Well this is a double whammy – I have for you a delicious recipe for a butternut squash and red pepper soup AND a giveaway from St Helen’s Farm. READ MORE
It’s biscuit week and I feel a wave of nostalgia. I’ll be honest that I wasn’t especially worried about biscuit week before it started back in 2011. You see I’d taken my macarons to the audition so I knew they were okay with Mary and Paul (should they not have been abbreviated by now to ‘Pary’ or ‘Maul’? I think Maul is better, more fitting).
I met some of the lovely people from Woodall’s at the Good Housekeeping Awards. (Did I mention I won best food blog? Did I? Okay maybe a few times. Apologies). Anyway, they were lovely and friendly and we bonded about being rubbish at networking. They also gave me the courage to go and speak to some of the GHK folks who I would never ever have had the guts to approach with a little coaching. READ MORE
This is the chocolate cake of my childhood. One mouthful and I am transported to happy memories of chocolatey cake crumbs and ice cold milk. READ MORE
Well summer is here and I’m back with another Bramley Apple recipe. This time I’ve taken the tangy Bramley and paired it with Gruyère cheese, one of my favourite cheeses for baking with. It’s nutty and melts to perfection, making it a natural choice for adding to bread. READ MORE
I am still in full Rio mode so I made a Brazilian inspired cake for you; a coconut and lime drizzle cake. It uses coconut milk rather than condensed milk, though the latter is deeply popular in Brazilian puddings and cakes. It’s as if they’re bathing in the stuff. (Actually maybe they are… maybe that’s the secret to glowing skin?) READ MORE
Unless you’ve been in hiding and avoided all media over the last couple of months (and if you have then I salute you and please can you advise me how this was made possible), you’ll be aware of the Olympics taking place in Rio at the mo. I thought you might like a little taste of Rio in your own kitchen and so have a couple of recipes up my sleeve including this passion fruit mousse. READ MORE
The boys are off for their annual holiday this week without us. I am both excited (yes, for them, but also at the prospect of having time to paint the stairs, sleep in and, well, drink Aperol spritz and the like) and worried about missing them. READ MORE
Good evening to you on this fine Thursday of the summer holidays. Two observations today. One being that I am raising a gaggle of boys for whom watching an animated Giant steal a small orphaned child and then catch dreams together falls just short of keeping their attention. I blame Pixar. READ MORE
Holly Bell 