A charming food blog with recipes and other ramblings which may or may not be of interest to you
Minced Beef Ramen recipe Bloody hell it’s back to school time again already. The lovely quiet summer streets are filling up again and the traffic’s backing up. For many, not me as I’m ancient and my boys are grown ups, it’s time to start thinking about off/back to uni meals. And if George’s diet at…
Mango Coconut Overnight Oats recipe I’ve been a bit slow to blog recently; I’m giving myself a bit of a break over the summer months whilst we’ve been drinking too many Aperols and catching up with friends. All the ‘catching up’ has been catching up with me, so I’ve been making these Mango and Coconut…
One Pot Chicken Satay Noodles recipe I won’t lie, I very nearly didn’t create a new recipe this week. It’s bloody roasting in London, I had an exhausting weekend and I just couldn’t haul my arse away from watching tennis at the Olympics. You will be pleased to see, I did find some motivation and…
Rice with Lamb and Spiced Chicken recipe I found this Ottolenghi recipe when I was looking for an impressive supper to cook for friends, well, that I was trying to impress. I only tend to turn to Ottolenghi when I’ve got the time and the inclination to cook, but this recipe was so worth it,…
Caramilk Krispie Easter Nests recipe Now, I don’t have little boys anymore, they’re fully grown men with beards, but no one’s ever too old for an Easter nest right? Having eaten a substantial amount of these particular nests, I can vouch that at 52 they still very much hit the spot. So for 2023, I’ve…
Chocolate Mousse Recipe I am forever being asked ‘what’s for pudding?’. I am certain I have discussed with you before my Mother’s standard response from my childhood being – ‘fruit or yoghurt’. Even knowing what the answer will be, my children, and Clyde, on a daily basis enquire what’s on offer for dessert. I, being…
Beef Pho Recipe Blimey it was cold last week. I have never, in 12 years, felt so cold in our house as I did during the brief but brutal visit from the Beast from the East. One night it was so cold in our draft-ridden loft extension bedroom, I slept in more clothes than I…
