Wow, I’ve finally caught up with all the pre-programmed posts and here I am… in, it must be said, a rather less auspicious space than I would prefer to be at this time of year. It’s been a difficult year…
I only discovered popping candy a couple of years ago, when I made the Masterchef Lolly Bag cake, and I have been looking for it in the shops ever since, because it is my new favourite thing. Well, around about…
I freely admit, this recipe did not start off as brownies. I had been given some Teff flour, originally with bread in mind, but my wrist ganglion won’t really let me knead dough at present, so that was just not…
Don’t be scared of this recipe. It’s much, much easier than any non-vegan Florentine I’ve ever attempted, and tastes just as good. Though I might use a bit more in the way of fruit and nuts next time. This recipe…
I think we all knew it wouldn’t take long before I felt compelled to create a recipe modelled on those fantastic vegetable-based cakes from Red Velvet and Chocolate Heartache (also known as My Favourite Cookbook Ever Ever Ever). Of course,…
Last weekend, I was invited to a Yule celebration at the home of one of my friends from work. It was an amazingly fun evening (I think I could become addicted to the werewolf card game, even though I’m fairly…
This was one of those recipes you make up as you go along which then turns out to be rather good, so you sit down straight after dinner to hastily reconstruct what you did before you forget it. It does…
I make a variation of this recipe basically every time I do a roast or slow-cooked chicken. With only two of us in the household, we don’t use much chicken on the first meal, and while I love roast chicken,…
I really don’t understand curries very well, which is why I’ve just bought myself a book all about curries from around the world. You would think, then, that I’d follow the recipes in them, and indeed that was my intention,…
Being sick is very boring. I spent most of today asleep or dozing as I tried to muster the energy to actually do something. I’m not very good at using sick days to actually rest. Somehow, my sick days always…
