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I’ve been getting better at prepping food for the week at the weekends. Snacks and lunches were often made under pressure from hungry children as I tried my best to get healthy food in front of them as quickly as possible for minimal whingeing time. But it was often highly stressful. I’m trying to prep…
Shortbread? Always sweet, right? Wrong. Turns out, a savoury version is not just every bit as nice, it’s better. Waaay better. Soft, crumbly, creamy and oh-so-more-ish. I’m warning you now. It’s hard to stop eating these. They are just so good! And it gets better… …they are made with only 3 ingredients (plus salt, and…
Who doesn’t like fudge? If you answered “me”, I’m not sure we can be friends. Ok, kidding. But seriously, fudge is sweet, soft, squidgy (hmm, that doesn’t sound that appetising somehow), and succulent (ok, running out of words beginning with ‘s’ now…). Peanut butter fudge is a particular weakness of mine. Standard sugary shop-bought fudge…
My kids have been in the kitchen with me since they were babies. At first, they would be in a high chair with a wooden spoon and a pot or tub, banging and stirring and gurgling as I cooked. They weren’t doing much, perhaps, but they were enjoying the kitchen, immersed in its smells and…
One of the things I’ve been trying to do over the last few years, and which has yet again made it into my goals for 2018, is to reduce our food waste. I get so frustrated watching perfectly good food get wasted by supermarkets and others, but the truth is, I am far from blameless…
I love the quality and freshness of peak season citrus fruits in January. My sugar free lemon curd, tart and meringue pie have been very popular here, but there is one citrus fruit I am even more excited about: blood oranges. We used to occasionally get blood orange juice for breakfast when I was growing…