DIY Valentines Chocolate

DIY Valentines Chocolate

Looking for a simple recipe for DIY Valentines Chocolate? This chocolate bark is so easy to make, looks great and tastes utterly delicious too!

Quick Lentil and Bacon Soup {Just 15 Minutes in a Pressure Cooker}

lentil and bacon soup recipe UK

What quick and nutritious meals can you rustle up in just 15 minutes — from scratch? Scrambled eggs? Cheese on toast? How about a delicious lentil and bacon soup recipe? Ordinarily, lentils take an age to cook, but with the help of our trusty pressure cooker, we can whip up the most amazing, thick, and delicious lentil soup in just 15 …

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Make a DIY Gingerbread Garland for Christmas

How d’you fancy making a gingerbread garland to deck the halls this Christmas? This gorgeous edible decoration not only looks good but will fill your home with the festive scent of gingerbread. And it tastes great, too!

Mini Hasselback Potatoes with Garlic and Chilli {Slimming World Friendly!}

Have you ever had Mini Hasselback Potatoes with Garlic and Chilli? They’re the most delicious accompaniment to a meal—and the perfect comfort food too. The Origins of Hasselback Potatoes Hasselback potatoes are named after the restaurant where they were first created, Hasselbacken, in Stockholm, Sweden. It is a delicious and visually appealing way to prepare …

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A Simple Recipe For Shortbread Biscuits With Edible Flowers

simple recipe for edible flower shortbread

Ever wondered what to do with edible flowers? I made some edible flower shortbread a few year’s ago and as spring is finally here, and the garden is coming to life, I thought I’d share the recipe again! Which Flowers Are Edible? There are so many flowers that are edible. More than you’d probably think! …

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How To Make Chocolate Bark For Easter

Disclosure: This post ‘How To Make Chocolate Bark For Easter’ contains affiliate links of products that I’ve bought myself. Purchasing via an affiliate link doesn’t cost you any extra; but I may receive a few pence if you click on a link and buy something. With Easter weekend coming up, I thought I’d share one …

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A Homemade Chocolate Slab Recipe for Valentine’s Day

DIY Valentines - Chocolate

Disclosure: This post ‘Homemade Chocolate Slab Recipe for Valentine’s Day’ contains affiliate links of products that I’ve bought myself. Purchasing via an affiliate link doesn’t cost you any extra; but I may receive a few pence if you click on a link and buy something. What could be a sweeter gift for your sweetheart than …

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Is Hibiscus Tea Good For You? Here are 7 Surprising Health Benefits…

Is Hibiscus tea good for you? If you’re looking for a healthy tipple to balance out all the excesses of the upcoming festive season? Forget the cocktails — here are seven health benefits of Hibiscus tea. Health Giving Hibiscus Humans have enjoyed the health-giving properties of Hibiscus for many years, but it’s a relatively new …

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A Recipe For Gin and Tonic Ice Lollies

Disclosure: This post ‘A Recipe For Gin and Tonic Ice Lollies’ contains affiliate links of products that I’ve bought myself. Purchasing via an affiliate link doesn’t cost you any extra; but I may receive a few pence if you click on a link and buy something. Ever fancied making gin and tonic ice lollies? This …

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A Recipe for Homemade Mini Milk Ice Lollies

Looking for a recipe for homemade Mini Milk Ice Lollies? This variation is so like the real thing — but the great thing is, you can make them as big as you like! There is not a great deal nicer in life than an ice lolly on a hot day is there? When I was …

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My Favourite Spiced Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Looking for the very best spiced pumpkin soup recipe? This simple spicy pumpkin soup is my go-to every year. It’s simple and delicious and the perfect way of using up those Halloween pumpkins! We’d bought two for All Hallows’ Eve, from the pumpkin farm, and only carved one of them, so the other was patiently waiting for …

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A Simple Rhubarb Gin Recipe

Looking for a simple rhubarb gin recipe? It’s that time of year again, when gardens and allotments in the UK are starting to bloom and you maybe lucky enough to already have a few rosy red stalks of rhubarb, ripe for the picking. Rhubarb works beautifully in desserts and is always paired with custard, but …

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A Simple Recipe for Perfect Gingerbread Biscuits

I posted a pic on Instagram yesterday. I’d been baking gingerbread biscuits in the kitchen and wanted to show the baking area our kitchen designer had created for me. In the past I’ve not had any dedicated storage in our kitchen. Instead, my baking paraphernalia has been scattered within drawers, boxes and cupboards. It’s definitely …

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A Simple Recipe For Instant Pot Lentil Soup Recipe For Veganuary

Looking for a simple recipe for pressure cooker lentil soup? This one pot cooker version is my absolute favourite. It’s so easy to make and tastes way better than a shop bought version. Things are so grey at the moment. Lockdown restrictions means we’re all hunkering down inside. It’s cold and damp and we all …

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Easy Peasy Courgette Leek and Potato Soup

This creamy ‘Courgette Leek and Potato Soup’ is the perfect lunch or supper for colder days; it takes just 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.

