The Easiest Cake
Looking for a cake I could make with store cupboard ingredients, I decided to check out my gran’s old recipe book. In the back, scribbled on a few lines I found this… hardly even a recipe, the method fits on
Continue readingNigella’s Lemon Polenta Cake
When it comes to cake, we always seem to end up using Nigella’s recipes, and of all her cakes this is probably Mark’s favourite. This cake is gluten free if you use GF baking powder, which is an added bonus
Continue readingFood Halls of Manchester
We love a good food hall. Our first experience of one which truly blew our socks off was Mercato Centrale in Florence — so many amazing foods in one place. And when we went to NYC in 2018 we managed
Continue readingNepalese Chicken Curry
This recipe comes from the Sainsbury’s recipe website. We’d been in town and after wandering around the Christmas markets in the cold and rain wanted something warming for dinner. View this post on Instagram There were some dicey moments making
Continue readingStill alive…
Wow… it’s been quiet on here hasn’t it? I think it’s fair to say our previous attempt to revamp the website died a death! For those of you who follow us on our Instagram though, we’re still posting photos of
Continue readingQuiche Lorraine
Back in the days before we “got into” cooking, my token lazy dinner was to buy a supermarket ready made quiche and serve it up with a jacket potato. I decided to revisit this staple, but this time I’d do
Continue readingStrawberry Tart
Is this really a recipe? I’m not sure it is, but the end result is delicious. You can easily make it from scratch, or get a similar result with ready made ingredients. Firstly, you need a shortcrust pastry base. Put
Continue readingEasy Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’ve always enjoyed making cakes, but making biscuits (and especially cookies) is a different matter. I never seem to get them quite right – they always seem to end up too hard and brittle, regardless of the recipe I use.
Continue readingThe Best Banana Bread
I came across this recipe as part of the Tesco “Food Love Stories” advertising campaign. We’ve tried making a few things from there and some have been a bit hit and miss, but this one was a real winner. However,
Continue readingGran’s Bran Loaf
This recipe is an exercise in nostalgia for me. My mum used to make this regularly when I was a kid, and I could wolf down slice after slice – each covered with a thick spreading of butter. But it
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