I love eating trout and managed to get some fresh trout so I thought I would experiment slightly. I wanted it to be quite healthy too so thought I would bake it in foil. Hmmmmm then I thought okay…it’s going to be cooked in foil but how will I season it?….the recipe is…
Category: Recipes
Orange, cranberry and almond cupcakes with orange icing
When I first tried this recipe I did a bit of a boo boo! the recipe called for cranberries but I didn’t have any so I used sultanas instead, bigggggggggggggggggggggg mistake!!!!!!!, the sultans were too heavy for the cake mix and ended up sinking to the bottom of the tin boo hoo :(,…
Country vegetable style cobbler
Cobble eh?…reminds me of a shoemaker 😉 but no no no it’s also to do with food :). Cobblers can be made savoury or sweet, (it’s mainly a dish with a topping on top either a biscuit style, batter or pie crust) I have made a sweet cobbler before but this was the…
Mass off scones
Scones are something I’m not really a fan of, I usually find them quite dry but my parents really like them along with some of my other family members especially my aunt and also people at work. I actually saw these scones being made on one of Kirstie Allsopp Handmade Britain episodes, the…
Ferrero style truffles
If you read my last post about Diwali you might have seen these naughty little nutty goodies :). I made them for Diwali to hand out to family and friends. I absolutely ♥ like really ♥ Ferreros they are a family fav and also other peoples family favs too. I always thought of them as…
Stuffed aubergines with spinach, chickpeas and harrissa
After making the stuffed sweet potatoes, an idea came to me about stuffing aubergines, we make aubergine quite a lot and I really like them! I was thinking of doing something different and inspired by middle east theme, using harrissa paste and I thought of using chickpeas and spinach. I know chickpeas are…
Sticky icky toffee cake
I have this obsession with sticky toffee pudding it’s a very traditional dessert and is something I always look out for when eating out in a pub. I know it’s the ultimate fatty dessert but it’s just soooooooooo nice I suppose it’s ok to have it once in a while so I just…
Luscious lemon curd muffins
I made these nearly a month ago for the Macmillain ‘World’s biggest coffee morning’ but these are something I’ve made a number of times before that, as per usual the idea came about for my mums love for lemon. I can’t actually remember why we had a jar of lemon curd of how the lemon…
Sticky ginger cake
As Halloween is just around the corner I thought I would get into the spirit(get it?) of making something for the theme and I was thinking nothing beats a bit of ginger cake. The fiery ginger taste and spice is just right for this chilly autumn weather, I am not liking the dark…
Eggless bundt cake
Eggs, those protein filled little goodness is one of the things I most miss during religious events (only as I want to eat cakes), but there is no need, no need at all, eggless cake recipes are available everywhere. I think making a moist eggless cake is very difficult. I have tried a…