I like to think of myself as pretty thrifty and like nothing more than making the most out of my shopping budget. I usually try and buy unpackaged veg to avoid waste but its getting increasingly harder to do as Im time poor and rely far to heavily on supermarket shopping. This week has been a case in…
Category: Food
Review: Fritz Brighton
OMG Currywurst Seriously though Currywurst Whoever invented Currywurst is a Genius …and German obviously. OK so I must admit to being probably a tad overexcited about this but seriously I have had my eyes opened to a totally new experience this week. Ask any of my friends and they will tell you that curry is…
My ultimate Pistachio Ice Cream
great homemade REAL pistachio ice cream – you’ve never had anything as good as this!!
My mums Pavlova
Ive been making ice cream for a few weeks now and one of the side effects is an abundance of egg whites that are clogging up my freezer. Ive been wracking my brains on what to do with all these egg whites and then it hit me…Pavlova For as long as I can remember my…
Mid-week Mini Roast
OK its Monday – I was too knackered to cook a roast dinner yesterday but had shopped for all the bits so needed to use everything up. Obviously I dont have time for a full on roast today so I popped the beef into the freezer and took out some chicken breasts this morning I…
My PB&J Ripple Ice cream
Last week I made some vanilla ice cream with my new ice cream maker. This was gorgeous but was really just practise. Ive been determined to actually make real ice cream, like the stuff I want to sell in my ice cream van next summer and one flavour I’ve wanted to ‘invent’ for a while is…
My first attempt at Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
OK so this is Ironic – Ive got my own ice cream van but I’ve never made ice cream myself. Finally after years of procrastination I have bitten the bullet and bought myself an impressive looking Cuisinart Ice cream maker. Now this bad boy is beautiful but strictly for personal use – it would take…
My almost Hungarian cherry cake
Today is a very special day in our office. We are holding our first coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Research and im very excited. We decorated the office last evening and I then went home to commence baking. After several requests I made my infamous Chocolate fudge cake but I also wanted to try something new…
My Mum’s Mouthwatering Mackerel Mash (AKA Mackerel Pate)
Quick and easy Mackerel Pate – just like my mum makes!!
My mini cherry chocolate tarts
I’ve been too busy to post much this year which is not only unforgivable but quite remiss of me as I’ve been enjoying more than my fair share of really great food. So here I am at silly o’clock in the morning banging out a blog post after the most wonderful night of baking with…
