A couple of weeks ago, The Girls and I were making Mother's Day flowerpots from egg cartons. They are super easy to make and so we had a few left over, which I have 'reinvented' as Easter nests that we can give to friends' children over the Easter period. The brilliant thing is that these egg carton 'nests' or 'burrows' are just the right size for the little Lindt bunnies that are on sale this time of year. The Girls were recently sent … [Read more...]
Banana Chocolate Cream Pie
It's so annoying when you have 90% of the ingredients for a dessert. And I had 90% of the ingredients for a banoffee pie recently. So I had to rethink and created instead a Banana Chocolate Cream Pie. The title is loosely based on the American Creme Pie but that has a custardy layer and this is much simpler and quicker to make. You need: 1 packet chocolate digestive biscuits (300g) 80g melted butter 3 bananas 1 pot double cream … [Read more...]
Chocolate Spanakopita
A while ago Dimples made Spanakopita at her cooking class, the savoury version. And at the time it didn't go down well in DG Manor because both she and her daddy were allergic to cheese. DH still is, but he loves chocolate- another thing he and Dimples have in common-so when I had some filo pastry left over from making Baklava a couple of weeks ago, I was struck by inspiration. You need to chop- I used … [Read more...]
Toffee Apple Pancakes
This month the Tots100 Center Parcs challenge is so easy you really ought to enter: you could win a family holiday at Center Parcs! All you have to do is make Pancakes!! Once you have your pancake (there are so many recipes on the web I didn't bother teaching you how), you're going to want to put something in it. Obviously there are your classic combinations: lemon and sugar, banana and chocolate, anything-with-squirty-cream, but if you want … [Read more...]
Leprechaun Hot chocolate
I recently saw a post on Cool Whip Snowflakes, which gave me a great idea for making Leprechaun Hot Chocolate. We're off to Galway over half term and this is an ideal opportunity to talk about all things Irish, including the colour green and leprechauns. And the recipe is really very simple, yet has a little Leprechaun magic too. All you need is whipping cream, some caster sugar and food colouring. You whip the cream and sugar: I used … [Read more...]
{Recipe} Yorkshire puddings with maple syrup
I am technically Yorkshire. The Father is proper Yorkshire. He begat me, who shrieks with glee when I am again within the safety net that others call the M25. I am sure he's embarrassed. My brothers support Leeds and Bradford at the relevant sports. They can both cook Yorkshires. I was very kindly sent a smart Mermaid Yorkshire Pudding tray and have been practising relentlessly and am utterly, utterly hopeless at making the Yorkshires rise. My … [Read more...]
{Recipe} Apple Heart Tarts.
I saw this super idea on Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom and fell in love. So today, I rolled out a sheet of puff pasty and cut out four large hearts using my heart cutter. You could cut any size you like obviously, since these pies are individual-sized tarts. Next I laid a pair of hearts on a baking sheet (Lakeland's I Can Cook range, since you ask.) I piled on a couple of dessert spoons of apple sauce. From the remaining pair of … [Read more...]
