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• A Saint Patrick's Day Feast for Four

  

  Saint Patrick's Day is coming up just a week from Monday, and I was recently challenged by Ocado's Irish Shop to take the Saint Patrick's Day Feast Challenge, b... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Cheese Scalloped Onions

  

  There is nothing that brings me more satisfaction than being able to pull together a few simple ingredients and come up with a delicious dish that has people... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Let's Talk Easy Potatoes with Bannister's Farm

  

  I do get sent the nicest things. I know you must get tired of me saying so, but it's true! I DO get sent the nicest things. Bannister's Farm recently sent me... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Cranberry, Pecan and White Chocolate Flap Jacks

  

  Oh, I am so very annoyed with myself. I told myself the other day that I wasn't going to bake anything scrummy for a while . . .I wasn't going to bake anything... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Roasted Chicken Breasts with a Cranberry and Port Sauce, and Farmer's Choice

  

  Farmer’s Choice are an online butchers, green grocers and deli that deliver completely free range, British meats and produce to homes across the UK. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Cappellini with a Spicy Tomato-Cream Sauce

  

  As anyone who has been reading this blog for a while knows, the Toddster is really not very fond of pasta at all. I do make it from time to time, but more... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Comfort Food for Breakfast, Vanilla Spiced Oatmeal

  

  This has to be our favourite weekday breakfast in the winter time. Not only is it filling, giving us much needed energy to combat the colder winter temps, but i... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Two Tasty Pancake Recipes for Pancake Day! Get Flipping!

  

  Hooray! Tomorrow is pancake day, one of my most favouritest days of the year! I love pancakes and a day that celebrates these little lovelies is just a great da... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Herb and Lemon Roasted Chicken Breasts

  

  You've probably noticed by now that we eat a lot of chicken in this house. I am sure we eat it at least 2 or 3 times a week in at least one form or another.I... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Celebrate British Pie Week with the English Provender Co

  

  To help celebrate British Pie Week, The English Provender Co. has put together some delicious pie recipes, which are sure to be a big hit at the dinner table. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• A Delicious Plum Bread and Butter Pudding

  

  Can there be any more comforting pudding on earth than Bread and Butter Pudding? I think not.Essentially designed to use up all the stale bread in the house,... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Cheesecake in a Glass with Rhubarb Syrup

  

  Nigel, Nigel . . . Nigel . . . we have to stop meeting like this. My husband is soon going to start suspecting something is going on . . . and he would be right... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Waldorf Salad

  

  I don't always eat hedonistically calorie laden goodies here in my English Kitchen. Sometimes I actually eat healthy stuff. You know . . . things like fruit... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Hawaiian Hots and Spam Appreciation Week!

  

  I love sandwiches. I think next to potatoes, chocolate and lemons, sandwiches are one of my absolute favourite things to eat!! Yep, low carb does not work for... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• A Simply Gorgeous Breakfast Bake

  

  I grew up surrounded by an abundance of wild blueberries, so much so that they were very much taken for granted . . . not those big grape sized ones that we... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Farmer's Choice and Pancake Day

  

  Farmer’s Choice are an online butchers, green grocers and deli that deliver completely free range, British meat and produce to homes across the UK. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• A Simple Soup of Delicious Proportions

  

  Everyone should have a recipe like this up their sleeves. A fabulous soup which makes good use of ingredients that are in most people's larders, and goes... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Easy Goji Berry Granola

  

  I was recently asked to create a recipe using Goji berries. If you have never heard of Goji berries, let me enlighten you as to the health properties of these... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Apple and Plum Tart

  

  As I write this, late on Saturday afternoon . . . the sun is shining in a perfectly blue sky. It is a bit chilly, but still a beautiful day all the same. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Salted Caramel Topped Biscuits (aka Cookies)

  

  Salted caramel is all the rage right now. I think it's that sweet/savoury thing . . . .You know . . . like peanutbutter and jam, or sugar grilled bacon . . . Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES