An easy mushroom couscous dish you can make in under thirty minutes to batch cook for parties, family meals or the freezer. This version is made using a Redmond Multicooker. Couscous is not a dish I grew up with yet once tried I was determined to cook it myself and delighted how simple it was to […]
Meatball Casserole Moroccan Tagine
Here’s a quick easy meatball casserole with the flavour of a Moroccan tagine style stew to make a family meal in under 60 minutes. Perfect for batch cooking and freezing. This is a commissioned recipe post. Are you looking for a sunny meal that’s easy to make in less than an hour but packed with veggies and enjoyable […]
Chocolate Blackberry Charlotte Cake
If you can melt chocolate you can make this chocolate blackberry charlotte cake. It’s the ultimate easy showstopper chocolate cake. In association with Bonne Maman. This blackberry charlotte dessert cake may look like it came straight from a French patisserie window but I promise it’s extremely easy to make. The only piece of special equipment […]
Dulce de Leche Brownies – Rich and Fudgy with Sea Salt
These gooey, fudgy dulce de leche brownies are the ultimate chocolate caramel treat. These brownies have a dark chocolate centre, moist texture and a golden caramel filling that oozes from every slice. A scattering of sea salt adds a fleur de sel salt caramel bite. Updated 2026 · Recipe by Rachel Allen reproduced with permission. […]
Panasonic Combi Microwave Cookery Demo with Rachel Allen
Ah… microwave cookery, reheated leftovers, lifeless baked spuds and explosive bowls of boiled over porridge. There’s something distinctly NASA-like about the silver box that Jennifer Lawrence memorably referred to as “the science oven” in American Hustle, just before nuking her trailer-park kitchen. So when I was invited to a Panasonic combi microwave demo, led by […]
Beetroot salsa with Bramley apple
Here is a cooling beetroot salsa with Bramley apples perfect for dipping tortilla chips into at parties. Salsa is generally associated with tomatoes but beetroot salsa with Bramley apples makes a less predictable alternative. If you were making salsa but realised you didn’t have enough tomatoes, pickled beetroot in jars are a convenient alternative. You […]
Six Easy Dip Recipes
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Red Cabbage Smoothie with Raspberry
This raspberry smoothie with red cabbage is great for getting children to eat more vegetables. It’s totally pinkalicious! Eyebrows have been raised when I’ve said I’m making fruit smoothies with red cabbage. But honestly, look at this colour, deepened and sweetened with raspberries from our garden. Who could say no? Well, probably my seven year […]
50 useful tech tools and apps for bloggers
Here is a bumper list of 50 useful tech tools and apps for bloggers! This a mega rundown of my essential tech tools, blogging apps, software, hardware and accessories that I’ve been meaning to share for ages. In my early blogging days I read a great (sadly with the link long lost) post by Natalie Lue of Bambino […]
Perfect Fondant Fancies with Fondant Icing
You won’t believe the secret to perfect fondant fancies. A fondant icing recipe is included here. I’m not a fan of perfect anything. Perfect is boring. Perfect is trying too hard. Perfect is overrated. Good enough is better than perfect. And something that everyone assumes is perfect when it isn’t is best of all. These […]
Smoked Salmon Frittata
Making smoked salmon frittata with the Regis Stone frying pan avoids using extra oil when cooking. Watch my video to see for yourself. I always keep some small packs of smoked salmon in the freezer. They defrost in barely an hour and are very handy to chuck the chopped pieces into risottos, pasta dishes or […]
Gluten Free Waffles
Make weekend breakfasts special with gluten free waffles! Here’s a gluten free waffle recipe using a Belgian waffle maker that works just as well as the non gluten free kind. If you’ve visited Belgium you’ll know the air is thick with scent of waffles cooking. The warm fluffy golden waffle is the traditional street food […]
