I was having family over for a meal the other night. We had made various salads, and we had meat on skewers. It felt like the meal needed some carbs. Usually I have some of [...]

We often make vegetable fritters at this time of year in order to use up the various vegetables that we are harvesting. They are a nice addition to our pickie meals, served with dips. We [...]

During this hot weather, we like to eat ice cream every day. How ever, it is expensive to buy the cream and the condensed milk that we need. We therefore make ice cream using the [...]

This is a recipe from my mum's note book and so I don't know where it is from originally. I remember eating them in the 1970s. The peanut butter cookie dough can be frozen in [...]

I was given a few bags of oats that have short dates on them. We no longer eat breakfast and so I can't use them in porridge. I then remembered a chocolate tray bake that [...]

It is lovely and hot outside. I just thought that I would do a quick post with some easy, home made, freezer treats to cool us down. Home made no churn ice cream http://Strawberry and [...]

My name is Toni Graham and I am a chocoholic. 😊. Up until recently, a day would not go by without me having chocolate in some form or other. However, chocolate and cocoa have really [...]

I made these for a buffet table recently, and they went down really well. They are a twist on an old classic that my mum made me as a child, and are an easy no [...]

For about 2 years now I have seen reels with this healthy snack. Ramadan is just around the corner and so majoule dates are discounted at a lot of shops. I finally bought some to [...]

I am trying to eat more beetroot. I know it is good for me, especially  to lower blood pressure. However, I hate beetroot. It tastes like mud to me!  Usually I make a beetroot chocolate [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It has been really hot and sunny recently. I love a cool snack or dessert after a meal but am trying to be a bit more healthy. 😇 As usual, I am trying to save [...]

After a busy day in the garden I  was craving a magnum. We had finished all of the ice cream off last week. It is a no spend day today and I am saving my [...]

My mission to avoid the supermarket and spend as little money on food as possible, continues.  I am using up what I already have.  We are not baking as much now a days, in an [...]

I am trying to eat dark chocolate as I know it is healthier than my normal choice.  However, it is so expensive, and tastes a bit bitter to me and so I don't enjoy it.  [...]

I was craving something sweet, and chocolate, but am trying not to spend any money.  I made a few of the chocolate discs that I made before Christmas but fancied something different.  I had bought [...]

I preserved a lot of pumpkin puree this week from pumpkins that I bought at cheap prices during Halloween.  I hate waste of any kind and so decided to make a snack with the seeds [...]

I make fruit leathers as a healthy treat for myself and my grandson.  My own children used to love the bought ones put in their lunch boxes for school and so I thought that I [...]

I have just come back from a break a way on my own and I am determined to improve my eating habits.  I have got into some bad snacking habits.  The trouble is, that if [...]

I made these low sugar oat cookies by mistake as I was following a recipe by What Jessica Baked Next for hob nobs, and I forgot to put the syrup in.  These are therefore a [...]

We keep looking for imaginative ways to use our sour dough discard. I am also looking for ways to use up some of the 15p carrots that were discounted over Easter. Last week we made [...]