A charming food blog with recipes and other ramblings which may or may not be of interest to you
Bourbon Nectarine Upside Down Cake recipe We are not a huge house of fruit eaters; my fruit bowl predominantly contains lemons and limes for gin and tonics and a few browning bananas. In summer, however, it gets busier with the arrival of nectarines and plums, popular additions not only to eat, but to bake with….
Homemade Coffee Tequila recipe No sooner had Clyde and I become borderline dependent on Patron XO Cafe coffee tequila than the terrible announcement came it had been discontinued. The litre bottle we hacked through over the miserable period that was Christmas 2020 was a mere distant memory. Until the bloody brilliant Mob posted their own…
Tomato Cheddar Galette recipe I, personally, bloody love tomatoes but in our house I’m in the minority. According to the rules, they can feature in a dish, but not be the star of the show. Until now, that is, because as it turns out, if you wrap them in a cheese pastry case, the whole…
Slow Cooked Belly Pork with Jalapeño Creamed Corn Recipe This recipe has been on my radar for months now. It features two of my most favourite things, sweetcorn and belly pork, so it’s right up my street. If you’ve got some meals to put on the table over Easter, this Slow Cooked Belly Pork with…
Courgette and Feta Soup We have quite a few weekend visitors and I often struggle to find a lunch to suit adults and children alike. Especially as I usually go all out preparing a fancy evening meal, so don’t want to spend the whole visit in the kitchen rather than socializing. This courgette and Feta soup…
Spiced Banana Loaf Cake Recipe I buy a bunch of bananas every week on my food delivery, as bananas are the acceptable face of fruit to my children and they will occasionally actually eat them. And I too enjoy a banana as much as the next person but only when they are green. The minute…
A Spicy Tequila Sunrise Cocktail I know it’s not really Tequila Sunrise time of the year, but I’m trying to get in the mood for our forthcoming trip to the sun to celebrate a big wedding anniversary. I’m hoping to see a lot of sunrises and to drink a few too. This Spicy Tequila Sunrise…
