I’ve got a golden ticket… I was lucky enough to get my hands on a place at the 5 day Chocolate School at Squire’s Kitchen International School (Farnham UK) last week as, lucky for me, they had a cancellation. To be fair it wasn’t actually Willy Wonka himself, in fact his name was Mark Tilling (but “week with Willy […]
It’s that time of the year when I reflect back on the vast quantities of fudge, cake and other treats we’ve been enjoying in the build up to xmas. The cold weather in the northern hemisphere doesn’t help the comfort food cravings. While I usually do my best to eat healthily all year long I […]
I love peanut satay, luuurve it! I’ve made lots of variations of it over the years, pre-whizzy machine days I used peanut butter but now I get the extra satisfaction of really making it from scratch using whole peanuts. You can use satay sauce to pour over meat or tofu with vegetables and rice, use it […]
Until last week I had never set eyes upon fresh cranberries so when I stumbled across bags of them in the shops I was, I admit, more than a little excited. I was also quite puzzled because they didn’t look at all like I was expecting. I imagined cranberries to look a lot like what […]
Who else has been Christmas cooking? There’s been a lot of fudge in my life lately. For someone who had never made fudge before, the whizzy machine has made it a little too easy. I’m having to get it into cellophane bags as quickly as possible to minimise fudge ‘sampling’. I’ve been using Thermoblitz recipe for […]
Zucchini/Courgette. I’m getting so muddled up about what names I am meant to use since moving to the UK. Peppers seems to be sticking but I can’t seem to bring myself to say Courgette or Mange Tout (what’s that all about?). And don’t get me started on onions; I still can’t work out what’s what […]
Have you tried Pumpkin Pie? I remember the first time I tried it, the idea of pumpkin in a pie as a dessert just didn’t sound right but I soon swallowed my words. It’s smooth and creamy with a delicate balance of sweetness and spice, not overly rich and a little too easy to eat. Those […]
I had grand plans this week. I’ve just started getting an organic delivery of meat and vegetables and amongst the first delivery was some organic beef mince. I stared at it for a few days trying to decide what mince recipe was worthy of such a bounty. I was going to try and do some beef […]
This isn’t a recipe per se, just something I’ve been doing a bit lately so I thought I’d share it with you. Roasting whole bulbs of garlic, the fragrance is incredible and it completely mellows out that sharp garlic bite. Isn’t it pretty? Here’s just a few of the things you can use it for: […]
Let’s face it, being gluten free can be the pits, especially when it comes to bread. I confess that we often fall back on store bought GF bread, which is choc-full of sugar, but I have the best of intentions at being more organised and making it regularly. Problem is I’ve yet to find a […]
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