Summer is well on its way, Â but even if the weather doesn’t quite meet barbecue and garden party standards yet, this dish is sure to bring a bit of summer feeling to your kitchen. I am not a great salad eater, but I find that if a salad is really bursting with flavour, I will… Continue reading Mixed Leaf Salad with Halloumi & Coriander
Like most people, I first encountered Annabel Karmel’s books when my eldest was about to start on solids. I was hearing about her everywhere, as if you couldn’t possibly wean a baby without her. I was a bit apprehensive. My opinion on most things that are increbibly popular is “just because everyone is raving about… Continue reading Annabel Karmel’s Busy Mum’s Cookbooks – A Review
Imitation, as they say, is the sincerest form of flattery and lately I’ve been a bit of a copy cat. So Sadhbh, Helen, Julia and Clare should all be feeling very good about themselves and their brilliant blogs now. I am a huge fan of The Busy Mama’s blog, so I started my bout of… Continue reading Call Me A Copy Cat
My family is, to put it mildly, big into food. As well as caterers, chefs and recipe developers in the family, there are plenty of us whose day job has nothing to do with food, but we still love to cook, eat, talk about food and entertain. At pretty much every family gathering, there will… Continue reading How to Make A Pavlova (and save a fail)
I’ve said before that I am not a cupcake kinda girl. I think they look pretty, but the extreme sweetness really puts me off. Living in a household of boys, as I do, there is not much call for pretty when it comes to cake. Taste is what they are after. I do like prettiness… Continue reading Easy Berry & Cream Cupcakes
You may already know that we are about to get chickens. Apart from the fresh eggs, one of the reasons for getting the chickens is to use up some of our food scraps. Food waste is one thing I hate and I try to avoid it as much as I can. That said, I have… Continue reading Cutting Down On Food Waste
The other night on Twitter I saw a tweet informing me that only 1 in 10 people involves their children in cooking. I was a bit surprised at this and clicked on the link to read more. I was shocked and horrified at what I read. Not involving children in cooking was the least of… Continue reading Shocking Home Truths Report on Attitudes to Meals
On my first and only beach holiday – a week on the beach somewhere on Crete after my university finals – I first fell in love with Greek food. While other students were downing two-for-one cocktails and binging on cheap pizza, I was eating baklava and enjoying strong, black Greek coffee. I managed to find… Continue reading A Greek-ish Dish for Dinner
I have a new cookbook. For the past five days it has been my constant companion. A friend ordered it for me from Flow magazine and I waited patiently for it to arrive. Of course, as always tends to happen, it arrived when we were away on holiday. So I had to wait even more… Continue reading Going with The Flow
I don’t know why but Christmas is very much about food, isn’t it? Much more so than any other day of the year. We plan for ages in advance what we are going to eat, we do mountains of food shopping and we give and receive hampers. I love all of that, but I think… Continue reading Homemade Festive Food Gifts
