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• Quaker Oats to Go

  

  Quaker has recently launched a new range of products! "Quaker Oats to Go" is a range of on-the-go breakfast options that can be enjoyed whilst on the move. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Neptune's Dinner

  

  Back in the 1960's and 70's, perhaps even the 1980's the provincial newspaper back home (called The Chronical Herald) used to run recipe contests every year. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Fresh Tomato, Garlic and Olive Oil Pasta

  

  As you know I am a pasta lover, the Toddster not so much, but one good thing about pasta is that you can often adjust the amounts that you are cooking to just... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Skillet Aubergine Parmesan

  

  I love skillet type of meals . . . one dish affairs that you can cook and bake all in one skillet. This Aubergine (Eggplant) Parmesan is a real favourite of... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Three Brothers Casserole

  

  This is a recipe that I clipped from a magazine a very long time ago and had wanted to make, but had never done so because it called for a tin of Ranch Style... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• The Nutri Ninja Smoothie Maker

  

  One of my favourite things about being a food blogger, aside from the cooking and eating aspect of it, is the opportuities I am afforded every now and again to... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Easy Microwave Poached Chicken Breasts

  

  This is my fool-proof method to cook chicken breasts for use in other recipes, which results in perfectly cooked, moist and tender chicken breasts each time. It... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Escalloped Runner Beans and Potatoes

  

  I was recently gifted with some really tasty looking runner beans. I can remember my friend Jacquie telling me about these foot long green beans before I came... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• How to Cook Cabbage Perfectly

  

  I was asked the other day how to cook cabbage. Cabbage is one of those vegetables that we just love in this house, but it is a very easily maligned vegetable,... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Cottage Pudding

  

  This is not a pudding in the North American sense of the word, but . . . in the British sense of the word, it is the perfect Pudding. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Carrot Cake Roll

  

  I first saw this Carrot Cake Roll on La Table De Nana (one of my favourite spaces) back in July of this year. It looked fabulous, but then everything she makes... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Creamy Reuben Soup

  

  It was really chilly today (Thursday as I write this) and we actually had to turn on the heat for a short time to take the chill off. Damp and chilly, that's th... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Classic Cobb Salad

  

  Here we are, the first day of Autumn. How did that happen??? It seems the summer went past far too quickly and fall was too eager to arrive. Actually it seems w... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• More Dough for Your Dosh with Papa John's

  

  Pizza delivery company Papa John's has just launched their new ‘Papa’s Deep Crust’. Papa’s Deep Crust is almost double the depth of a regular Papa John’s pizza... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Corkers New Olive Oil Potato Crisps

  

  Pioneering company Corkers is proud to announce the launch of its new Olive Oil crisp range. A first for the UK hand-cooked vegetable crisp market, Corkers... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Scrambled Eggs in Toasty Cups

  

  Scrambled Eggs on Toast are a very popular and quick supper dish served over here in the UK. I had probably been living under a rock, but . . . . Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2017 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• 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