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The decision to go vegan

For a while now I have been having trouble justifying being vegetarian and not going one stage further and becoming vegan. I have decided to give it a try in the new year! I am giving myself a few weeks to plan menus, buy in ingredients and check what is already in my cupboards, and […]

#Blogtober18 day 16 perfect recipes for #NationalBakingWeek

What is the perfect recipe? One that works first time? One that you can adapt to suit your available ingredients or food allergies? One that your kids will eat time and time again? One that uses up leftovers and prevents waste? Last week, as you may have seen on my #Project365 post, I made lemon […]

Mini pizza tarts

I was looking for a savoury option for a picnic and decided to play around with pizza flavours instead of trying mini quiches. They were yum and can be eaten hot or cold 🙂 Ingredients 4oz plain flour 2oz hard marge or butter 1 egg splash of water homemade or shop bought tomato pizza sauce […]

Mocha tarts

Last week for Anya’s sports day I needed some picnic food that I could take with me so decided to experiment! I tweaked my chocolate ganache recipe to include coffee and created these mocha tarts. The coffee taste is quite subtle so the kids also enjoyed them. Ingredients 4oz plain flour 2oz hard marge or […]

February food challenge week 2

A topsy-turvy week. Old things that they had rejected were eaten! Plus some firm favourites were included as I was a bit downhearted after the failures of last week 🙁 The food I was most happy about this week was their acceptance and even enjoyment of the chicken korma. It was the first time I’d […]