Sunny Easter Weekend
It is almost too good to be true: A bank holiday weekend and two consecutive days of sunshine – I’ve enjoyed being out in the garden over the last couple of days. Continue reading
Food
Cornish Pasties for St. Piran’s Day
Happy St Piran’s Day! In Cornish: Gool Peran Lowen. To mark the day I made some Cornish pasties earlier, using a Paul Hollywood recipe. Continue reading
Sticky Toffee Pudding
I did some baking again yesterday – this week I made a sticky toffee pudding using one of Mary Berry’s recipes. Continue reading
Ginger Biscuits
We’re now well in to October and the weather has turned. It is that type of year and that type of weather: The season of baking over the cold, dark, wet winter months. Continue reading
Stormy Sunday Baking: Ginger Biscuits
With Storm Franklin making the idea of going outside not very appealing at all, today I’ve been doing my Sunday baking and have made some ginger biscuits. Continue reading
Salted Caramel Mini Rolls
For my birthday Corrie & Jody got me a ‘Bake Off Box’ baking kit and between Christmas and New Year I had a go at baking it. Continue reading
Cooking for Friends and Relatives
Saturday was a very busy day as I cooked a 3 course Greek meal and served it to my closest family and friends – namely: my parents, Corrie, Jody, and of course my best friend Anne-Marie. Continue reading
This Weekend’s Sunday Baking: Chocolate Sponge Pudding
From October’s BBC Good Food, yesterday I made a chocolate sponge pudding which we all enjoyed after dinner. Continue reading
Ginger & Treacle Scones
They didn’t rise as much as I hoped but they tasted good – quite spicy and something a little different to the usual plain scones I make. I just had mine with butter. Quite simple to make and the dough was easy to work with. Continue reading
Road Trip to Oxfordshire
Today I’ve been to Chipping Norton where I visited the Diddly Squat Farm Shop – the farm shop started by Jeremy Clarkson last year! Continue reading