I have seen these fir cone truffles  being made on the internet for a number of years now. This Christmas it was times to give them a try for our family meal. The truffle recipe [...]

Yesterday I made pumpkin puree waffles for my grandson. We still have pumpkins left over from Halloween and I am trying not to waste them. I don't really life the taste of pumpkin. Pumpkin puree [...]

When I was younger, if we had a bad stomach, a cornflour pudding was made. I loved it and would pretend to have a bad stomach often. 😉 In reality I don't think it helped, [...]

I am slowly going through my cupboards and using up what I have in. We bought some biscoff spread look alike last year to ripple through ice cream, but forgot about it. I found it [...]

It is time for picking the last of my rhubarb now. I rarely pull rhubarb past the end of July. This helps it preserve it's energy and produce a good crop next year. We have [...]

People usually think of rice pudding as a winter dish, but I make it throughout the year. During the summer, we usually eat it cold and it makes an easy accompaniment for berries growing in [...]

We had a glut of strawberries which needed using up. I wanted to preserve them by making something refreshing as we are experiencing some hot, sunny days. My daughter and family are coming for a [...]

I needed a quick dessert when my daughter and family came for a meal. I couldn't be bothered to bake as I wanted to spend the day in the garden. I therefore made this quick [...]

This dessert was very fashionable when I was young and can still be found in supermarkets and bakeries.  It is easy to make from staples in the cupboards and fridge.  Mr S loves them and [...]

Whenever the oven is on, I try to fill it. We are always baking ahead, not only to save money, but to save time. I will often cook some pastry pie lids or some tart [...]

My easy chocolate trifle is another dessert that I made at Christmas from what I had in the cupboards.  It is a good way of using up chocolate sponge.  I tend to make tray bakes [...]

My gran used to make this for me when I was a child and so I am going to used her basic recipe which is frugal.  I will then offer ideas of how to make [...]

Some one commented on another post asking me to share my home made, no churn, ice cream recipe. I have put this on before, but I thought I might as well post it again as [...]

We have a very tight food budget and so there is not a lot of spare money for sweet treats.  Compote has therefore become a treat that we make every week for very little cost. [...]

We are still using up the apples that we have foraged on a couple of occasions and have picked from our garden.  I have stored some wrapped in newspaper and preserved some by dehydrating, making [...]

We have just started to visit a community fridge in a village nearby and this week we received lots of lemons and limes.  As we were having friends to dinner on the Sunday we decided [...]

We entertained friends at the weekend and had made a couple of things that only needed egg yolks.  I therefore needed to use up the egg whites so that they were not wasted.  I had [...]

The rhubarb is loving all of this rain and so I am harvesting it a lot recently. Already I have made rhubarb gin, rhubarb brownies and a couple of days ago we made rhubarb crumble [...]

It is Mother's Day at the weekend here in the UK. A nice idea for a present is to make an afternoon tea.  We used to make afternoon teas to earn extra money and one [...]

DATE CRUNCH We needed something sweet but I didn't want to put the oven on and bake.  I decided to make date crunch as we have supermarket own brand rice crispies that need eating up [...]

I always try to make sure that there is some fruit and salad on the Christmas buffet table to we have some slightly healthy food.  This year I managed to get some cheap strawberries (25p [...]

It has been cold this last week and I have been ill.  As I started eating again I fancied a sponge pudding.  I am living out of my cupboards and so am protective of ingredients [...]

Bread and butter pudding is a favourite of Mr S.  I usually only make it in winter, but a friend was throwing lots of crusts away after making an afternoon tea, and, hating waste I [...]

Every where I go walking at the moment I am spying elderflowers.  Did you know that they have incredible health benefits?  They are full of antioxidants, are anti-inflammatory and are so are good for my [...]