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May 24, 2016

Creamy coconut chicken curry

Curries and Stews, Chicken, Mrs Bell's Brownies Comments Off on Creamy coconut chicken curry
coocnut chicken curry

I’m hoping the coconut haters will forgive me. This is unashamedly coconutty, this coconut chicken curry, the clue as ever being in the name. And I am afraid there is no substitute I can recommend. I also feel the need to apologise for the appearance of this curry. It’s not a looker. But it does make up for its looks in flavour. I made this for friends and it was gobbled up. READ MORE

April 7, 2016

Pork casserole with apple

Pork, Giveaways, More, Weaning 6 Replies
pork casserole with apple

Today I offer you pork casserole with sweet apple. This time we’re using specially selected pork to make for a super tender dish. And we’re not using just any old apples; we’re using Bramley apples. The sweetness of the apples combined with the succulent pork makes for a really special pork casserole that’s so hands off it’s easy to forget it’s in the oven. READ MORE

April 4, 2016

Cottage pie with sweet potato mash

Weaning, Beef Comments Off on Cottage pie with sweet potato mash
cottage pie recipe sweet potato mash

I’ve been working with QMS of late, developing recipes for their Good Family Food kitchen with an emphasis on weaning. First up is a delicious cottage pie recipe with a twist. But wait! This cottage pie recipe with creamy, cheesy, sweet potato mash is not just for babies. READ MORE

March 4, 2016

Easy pea(sy) ham soup & how I got work experience at Vogue

More, Soup Comments Off on Easy pea(sy) ham soup & how I got work experience at Vogue

I hear a cold snap is coming. So the first thing that springs to mind when contemplating shiver inducing weather is soup. Warming; an injection of vegetables and a hit of nostalgia. Not that soup featured heavily in my childhood. More that it was the first thing I ‘cooked’ in Home Ec lessons. A classic winter vegetable soup. The smell of swede, onions, celery and carrot sweating away takes me back to 1991 in a snap. READ MORE

February 18, 2016

Beet Rolls & McCain Crinkle Cut Home Chips

Kids, Pastry, Picnics, Snacks, Tarts and Pies, Veggie Comments Off on Beet Rolls & McCain Crinkle Cut Home Chips

Well January is done and, dare I say it, I am sure it felt a little warmer this week. Maybe just wishful thinking?

One of the things I look forward to most about the summer is all of us sitting outside together and eating with our hands. Sausage rolls, pasties, chips, crudités, fresh fruit, dips… anything that’s easy to eat and quick to prepare. READ MORE

February 4, 2016

Ikea style meatballs in a creamy sauce

Beef, More, Pork 2 Replies

I like to think I am pretty honest with you. Not in a take a photo of my stretchmarks and post it to Instagram kind of a way. I’d have to be paid a lot to do that. (I do have a price for this kind of thing… don’t we all? Oh, okay, just me). Anyway, I digress. I am honest with you in that I don’t pretend making macarons is easy. I don’t try and profess that making homemade soup brings you closer to God (whichever one you worship… even the God that is blue cheese). I’m also not going to pretend these meatballs are speedy. READ MORE

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Holly Bell
I’m a mum of 3 boys, a cookbook writer and also a finalist on the 2011 Great British Bake Off. I’ve decided to record the recipes I use, partly to save them somewhere and partly in case someone else might like to use them... [Read more]

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