A lifestyle blog
I could never class myself as a foodie blogger but I do try, though it would never be described as haut cuisine. Comfort is how I would describe most of the things I produce, and if it can all be done in one pan then I am all over it. This is where my recipes, restaurant reviews and kitchen appliance reviews live. And badly shot photos of food in general.
A guide to smoking food Not the bad kind. My guide to smoking is the good kind, the kind that leaves you feeling like you have had a lovely flavoursome dinner. Not the one that leaves you reeking of nicotine and slowly doing untold damage to yourself. Smoking food is THE big thing at the moment. Just as pork can now only be pulled, and caramel salted, so many foods
Giggling Squid It is rare that we go out for dinner. We have a kitchen full of gadgets to help with cooking and if we can’t be bothered to use them, then we generally have a takeaway. So when Giggling Squid asked if we would like to find out more about their restaurant we jumped at the chance. There are a number of the restaurants around the country and
Chez Bebelle It’s easy to say that you have a new favourite restaurant. Or a place that you remember for all the wrong reasons. We had a shocking lunch just before we went to France, and equally today I have had quite possibly the best fish and chips I have ever had. At the time they are cemented in your mind as ones to remember, or avoid. In a
Thermomix Banana bread It is also National Dog Biscuit Day and National Toast Day but I figured that you might not need a recipe for either of those. Well not from me anyway. What I thought you might need though is a recipe for banana bread in case you wanted to join in with National Banana Bread Day, or later in the year with #NationalBananaDay. And let’s face it,
It is rare that I get to sit down for a cup of tea with my mum. For all sorts of logistical reasons and also because a cup of tea is something my mum rarely enjoys these days. Not since she gave up dairy a few years ago. A kinesiologist has suggested that some health issues she had been having might be related to dairy and could well alleviated
The only pasta recipes you will ever need Pasta has to be one of the greatest ingredients ever created doesnt it? Simple ingredients mixed together to form a product that can then be shaped and used in dozens of different ways. In its simplest form just cooked for a couple of minutes and served warm with a drizzle of olive oil, a pinch of salt and big grind of freshly
It is easy to focus on the booze at Christmas, heck I am even doing a gin advent calendar. “Have we got dessert wine to go with the pudding?” “Is there enough fizz for breakfast?” “How many bottles of red wine do we need for the mulled wine on Christmas Eve?” It is all about the alcohol apparently. Which is not so great if you are the
Potato topped sausage and Onion pie recipe As soon as the lights are on all day my thoughts turn to comfort food. In the absence of being able to hug a hot water all day I turn instead to warming comforting foods. Those hot dinners that say “a hug from within”. I had actually forgotten about this recipe until I was reminded of it at the weekend during a
Don’t look at me like that. Red kidney bean chocolate cake is an actual thing, made with red kidney beans, and if you watched Best Home Cook on BBC last week you will see that one of the contestants attempted this in one of the rounds That programme reminded me that I had written this post a few years ago having made my own. Made partly because I was
This one is not the prettiest thing in the world but bearing in mind the deadline for entries this week is in six hours and my tart is still warm, this is as good as it gets I am afraid! It was this or the Danish Pastries and at 6.30pm there is no way I am attempting those, hell I can barely throw this together! And I have a new
It’s National Curry Week in October and so I thought I would share my chicken tikka masala recipe I remember being really surprised back in 2001 when Robin Cook was on the news saying that Chicken Masala was a British national dish. Now the idea doesn’t seem strange at all, of course it is. I also remember that there was a lot of fuss about whether it should have
Bounty flavoured waffles are easy and incredibly tasty! I know. They didn’t make waffles on #GBBO last week, even though it was batter week. They did churros (we don’t have a deep fat fryer), filled Yorkshires (I didn’t have time) or lacy pancakes (yeah, can you imagine me, the heavy handed one trying to make lace pancakes?!). Nope if I am making batter, I am making waffles in