Cottage Cheese Pancakes recipe Cottage cheese is having something of a revival, and so it bloody should do, I say. I am one of the few people who are happy to eat cottage cheese, even when not on a diet. My Cottage Cheese Pancakes, if you’re not a fan, don’t really taste cheesy, they’re tangy,…
Leek, Sweet Potato and Watercress Soup
Leek, Sweet Potato and Watercress soup recipe More soup, I hear you cry, and yes, it is more soup. It’s bloody freezing today, more like November than an April spring day. I’m cold and broke, so soup really is the answer and my Leek, Sweet Potato and Watercress tastes sweet, comforting and will definitely warm…
Mini Egg Blondies
Mini Egg Blondies recipe Well this is optimistic, but if you have any spare Mini Eggs in your house, this recipe is just for you. They get devoured in our house, unless hidden, but they make such a crunchy, chocolatey addition to my Mini Egg Blondies, you will be raiding the childrens Easter egg collection…
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Night Sky Chocolate Bark
Night Sky Chocolate Bark Recipe Compared to Hallowe’en these days, Bonfire Night was much more of a big deal when I was a child. We went to numerous local fireworks extravaganzas, had sparklers at home and my sister and I would lean out of our bedroom window watching other peoples displays. The smells, the chill…
A Birthday Electric Smurf Cocktail
Electric Smurf Cocktail Recipe This Friday my eldest says farewell to his teenage years. This special birthday comes with all sorts of emotions for me, and presumably for Ben too. He has been quite the dream child and has turned into a charming and considerate man. He has so many brilliant qualities, one being, much…
A Thirst Quenching Gin and Fresh Mint Lemonade
Gin and Fresh Mint Lemonade Recipe It has actually been properly hot this week. Abandoning-the-need-for-a-jacket-at-last hot, which for me, is a miracle, I always carry an emergency jacket. In rather typical British style, we have gone from mildly tepid to completely bloody roasting in the space of a week so today’s Friday Cocktail is the…
PB and J Ice Cream
PB and J Ice Cream recipe It’s the 4th of July, American Independence Day. Not a biggie in my calendar as a fully fledged Brit but I do like to scrape in on someone else’s celebrations. For me it’s a chance to eat Strawberry Shortcakes, Peanut Butter and Jam Slice and now, PB and J…