At the recent BritMumsLive event in Central London I had the chance to hear Ella Woodward speak about her journey from Haribo junkie to Queen of Kale. A diagnosis of POTS in her early twenties, there is no doubt that she suffered a blow, but her journey since then has been one that most people my age could only dream of. What will one do in their thirties if one has already written the fastest selling cookbook of all time in their twenties? As … [Read more...]
Homemade Two Ingredient Tortilla
Years ago when I discovered two ingredient dough balls, I couldn't have imagined that I would keep Natural Yogurt perpetually available in the fridge for making pizza dough at very short notice. The recipe has adjusted over the years with the addition of some lovely olive oil and seasoning but the dough made from self-raising flour and yogurt is as simple and versatile as you want it to be when you have last-minute playdates to cater for. And … [Read more...]
Banana Passionfruit and Coconut Pancakes
When we were in France last summer, our lovely host made my children Paleo Banana Pancakes. They could not get enough of them, and beg me on a regular basis to make them. The challenge is that they are tricky to handle and turn as the mixture is very wet. So I tinkered with the concept, mostly because I had some too-ripe-for-Dimples bananas and a surplus of eggs. I added a few other things I had lying around the kitchen and the … [Read more...]
Spooky Spiderweb chocolate cake
There are, on average, 90,500 online searches a month for ‘chocolate cake recipes’, so Waitrose.com have compiled the ULTIMATE collection of chocolate cake recipes in one handy place on their website. To test how great their recipes are, they challenged me to make one of the online recipes with one proviso: that I used a secret ingredient, which they would supply, in my cake. Not one to turn down chocolate, and having a surfeit of eggs, I was … [Read more...]
Salted Caramel Pecan Millionaire’s Tiffin
Salted Caramel Pecan Millionaire's Tiffin. Rolls off the tongue, right? Indeed it does, straight into your belly. So tiffin, for those of you who don't know, is just a fancy word for fridge-cake. This is made in the style of English Mum- it's weight-guestimated rather than weighed, but people are asking over on my Instagram feed for the recipe so I wanted to share. There are several stages to this recipe so it won't be something that … [Read more...]
Pain Au Lait, Orange and Rhubarb trifle
We were sent some delicious Pasquier products recently, which thrilled the girls no end, as we love a great bread product, not least when it originates from my "second home"- France. There were Pain Au Chocolat- ideal for weekend breakfasts and a favourite in our house since The Girls were small. A couple of minutes arming in the Aga and everyone had a smile on their faces to start the day. There were individually wrapped chocolate-filled … [Read more...]
Thrifty Sausagemeat Pie- Morrisons Budget-busting prices
The Bank holiday turned out to be a glorious weekend: good because I had a lot of mouths to feed. We had friends various over for most of the weekend so I needed to make our food shop go a long way. The Bank Holiday also heralded the start of a new, cheaper, Morrisons. They’ve cut the prices on over a thousand of your favourite products: these are new every day low prices on the things you buy every week. Although we’re cutting prices, … [Read more...]
