Snow Day Leek & Potato Soup

The Dazzler is stranded with the dogs up north and I’m having a snow-day today so thought I’d use the time, with an empty house, to do some cooking. I started the day with a cup of earl Grey with toasted bacon & tomato sarnie and have just finished kneading the bread, which is rising…

Snow Day Leek & Potato Soup

The Dazzler is stranded with the dogs up north and I’m having a snow-day today so thought I’d use the time, with an empty house, to do some cooking. I started the day with a cup of earl Grey with toasted bacon & tomato sarnie and have just finished kneading the bread, which is rising…

My super fast lemon pepper chicken & med veg salad

Lots of my Flabulous friends do what I used to do, throwing out lots of excuses when it comes to eating healthier. Excuses like… “I haven’t got the time”, “its too much effort!”, “its easier to order in or throw a ready meal into the oven”. One of my problems has been that healthy food…

It Gets Batter…

We try and celebrate anything as a rule so I like to make the most of pancake day, as its all about the food!! And this year is special as it’s the first pancake day that I’ve been home in many years as I’ve always commuted to work and its one of the few feast…

No Added Sugar Banana Bread

I’ve been a foodie for as long as I can remember but it’s not until the last year or so that I’ve really got into baking. It all started with making a birthday cake for my nephew’s 1st birthday that really got me in to the chemistry involved in baking. I really started to make…

Bagelmania

Last night whilst channel surfing we tuned into a bagel advert. The room went quiet, a sure sign that some thinking was going on, and then at the exact same moment we both blurted out that we’d love a bagel!! It was one of those seminal moments when I realised I was going to have…