Recipes Archive

Unlike some of the gadgets we’ve bought for the kitchen and don’t get to use (purely because we don’t have the space to keep everything out!), the bread machine is probably one of the most used kitchen ‘gadgets’ along with the George Foreman grill. Making...

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Today is Shrove Tuesday, and in the UK we traditionally eat pancakes on this day. Pancakes are one of the easiest desserts to make and are nice and quick. Plus, they don’t have to be a dessert. Plenty of pancake houses will feature savoury pancakes....

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This weekend I decided that I needed to get the Gooseberries in the freezer cooked and dealt with. We’ve had these for ages, but as I don’t really eat them they’ve not been used (they’re only there for David!). So I asked my mum for...

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Continuing my weekend batch cooking today I did 5 double portions of crumble (although only 4 made it to the freezer!). This is really quick and simple to do. I freeze them in foil dishes with the cardboard lids (can get from most kitchen shops...

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After watching The Hairy Bikers – Mums Know Best, and seeing them make fish cakes it reminded me that I’d been wanting to try making my own for ages. David always used to say he didn’t like fish cakes as they tasted like hot cotton...

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