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I learned the art of pastry from my French mother. Pastry and pancakes (crêpes/galettes). And the truth is, what you grow up with influences your tastes. It’s part of why it’s so important for us as parents to fill our houses with healthy, fresh, delicious food. That is what our kids will remember and lean…
While we try and eat fish (particularly oily fish) a couple of times a week in our house, it can be tough to do this on a tight budget. We have managed to incorporate some organic produce, free range meat, organic milk and occasional organic nuts, grains and eggs by doing pretty much entirely cooking…
My parents love to remind me of the time, as a child of four, I insisted that the waiter at a restaurant in Italy brought me fresh strawberries and cream for pudding in December. I could be quite bossy forceful determined at that age…ahem…ok, maybe still now… While I may still stubbornly dig my heels…
When I was a teenager at home and my parents would go out for a date night or a church group they were part of, I would always beg ask my mum to buy the same thing for me to bake for dinner for my sister and I: breaded goat’s cheese coins. God, they were…
This light, summery, sweet cake was one of the first things I ever re-made to be low in sugar. I attempted it when we had some friends over for dinner, friends I knew to be true foodies and great cooks. They approved. Very much so. So I figured baking low sugar treats couldn’t be too…
Anybody else just given up on roast chicken? I’ve got some lovely recipes I make again and again with chicken, but roast chicken just doesn’t cut it for me anymore. Sometimes I stick a chicken (or two) in the slow cooker at the weekend and use the pulled chicken meat for lunches throughout the week,…