Recipes Archive

  • First Attempt at Custard

    First Attempt at Custard

    Last night we had some desserts for dinner but no custard or icecream to go with them, so after a quick look in one of my cookbooks I found a simple custard recipe that needed egg yolks, milk, sugar and a vanilla pod, all of...

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  • Fast Food Cheaper than Supermarkets?

    Fast Food Cheaper than Supermarkets?

    In the UK fast food profits are apparently up due to people opting for buying takeaways instead of going out to restaurants and spending more than they can afford. I can partly understand the theory but I don’t agree that a pizza from Dominoes is...

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  • Recipe: Loaded Potato Skins

    Recipe: Loaded Potato Skins

    I’ve been meaning to try doing my own potato skins for ages but haven’t had the time to do much this year (as you can probably tell with the lack of posting here!). However, yesterday we had friends over for dinner so I decided that...

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  • Risotto

    Risotto

    Despite talking about it a few times I realised I haven’t posted up my own recipe/method for Risotto. The following great for using up any left over meat from a roast dinner, or using raw meat cooked up. I also find it’s great for padding...

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  • Raspberries Galore!

    Raspberries Galore!

    Yes it’s that time of year where the Raspberries are coming thick and fast. For anyone buying foreign raspberries from the supermarkets – don’t! The UK Raspberry season is full on this year, and luckily it seems to be one thing that the rain hasn’t...

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