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I have seen a lot of recipes for rainbow cookies which use Smarties but unfortunately they have wheat in the shell of aren’t suitable for me 🙁 M&Ms are fine though! They do tend to splurge a bit and the colour leaks into the cookie so they don’t looks quite as pretty but they taste […]

I’m not actually sure that I’ve ever made brownies before! So this was a bit of an experiment… I am a bit dodgy with nuts and many recipes use them in brownies so I have cobbled together a recipe that avoids them: wish me luck! Ingredients 5oz soft butter or margarine 7oz caster sugar 2 […]

Chris and my dad share a birthday. In December. Cue panic double present buying… Christmas in our house doesn’t really get started until after their birthdays. As a child, we used to decorate the house with my grandparents the weekend closest to Dad’s birthday. Chris remembers something similar in his home when he was growing […]

Wheat Sucks! That’s not just my opinion but also that of Adam from Adam Cooks Everything! Check out his website and – even more tantalisingly – his YouTube channel! I have written previously about my own struggle with a wheat free diet since my diagnosis of a wheat allergy in 2001. Adam’s wife and son have coeliac […]

It’s World Milk Day! I love milk and drink several glasses of it everyday. My kids love it too and would happily eat milk-drenched cereal for every meal if let them! So to celebrate the day, I decided to make a treat from my childhood, instant milky dessert! At university I would eat a whole […]