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Dutch Speculaas Recipe. This time next week we will be heading home after spending Easter with Canvas Holidays in Dunirell. We are thrilled to be working with Canvas Holidays this year as they celebrate their 50th birthday, along with Mr B. It will be the first time I have been away with Canvas Holidays since I was about 12 so it is going to be great to see just how much
. It won’t have escaped your attention that I am a bit involved with Comic Relief this year. And also a lover of food. In fact if you don’t know those two facts about me you are clearly new. And won’t know that it is Mummy Barrow law that newbies send me biscuits. (Ed’s note: Get on with it Barrow). Oh yes. Right. So given that I am a huge
.Croiffles Yep, that’s right. A blog post with a title that you can’t even pronounce. The picture might give you some clue though. It’s a waffle made from croissant dough. Hence the croiffle name. You see, much as a dog is not just for Christmas and cake is not just for birthdays, waffle machines are not just for waffles. There is so much more you can
Leftover turkey and ham pie If you are anything like me you will have bought a turkey that barely fits in the oven and now you are wondering what to do with all the leftovers. This year has been a weird year for knowing how many to cater for but when it comes to the turkey I always make sure there is lots for Boxing Day and onwards. You see, I
. What? Yes dear reader. You heard me. In just five minutes you can be eating warm freshly made cake. From a mug. And it couldn’t be more simple. I made a couple yesterday and took one round to my granny for tea. Let me tell you, it takes some explaining to a granny who is used to doing things properly. “In the
You can’t beat a great food partnership. Fish and chips. Tuna and sweetcorn. Rice and peas. Spaghetti and Bolognese. To name but four. And Oxo are well aware of that and have now come up with something rather clever to add a little mealtime magic partnership to some old family favourites. A little something to give dinner a magic jooz. how do you
The Barrow family have a lot of love for Wales, and have endless happy memories of the place. So when I decided I wanted to try out a recipe using tea as an ingredient Mr B said “why not make a Bara Brith”. Why not, indeed, especially when I can rename it Barrow Brith. Did you see what I did there? Clever, huh? As I set about making
I didn’t. But there is no escaping it, Hallowe’en is now big business over here, certainly if this recent article in the Guardian is to be believed: Happy Halloween for retailers It was all a bit too American for me and felt a bit like we were sending our children mixed messages where we tell them not to accept sweets from strangers but then we were accompanying them on
That’s a bold statement for a Saturday but you will need to trust me on this one, this really is the easiest ice cream recipe ever. I really think this recipe takes some beating, on either ease, or on taste. If you are looking for a quick, no churn, no ice cream machine easy recipe then this is it (though you can make it in an ice cream maker if
If you love fudge you will LOVE this salted caramel Baileys chocolate fudge. So there was a thing on Twitter, as there often is. A thing involving Henley Literary Festival earlier this week. A thing with Emma Freud who was interviewing Dawn O’Porter off the telly. And a thing about Emma having a thing about bring cakes to events. Last year the thing was cronuts as
I was thrilled whwn Sainsburys recently asked me if I wanted to get involved in a few campaigns they were running. It is always fun to work with a great brand. Even if my postman is starting to disagree. He knocked on the door last Saturday morning with another huge parcel in his arms and said “It’s from Sainsburys. You must really know how to complain properly to
Yep, you read that right. Chicken Thing. You might know it as paprika chicken but in our house it is known as chicken thing. I am going to let you into a little family secret. This is one of our favourite recipes and if you have ever been invited for dinner at our house, you will have had this. And I am now about to blow it by