Pastry and I - have been at war - since around 1995. I finally waved the white flag of surrender, about 10 years ago when my mum sat in my kitchen, giving (...)
Because I knew I was going to be out all day today, I cooked dinner in advance - I'm not normally this organised, but I have my moments... and they never last. (...)
I have been a-foraging. I have cuts, bruises, scabs, grazes and thorns in my feet (because I was in a hippy happy mood and wanted to wear my sandals in the (...)
I JUST BOUGHT A SLOW COOKER!!! Oh yes I did. I've been rebelling against this one purchase for yeeeeaars. Rebelling. Truly.I love cooking gadgets and cooking (...)
I think everyone must have a favourite version of Chilli Con Carne. This is mine. It's based on a Jamie Oliver recipe from Happy Days with The Naked Chef and (...)
Unbelievably, even after Minstrelgate last Sunday... I have lost 3.5lbs this week.... that's 8.5lbs total in 3 weeks....I'll be right back...Gets up and flings (...)
I have a million food magazines that I'm trying to whittle down to about 500,000 and I found this recipe purely by chance.I had to make it because it would use (...)
Guess what I did???!!!I MADE A FACEBOOK PAGE!!! I did, I did, I did.I've held off on doing it for quite some time, because I didn't want to share what I've (...)
Finally, I've had another success with my slow cooker!The dog looked on in desperation as we cleared our plates (this time)- the poor thing actually starts to (...)
This Beef Rendang has been lightened up by omitting the cooking oil at the beginning. It's a recipe that I adapted to be slightly more Slimming World Friendly (...)
A few months back, Meena at Elephants and The Coconut Trees asked me to do a Guest Post, and I jumped at the chance... of course, I also knew I'd be able to (...)
I made these Chocolate Zucchini Brownies three times before I felt they were good enough to share... with real touchable people as well as all of you!Usually, (...)
Although I've always been on the voluptuous side of voluptuous, I have never really had a problem with my weight until I hit my fortieth birthday a couple of (...)
I keep hitting my self destruct button on this diet. Yesterday we went to Chiquitos for a late lunch after watching The Hobbit in the cinema, and I thought I'd (...)
I've been making this particular ginger biscuit since I was about 11 or 12 years old. I have a vague memory of the recipe coming from a very old Woman's Weekly (...)
I've been a busy bee this past week - painting and decorating a bedroom for my mum. I've been covered in white paint freckles from top to toe and at one point (...)
I'm becoming the "Queen of Hate Food Waste" just recently, with all the food I'm managing to use up. I think it makes me just slightly more inventive when I (...)
I have to stop myself from calling this Pizza Sauce, it does so much more than that - but that really is what it is.This is the type of sauce you can fiddle (...)
I'm currently suffering from major Nachos Withdrawal Symptoms - it's going to be Wednesday at the earliest before I can get my next fix. I know I could make (...)
I'm still in a constant war with my weight, but I've finally begun to win more battles than I lose. You can probably tell by the fact that I've been labeling (...)
This is my absolute FAVOURITE pasta bake. I think the cream in it hits my sweet tooth button, and of course it has oodles of cheese - and that hits the... (...)
I'm not a fan of meat on the bone, any meat... but most especially chicken. I want to eat my food, not play with it, struggle with it or get covered in it - so (...)
Okay... so... it's not a traditional meatloaf. It's more of a meat... ummmm... bake? Cake? Big flat patty? Hah... it's a meat brownie. Sort of. Maybe. Let's (...)
Oh My God I have put on soooo much weight over Christmas and the new year, that I have succumbed and signed up to Weight Watchers Online... so if it gets all (...)
I started this post with the pre-requisite "This Smoky Sausage and Beans.... yadayada" and got bored before the first punctuation mark. You can read the recipe (...)
