I enjoyed making the chocolate pengun lollies the other day and  so decided to have a go at another chocolate animal lolly. I still had white chocolate buttons left. Ingredients Large white chocolate buttons. Small [...]

Usually I make my pizza crust with yoghurt and flour. Today I made it with pumpkin puree and flour. I had made the pumpkin puree in the slow cooker. A few dessert spoonfuls of pumpkin [...]

I have 4 pumpkins stored. Recently I have been researching all of the different things that you can make with pumpkin puree and so I thought I would make some. I didn't want to put [...]

Making presents doesn't have to cost a lot of money, and you don't  have to be an expert. Today I made some Christmas chocolate lollies with my grandson. I will make some more nearer Christmas [...]

A few people have asked me about my quick, easy bread recipe, recently.  I thought that I would repost it today. It is so easy and quick to make and doesn't need knocking back and [...]

My grandson loves gingerbread men. They are so expensive at the bakery and so I did a baking session with him last week. This is a brilliant recipe as it keeps it's shape when baked. [...]

Mr S loves apple Danish pastries but rarely gets them. They are expensive. Sometimes we find some at the waste food project when we visit during winter. We had friends coming to breakfast and so [...]

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, [...]

Lasagne is a staple for us. I make it every other month. I used to always make it with meat bulked out with vegetable and lentils. As meat doubled in price over the last few [...]

We have had the Autumn Equinox The days will be getting shorter, and we have entered  a new cycle. Our temperatures are certainly falling and so we felt like comfort food last week. I had [...]

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 [...]

I don't like mayonaise but like the thought of eating a slaw. We were having family around for a meal and I wanted to make falafels in wraps and needed something else to put in [...]

I love cous cous. It is so quick to make. Today we had some bits and pieces to use up from the freezer and so I made spicy summer cous cous to accompany them. I [...]

I had the munches today but am trying to be good. I therefore decided to make a healthy, crunchy snack to eliminate my craving. I soaked and boiled some chick peas yesterday and so I [...]

I am on a mission to have healthy snacks in September. We have a wedding to go to in February but I usually put weight on over winter. I am therefore trying to get into [...]

I needed to make some turkey burgers in a hurry but didn't  have a lot of turkey mince. The turkey mince had been in the freezer a while. I was worried that it wouldn't taste [...]

This potato, cheese, onion, and bacon layer bake is a meal that my family and I like to eat when we have lots of potatoes. It is tasty without bacon, but family were coming for [...]

I am trying to be more imaginative with the way that I use my crops. The idea is that they form part of the main dish rather than a side. Today I made filled beetroot [...]

I was lucky to get one of those £1.50 Lidl veg boxes last week. It is produce that needs selling quickly before it deteriorates. Luckily everything was in reasonable condition. Mr S was happy as [...]

My daughter rang me today asking me for the recipe of a lentil salad that I made for her birthday buffet. It is full of flavour, has great texture and lasts 4 or 5 days [...]

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 [...]

These courgette fritters are very similar to the courgette waffles, but cheaper as no egg is needed. I make these a couple of times a week now that courgettes are in season. They are great [...]

Yesterday it was Operation Black currant leathers, and making  cordial. When dehydrated I will cut and roll the leathers up in grease proof paper for a sweet treat for myself and my grandson. These last [...]

I had been given some out of date pastry. Friends give me their out of date food as I am always banging on about not wasting anything. However, except for fruit, I didn't have anything [...]