One Pot Beans with Belly Pork recipe As children, we were really rather spoilt with our meals at home. Our Mother is a great cook and would serve wonderful Saturday lunchtime feasts to stave off childhood hunger. My particular favourite was a mix of dried beans and belly pork. She’d soak the dried beans over…
Roasted Curried Parsnip Soup
Roasted Curried Parsnip Soup recipe Allegedly, we’re only 3 weeks away from the start of Spring but, as we speak, it’s blowing a howling gale and feels icy cold. We’ve got a fire going and I’ve had a hat on all day covering a really rather nice new hair-do. The only up side is, it’s…
Fish Tacos with Jalapeno Corn Slaw
Fish Tacos with Jalapeno Corn Slaw recipe As a household, we don’t eat nearly enough fish, and I’ll tell you for why. a) it’s bloody expensive and b) it’s bloody expensive. To feed the monstrously-hungry-at-all-times men in my house costs a fortune, so subsequently, fish is reserved for special occasions only. However, I’ve discovered Basa…
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Cherry Bourbon Fizz
Cherry Bourbon Fizz Recipe Now I know I say this a lot, but bloody hell it’s been a long week. The fact I thought it was Thursday on Tuesday was never going to end well for me. I am in the limbo that is the time between George’s birthday and Christmas which is quite a…
Bourbon and Chocolate Milkshake
Bourbon and Chocolate Milkshake recipe I do feel, throughout lockdown in London, we have been truly blessed with the weather. It’s been weird, it’s been terrifying, we’ve been unsettled, but it’s been sunny and warm. It seems superficial to talk about the weather during a pandemic, but it’s been spirit lifting and on a side…
Easter Creme Egg Caramel Shortbread
Creme Egg Caramel Shortbread Recipe Easter is so early this year, it’s really crept up and bitten me on my not tiny bottom. I have panic bought eggs from Ocado and haven’t even started stockpiling my usual stash of mini eggs yet. We are spending Easter with all the family and I will be in…
Picante Margarita
Picante Margarita recipe I feel a bit out of practice writing a new cocktail post as it’s been a while since I’ve posted a new one. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been drinking, quite the opposite. We’ve been seeing friends in their gardens and in our garden since we were allowed and quite a bit…