Pretty good when you consider that it’s made from scratch and full of hearty goodness!

Halloween Baking | Iced Sugar Skull Cookies

With autumn nearly upon us — although it’s a month or so away — this is the perfect time to start planning a Halloween party and maybe think about some Halloween baking.  I found a biscuit recipe courtesy of The Biscuiteers a few years ago.  I’ve used it for all sorts of iced cookies; from …

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A Recipe for Creamy Caramel Ice Lollies {with just 2 ingredients}

With the weather turning warmer — and the Covid-19 lockdown in full swing — I raided our pantry on the weekend and, as a result, have come up with an alternative to my homemade Mini Milk ice lollies; creamy Caramel Ice Lollies. They’re such a delicious alternative; sweet, creamy and very moreish. But, best of …

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How To Make Iced Nutcracker Biscuits

So here it is folks. December is finally here and silly season is officially underway! If you want to mark the occasion by making something to get you in the Christmas spirit, here’s a little tutorial showing how to make nutcracker iced biscuits. Regular readers of my blog will know that (along with festival season) …

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How to Make | Christmas Snow Globe Cookies

Oh how I love this time of year. It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of autumn and winter but December is most definitely excused. I LOVE the festive season; the run up to Christmas is magical. Preparation for the big day seems to consume my every waking minute and I love the way …

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A Recipe for Homemade Ginger and Rhubarb Gin

a glass of homemade ginger and rhubarb gin

Disclosure: This post for Homemade Ginger and Rhubarb Gin contains affiliate links of products that I’ve bought myself. Purchasing via an affiliate link doesn’t cost you any extra but I may receive a few pence if you click on a link and buy something. Fancy making a delicious homemade ginger and rhubarb gin? Then read …

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Spring Florals and Edible Flower Biscuits

There has been so much chat on my social media feeds about last week’s mini heatwave. We Brits are obsessed with the weather aren’t we? It’s either too wet, hot, cold, too snowy or windy. We don’t ever seem to agree on what’s the perfect temperature. I think — a bit like queuing — it’s …

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Easy No Bake Malteser Cheesecake {You’re Welcome}

What will be on your Christmas pudding menu this year? Sherry trifle? Traditional Christmas pud? I can tell you that both of those will be on ours — along with this little beauty. A super easy no bake Malteser Cheesecake. Nom. I made it a couple of week’s ago for a festive get-together with friends …

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Our Best Eggless Pancake Recipe EVER {With a Video}

When you have a child with an egg allergy, you spend a lot of time googling things like — ‘How to make egg free Royal Icing‘ and  ‘What is the best eggless pancake recipe EVER?’. And so on. It’s all a bit daunting to begin with but eventually you realise that there are some fabulous …

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How to make the perfect Mojito | Dreaming of cocktails & summer

Want to know how to make the perfect Mojito? Read on! I was dreaming of cocktails and summer yesterday; winter has us well and truly in its grips. It snowed here yesterday morning! Funnily enough, it snowed in November in the very first year we moved into this village too. Proper snow. Big fat flakes …

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Planning a Halloween Party

Well, summer is definitely over for another year, which gives me the perfect excuse to begin planning a Halloween party.  I’ve desperately been trying to hold on to the warmer days — refusing to wear proper shoes in favour of my flip flops — but, try as I might, autumn is upon us once more. …

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The Jubarb {a gin and rhubarb cocktail}

What could be better, in the heat of midsummer than a gin and rhubarb cocktail? Recently we made some homemade cordial with the rhubarb that we grow in our veggie patch. It’s a lovely alternative to pies and crumbles and a fabulous way of using the endless supply of rosy tinged stalks, that we seem to …

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How To Make Homemade Rhubarb Cordial

Have you ever wondered how to make homemade rhubarb cordial? Each year, we’re treated to an abundance of rosy tinged rhubarb; cut some stalks and they’re quickly replaced with more. Which sometimes means that we have a glut of it — and there’s only so much rhubarb crumble that one girl can eat! We recently bought some …

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