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Lemon Meringue Pie – Great British Bake Off Rambling II

Lemon Meringue Pie – Great British Bake Off Rambling II

Following last week’s not so snappy brandy snaps, I then set myself up for the challenge of pies. Not quite confident enough to do the pork pie and always one to go for the easy one, I thought hey, how hard can a lemon meringue…

Butterless Chocolate Brownies

Butterless Chocolate Brownies

Nothing beats a proper, dense and chocolaty brownie, however I do have a figure to keep (snigger)… I think I can do with a relatively low(er) fat brownie recipe. This recipe is taken from BBC Good Food website and it’s by Angela Nilsen. It contains…

Brandy Snaps – Great British Bake Off rambling

Brandy Snaps – Great British Bake Off rambling

Great British Bake Off has returned for a second series, and I can’t help but feel the stress of it all. It saddens me a little bit that everything has to be a competition these days. Baking (Great British Bake Off), Cooking (Masterchef), comedies (Show…

Cheese Rolls (Tiger Rolls)

Cheese Rolls (Tiger Rolls)

Our daily bread is 90% a simple white loaf from our bread machine (shame face). But once in a while, I sort of feel like I should be more creative with my bread, so I’d spend ages trawling through books to find a fancy recipe,…

Fresh From the Oven August Challenge – Courgette Bread

Fresh From the Oven August Challenge – Courgette Bread

Wow I can’t believe I missed so many Fresh From the Oven Challenges!!! I need to give myself less excuse and get on with it, even though that might mean having to stay up till 12 at night to wait for my loaf to come…

Ludlow Food Festival Tickets Giveaway

Ludlow Food Festival Tickets Giveaway

I’m delighted to tell you that the wonderful Ludlow Food Festival is giving us 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway!!! Ludlow Food Festival will be happening from the 9th to 11th September, and it features a staggering 130 plus top quality small independent food and…

Silent Sunday

Silent Sunday

My Silent Sunday – 21st Aug 2011

Millets Farm Visit

Millets Farm Visit

We were lucky enough to be invited to test run Millets Farm’s Maze! So last Saturday we visited the best farm I’ve ever been in this country. We were greeted by Helen and Hallane in a blogger’s gazebo, (we were super late as I made…

Baking with Ashleigh – Lemon cupcakes

Baking with Ashleigh – Lemon cupcakes

Ashleigh’s been helping out in the kitchen for ages now, although his main job is still passing ingredients and stirring, he certainly stepped up and started demanding certain dishes to be cooked. (mostly chocolate cake and pancake…) Today we made some very simple lemon cupcakes.…

Foodie with a busy life? Get Prepped!

Foodie with a busy life? Get Prepped!

The lovely Prepped! by Vanessa Kimbell has arrived on my doorstep this morning (ok that was a month ago when I wrote this)! This is the book I should’ve bought at least a month ago, considering the author Vanessa herself, was kind enough to invite…