Chocolate Chip & Pecan Banana Bread
I may be a little late with my banana bread recipe. During lockdown one everybody seemed to be making banana bread, and why not? For one it is a great way of using up bananas and two its delicious. There are very few foods I’m picky about eating, and bananas and avocados are two of …
Chocolate & Raspberry Chocolate Cake
This chocolate cake is a chocolate lovers dream. A rich tender moist sponge sandwiched together with raspberry jam and covered in a lush shiny chocolate ganache icing. This cake is a particular joy for those who struggle with icing cakes, and I do include myself in that category, due to its easy icing. The icing …
Recipe of the Day; Sweet Chilli Chicken Pasta
This is a great recipe on those busy days when you have to hit the kitchen running. By the time your pasta has cooked the sauce will be ready. It is then simply a mattet of tossing together the tangle of noodles with the creamy chicken chilli sauce.
Recipe of the Day; Salted Chocolate Tart
One for the chocolate lovers. This tart is very easy to make due to using oaty biscuits in the base rather than having to make pastry. I use a combo of chocolates a little dark and a little milk. I used to make it simply with dark, but some found it too rich. The milk …
Harissa Prawns with Spinach & Spaghetti
A quick dinner that is big on flavour. I use wholewheat spaghetti it’s nutty depth is perfect with the gutsy harissa prawns. You can of course though use regular spaghetti. By the time the spaghetti is cooked everything else will be ready to go meaning that you can have dinner on the table in 10 …
Recipe of the Day; Chicken & Chorizo Orzo
A true one pan wonder. This recipe takes very little work and although it takes a long time to cook there is very little work required from the cook the oven does most of it.
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Chocolate cookies shells with a gooey marshmallow centre.
Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns are enriched buns studded with dried fruit and marked with a cross to represent the crucifixion of Christ. They are usually made and consumed at the end of Lent. I don’t restrain myself to Easter alone to enjoy these gorgeous buns. My recipe is an all inclusive recipe in that I know …