Easy real food recipes and preserves from the heart of the home
Read on for my Pancake Cake recipe
Don’t you just love foodie days! Days where we are positively encouraged to eat something special in the name of tradition. Next week is Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day. Whoopee, an excuse to enjoy pancakes in all sorts of ways from crepes with lemon or American style stacks served with maple syrup and bacon….
Read on for my recipe for Matcha and Rose Cake
Today is my birthday, oh yes and it’s a big one. Actually I’d rather forget that bit. Anyway what better way to celebrate said birthday than with a cake. And what a cake this Matcha and Rose Cake is. Tasty, pretty and just a wee bit different….
Read on for my recipe for Moules Frites I adore mussels, I guess what coming from a town called Musselburgh does for you. Anyway like many people I always thought Moules Frites hailed from France and I have eaten the dish there many times. Apparently Belgium holds the crown on this one, much to…
Read on for my recipe for Valentine chocolate bark Aah hearts all a flutter and Cupid’s arrow all a quiver for Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. The shops have of course been pushing those heart shaped chocolates since the 26th of December. Why not break with tradition and make your beloved your own Valentine Chocolate…
Read on for my recipe for cauliflower pizza base Did you know that the 9th of February is National Pizza Day. Isn’t that wonderful, a day where you can eat pizza to your heart’s content without the food police telling you how bad it is for you. Think of that dough base. Well if…
Read on for my recipe for homemade nutella Did you know that the 5th of March is World Nutella Day. Yes, the chocolate hazelnut spread my daughter is addicted to has it’s own special day. There is always a jar of Nutella residing on our Aga when she is at home. She likes that chocolate…
