Marshmallow crispy hearts with a salted caramel & chocolate fondue. Please don’t make this for your Valentine, because that would just show me up. We’re not doing that this year.
December 10, 2022
Hello friends. I loved the colourful, supportive world that was created by food blogs over the years, but things move on and blogging is not the new-new thing any more. The pull of Instagram and shorter formats means the food blogging community has drifted away, but I still enjoy keeping in touch with you all […]
November 2, 2022
2020 is the year to put up your fairy lights obscenely early and cook yourself whatever you bloody well fancy. I fancy Chocolate Brownies.
October 21, 2022
It seems a shame for these guys not to make an appearance, what with the spooky, misty evenings and everyone ‘going early’ on Halloween decorations this year. These are a project that most kids…or big kids can get on board with. If you are short on time or baking skills you can decorate ready-made cakes […]
August 5, 2022
There are blackberries in every hedge and draped over every wall around here at the moment, so it seems like a good time to share this Blackberry Milkshake. In fact whilst we are at it how about this Cookies and Cream Shake. Or this PB&J version. When me and my brother were kids and Mum […]
July 9, 2022
The sun is properly out, out. But we are stuck inside with a blend of Covid 3.0 and an added layer of hay fever. Seems like a good time to share these lollipops/popsicles/ice lollies. Good for cooling down sore throats and hot people. They are mostly made with all the healthy things: yoghurt, coconut water, […]
November 5, 2021
Toffee apples instantly make me think of bonfire night. The fun fair usually comes to town around November the 5th and it’s traditional for us to have a crunchy toffee apple after a turn on the dodgems. The last time I went to the fair though was pre-pandemic and the apples beneath the toffee were […]
October 24, 2021
Here’s a little ‘Pumpkin Spiced’ Autumn recipe that I made a while back. I used golden pumpkin (from a can!) to enrich the creamy batter, then flavoured it with sweet Autumn spices. Thick slices of brioche make the best French Toast, add hot syrupy nectarines, or any other fruit you have to take this from […]
June 12, 2021
Easy Gin & Tonic Ice Cream This is not a proper fancy recipe involving ice cream makers, eggs or lots of stirring and re-freezing: It’s 5 ingredients, a quick whisk, a few hours freezing and you’re done. I use a Seville orange flavoured gin and the pretty aromatic Fever Tree tonic but you can use […]
June 6, 2021
I love an iced coffee, and I am here to tell you that I think it tastes better made with cold-brew. When I was little, my brother thought it was amusing to convince me that coffee was the best flavour chocolate in the box, purely because they were the only ones he didn’t like. It […]
February 16, 2021
Occasionally I can’t resist the look of something I’ve spotted on Insta and have to try and re-create it myself. These impossibly deep and fluffy pancakes are a case in point, so I made them for a Shrove Tuesday feature for CenterParcs. I decided to share them today ‘cos they so pretty! The batter is […]
November 16, 2020
We have a small, wonky apple tree in the garden with three different apple varieties grafted into one, so it’s a Bramley-Cox-Russet tree. Except it’s minus its Bramley bit because that branch snapped off during heavy snow one Winter, so I have to get our Bramley supplies from Grandad’s tree. This year, as if desperately […]
November 11, 2020
Viewers, please do not adjust your sets. Not only is this a post from me, it’s also vegan. Both of these things may come as a shock. I was asked to create a recipe for Vegan Month last year, and as November has amazingly come around again I thought I’d share it here because it’s […]
April 14, 2019
Watching Jamie Oliver cook a coconut and mango rice pudding TV this week made me really fancy a creamy, coconutty rice pudding. Then I remembered I had my own recipe developed for a magazine article way back in 2015. My document and photo hoarding has finally paid off, as here it is in its four-year-old […]
February 18, 2019
An introduction to our new laser cutting business: FirstLightWorks. This is the one where we make a shop sign and tell you about our bespoke sign giveaway.
February 10, 2023
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