My new job has inspired me to start a weekly bakeoff at work and I thought the best way of doing that would be to inspire them with my ( ok Nigellas) signature chocolate fudge cake. Now I say it’s Nigellas because I thought that’s where I got the recipe but now I’ve just tried…
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Are Packet Pasta meals really that bad?
It was with horror that I returned home on Monday to find that the Dazzler had been shopping and that hed been listening when I said I wanted to avoid sarnies at lunch. His solution – was to buy a batch of Batchelors SUPER pasta N sauce. I’ll admit I haven’t had one of these…
Luscious Lamb Shanks
As has become a regular occurrence we are both a little worse for wear today after a fab night out in Brighton. It’s become such a regularity that I had the foresight to take some lamb shanks out of the freezer yesterday. I picked these up from the meat counter at sainsburies on special last…
My week of not eating sarnies…day five!!
Ok so it’s Friday, and to be honest it would have been mackerel pâté with salad and oatcakes BUT as we have a new joiner the boss is taking us out to lunch!! (Have I said I love where I work?) Well the mackerel pâté will have to wait till next week. All the ingredients…
My week of not eating sarnies…day four
It’s all about the leftovers today. A couple of nights ago we had bolognese and I made way more than we needed. Usually our dogs would benefit from this but this time I got to the pans first and squirrelled away another easy lunch. Now I gave myself an unofficial rule when I started this,…
My week of not eating sarnies….day three
I’m back on track(ish) with lunches today!! I woke up very late and was really worried that I might not have time but thanks to the power of leftovers I managed to cobble together my mums it’s not quite risotto!! All I did was use the leftover. Sticky Rice from Monday, add in a tin…
My week of not eating sarnies…day two
Another day, another change to my menu plan!! As we didn’t eat the roast chicken at the weekend we had that last night so I thought I’d use yet more leftover chicken (this time the legs and thighs) and revisit an old favourite – Chicken with roasted veg and couscous… Ingredients A pack of mixed…
My week of not eating sarnies…day one
So after this weekends excitement of not making sarnies I thought I should prove it can be done. Anyone who knows me will know that I had a heavy weekend and don’t do mornings so today was a real test!! But here we are just before 8 o’clock and I’m done, ready to go, with…
My top five workday lunches
One thing I’ve been trying to avoid since I went back to being office-bound 5 days a week is falling into the old routine of sarnies & crisps for lunch, but It’s not easy!! When you are knackered and in a rush all you want is something simple to make but I’ve spent too much…
Easy Nutella Brownies
Ok so you will begin to see a pattern linked to the fact that I have a new job…and so not enough time to do all the baking I would like!! Saw these on FB and had to share…. 3 ingredient Nutella Brownies. (4 if you include the nutty topping!) full instructions below Sooo easy…
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