I did a bit of creating. I had bit of butternut squash left over from dinner on Sunday so while I baked Brownies for a Birthday Brownie stack (need to share that recipe too – they were banana brownies which just don’t quite sound so indulgent and bad for you, almost virtuous!!) I roasted the…
Category: Recipes
Morrocan Veggie stew with supplies from The Hatchery Farm Shop
It was a joy to stop into The Hatchery Farm Shop (A355 close to Beaconsfield) and find beautifully presented, top quality fruit and vegetables that were as good to eat, if not better, as they were to look at just up the road from where I live. It is run by a friendly lady who…
Cubs chef badge – chaos but successful
I think I have mentioned before that I am Akela for a cub pack – loads of fun but it is so easy to spend a lot of time doing cub stuff hence the lack of posts despite my promise to be a bit more active. Last night the cubs cooked a simple 2 course…
Summer is over, back to school and juggling everything…
…so start the new term with a post and the intention to be more pro-active. The after school clubs start and this one has something on one night, the other has something on another which clashes with swimming and it is the same night that one of the adults has to work late. It is…
Veggie recipes that pass the 8 year old kid test
Eating Well Part II was all about eating more vegetables. An easy way of really adding to your vegetable intake is to eat a couple of main meals in the week that are vegetarian recipes. Basing the whole meal around vegetables and pulses whilst skipping meat does seem strange to many of us – there…
Muesli Cookies
I know, I know – I have been writing about eating less sugar and then I go and put a recipe on the blog for cookies!!! In fact I notice that my recipes are all sweet recipes. This comes from people tasting my baked goods at coffee mornings or cake sales and then asking for…
Fruit Cake
Another recipe request – I have given friends chunks of this old fashioned porter cake often and made it to be iced for celebration cakes many a time. It always goes down well. It is probably my favourite fruit cake recipe – it is moist, takes less time to bake than most fruit cake recipes and lasts…
