Recipes

Feeding a toddler is tough work at any point in the day but I find teatime during the week the toughest. James is tired from nursery, I’m knackered from being at work all day and my commute home, and we’ve got a small window for quality time with one another before bedtime. So spending a […]

Everyone I know, well the Scottish folks at least, have grown up with some version of this soup. To the untrained eye it is just a Ham and Lentil soup however to us Scots its referred to simply as ‘’. I have never been to a Scottish persons house or a Scottish cafe or restaurant, been […]

As an 80s child there are food quintessential to my childhood regardless of how good it tastes. Findus Crispy Pancakes, McCain Micro Chips and tinned Campbells Meatballs (in onion gravy of course) is what I was raised on. Interspersed by the frequent appearance of Mince & Totties and Lentil Soup. After all it was the 80s. Convenience food […]

And so to the penultimate post in my essential ingredients.  I admit, I have taken some literary liberties with this one, it was always going to be the hardest in the series. You try coming up with ingredients you actually use that also start with the letters U, X and Z. However, try not think of it as a […]

This is the first of 3 recipes I was given to taste test by Border Biscuits for their Big Baking Bonanza. You can read more about it here. I’ll be posting each of the recipes, in 3 separate posts, until the winner is announced at the end of the month. These include: Stem Ginger & […]

Ask any Scottish person what their first memories of haggis are & I reckon they will tell you 3 things: Robert Burns Day Reciting poetry at School assembly Eating Haggis, Neeps and Totties at School, usually on a paper plate for some reason. If they’re female,then add ‘wearing a scratchy kilt’ as well. Needless to […]

Over the summer Border Biscuits (aye them that does THE BEST biscuits) and Asda launched the Big Baking Bonanza to search for the best British biscuit recipe. Essentially, novice and amateur bakers up and down the country were invited to submit their best recipe in the hopes of winning £2000, a place on a baking […]

When it comes to family dinners or Sunday lunches, a roasted hunk of meat has got to be the main feature. Depending on what slab of animal you opt for it will stand up to feeding a hungry crowd. That said, the main reason I opt for the classic roasted joint is because its the […]

Regardless of whether you are a professional or novice baker you should always have a few baking staples tucked away in your repertoire. Yes of course play around with different recipes and have fun experimenting but there are times when you need a fool proof staple to fall back on. My staples are those which […]

I don’t know about anybody else but I get a great deal of pleasure from stocking up my larder at this time of year. OK, perhaps larder isn’t accurate. Its more like stocking up my tiny kitchen cupboard and the space I have left in the Ikea unit which forms our drinks cabinet / additional […]