Spread the Valentine’s Love…
Valentine’s day is a little bit like Marmite. People either love it or hate it but that appears to be a uniquely British attitude propagated by a combination of stiff upper lip and abject scorn at...
View ArticleFlorence’s Food: Macarons
Today, I’m handing you over to my sister Francesca because she is going to share her tips on making (the notoriously tricky) macarons. After she had cracked the recipe and bake, I asked her to teach...
View ArticlePeach Upside Down cake
I’m currently obsessed with peaches and was planning on making a peach dessert of sorts when I found myself in need of a quick cake to take to a friend’s house. It turned out so well that I thought...
View ArticleFriday Food: Braised Steak in Ale with a Herby Cobbler Topping
When I described todays Friday Food to Gemma last night I told her it was ‘a beef stew with a herby cheesy cobbler topping. Kind of like a cakey-cheesy-scone on top.’ ‘You mean like a...
View Article#January Joy: Plan some clean eats
I’ve said it before I’m a planner at heart and the one element this has had the greatest impact on our home life is with meal planning. We make all our meals from scratch at home as we’re both keen...
View ArticleHow to Create Your Own Smoothie
I am always trying to get more fruit into my diet – veg I am good at eating, fruit not so much, so I loved this post that Katie sent in on DIY smoothies… Summer may be almost over after a sweltering...
View ArticleFlorence’s Food: Raspberry and Amaretti Crunch Cake
Becky is here today with a fab cake recipe I asked her to share after she brought it round to me when Bea arrived. Along with being delicious it’s also quite sophisticated, yet she reliably informs me,...
View Article#JanuaryJoy: Sugar and Spice… Gingerbread
It’s perhaps a little festive and in truth I prepared this post before Christmas, but this is a recipe that’s worth sharing and one I’ll undoubtably make again in January so I thought I’d share it....
View ArticleBeetroot Soup and #JanuaryJoy roundup!
One of the things about starting to wean Bea is that it has made me re-evaluate my own diet. That and New Year optimism made me think I should be making more soups and when my friend Jess said she had...
View ArticleJanuary Joy: Try some new recipes
One of the things I wanted to do for my New Years resolutions was to eat a wider variety of food. I don’t know about you guys but I feel we are in a rut of eating the same 5-10 dishes night after...
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