Cooking

I worked today so it’s a mad dash when I got back, by the time I get home it’s normally 5:20 at least, and Ashleigh gets very hungry round that time, with his squealing “na-na!! din-din!!” (Banana and dinner) in the background, I have this…

I joined Fresh from the oven lately and I’m ready to join the December challenge… whilst reading the instructions I found out something called sourdough starter, which basically it’s something you keep “alive” in your fridge for making bread… lol when I read that line…

(Recipe added – taken from the book I mentioned in this post… and the recipe is at the bottom of the page for those impatient ones) I’m not sure if it was the cold or the mussels yesterday, but I wasn’t right! Last night my…

So last week I made Christmas puddings, this week I finally made my first batch of mince pies! Normally I use the same Delia’s recipe every year, it’s easy and it never fails me. (Yes it has got LARD in it! It’s Christmas!) But this…

Today me and J had a day off to ourselves, leaving little Ash to nett nett and going on a very tasty journey! The Good Food Show in NEC Birmingham! It’s almost a last minute thing as I spotted half price tickets on their website…

So last night I soaked all the lovely dried fruit in lovely booze, and this morning I simply added all the dry ingredients, grated butter (not as messy as I thought it’d be) and put an egg into it! Just in time for J to…

T’is the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la~!!! Today, I’m attempting my first ever Christmas pudding and I am anxious, not only because of the time involved (6 hours steaming!!!), but because of the cost as well. I bought a bottle of Cointreau for it!!! Very…

Just doing my usual browsing after a day of activities… oooh a cup of tea never tasted so good 🙂 Found this little article, could be useful for bakers 🙂 It explains the difference between baking powder and baking soda. I’m currently very interested in…

This is one of the things that I really really like and I always look at them sitting on the shelves in a nice patissiere, thinking ahhh I really want one but they’re a bit expensive… So! I thought I’ll try making them! And they…

Since Ashleigh goes to bed fairly smoothly lately, we have the luxury time of doing our own things after 8 o’clock. We can’t go out (well not both of us!) and we can’t really be partying downstairs, so tonight, James went for a run and…