolate Meringue Cake

  

  Today you are going to see something which you do not very often see in my kitchen. CHOCOLATE CAKE! And not just any CHOCOLATE CAKE, but a delicious CHOCOLATE... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Spotted Dick

  

  This is a recipe I first posted about 8 or so years ago when I first started this blog. I felt that it needed updating, and certainly needed better photographs... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Hamburger & Chicken Pie

  

  Today I get to show you what I did with some of my leftover roast chicken. This is a combination that sounds quite different I am guessing. It is a pie that my... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• A Simple Roast Chicken

  

  Roast chicken. It has to be a favourite meal, and has become even more so since I decided I was only ever going to buy organic, free range, corn-fed chicken. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Chewy Moon Snacks

  

  I do get sent the most delightful things! Nick from Chewy Moon asked me a week or so ago did I want to review their snack boxes for children and I said sure! Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Autumn Pork Chop Dinner

  

  The Toddster is a real meat and potatoes man. I could serve him meat and potatoes every night of the week and there would be no complaints from him! He loves a... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Cinnamon Swirl Bread

  

  Ever since I conquered my first loaf of perfect white bread I have been keen to branch out and try something else. I wanted to really master the white loaf... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• BBQ Pulled Pork

  

  I put my had up and admit, I have come very late to the Pulled Pork party. It has been popular for a long time in North America and has gained in popularity her... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Jam Glazed Almond Cake

  

  Today I decided to bake us a cake. I normally like baking a cake at the weekend. It seems the perfect time and as today was a rather blustery and rainy day, a... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Spiced Rum & Raisin Cookies

  

  Do you like cookies that are buttery, crisp edged and chewy in the middle? Mmm . . . they're the best! I am a big fan of the flavours of rum and raisins... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Tuna Pizza Burgers

  

  One of my favourite subjects when I was going to school was Home Economics, and no surprise, the cooking section of the year was my favourite section! One year... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Perfectly Baked Chicken Breasts

  

  We were talking the other day, as you do and we both remarked on how tasteless ordinary chicken has gotten. You might as well be eating a piece of paper for... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Leek & Mustard Sauced Pork Chops

  

  My Todd really loves a good old fashioned pork chops. The kind with the bone still in. I confess I do too. You get a nice lean bit of pork loin and then the mea... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Harvard Beets

  

  I think you have cottoned on now to my love LOVE of beetroot. If you haven't, then you haven't been reading my blog for long enough. I quite simply adore... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Pear & Saffron Jam

  

  When my children were growing up I used to make oodles of jams and preserves every year. In June I would be making strawberry jam and in August it would be... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Irish Honey Scones

  

  I always like to bake us something special to enjoy with an afternoon cuppa at the weekend. Sometimes its a muffin, sometimes a biscuit/cookie and sometimes .... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Orange Blossom Cakes

  

  You are just going to adore these delicious little Orange Blossom Cakes that I am bringing you today. I adapted it from a recipe I found in a small baking book... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Pink Polka Dot Drizzle Loaf

  

  This loaf I am showing you today is so moist and delicious! You are going to be so surprised when you find out what I have used to make it. You have heard of... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES