We were never under illusions that this was a fancy kitchen; the oven is the smallest cheapest built in model possible, the cupboards poorly planned and space wasted.
Visiting Tivat Montenegro
Two weeks ago I returned from a very wet week in Montenegro. Long term readers (although admittedly I only had about 30 subscribers then) may recall this is not the first of my holidays in Montenegro as I went there 12 months ago. Last year we had glorious sunshine and 30c temperatures in early October. […]
Halloween cookies recipe for trick or treat
Make these easy Halloween cookies with my basic vanilla cookie recipe. Decorate with a supermarket Halloween cookies decorating kit for fabulous results!
Halloween Bat Cupcakes with Terry’s Chocolate Orange Ears
I love this cake as you can mix all the batter in a double boiler adding all the ingredients to the melted butter and chocolate. I don’t have a dishwasher unless you count the one I’m married to, so anything that stops him complaining about mess is good by me.
Beef Quesadillas
My favourite use of tortilla wraps is the quesadilla. You can put anything in a quesadilla, it’s the Mexican answer to toasted sandwich much like Croque Monsieur is for the French.
Sweet and Scary Hallowe’en Goodies
Having grown up celebrating Hallowe’en with little more than apple bobbing in a bin bag, the explosion of this spooktastic celebration still takes some getting used to. Trick or treating appeared in my neighbourhood some time after The Goonies rather than E.T., like carol singing only with menaces passing without event just in time to […]
Chocolate Melting Moments Biscuits
Rachel Allen describes these melting moments as “intensely chocolately and utterly moreish”. I was sceptical, afterall there was only 1oz of cocoa in the recipe. She’s not wrong though.
Cadbury’s Cocoa House
Ok so I lied. In the review of the Butler’s Chocolate Cafe of Dublin post, I said there was nothing like that in the UK. Soon there will be and it looks like it will be even better. A few weeks ago I was on an emergency mission to Bluewater, Kent when I came across […]
Baileys Cupcakes with Chocolate Baileys Buttercream (Easy Recipe)
Really easy Chocolate Bailey’s cupcakes using the cream liqueur in both their buttercream and sponge bases.
Fire and Stone, Spitalfields Market
In my recent review of Carluccio’s I rattled off a list of high street pizza chains that were not easily differentiated. That week, Fire and Stone, yet another pizza chain, invited me to check out their menu. With just five branches so far (three in London then Portsmouth and Oxford) even a serial chain restaurant frequenter […]
Steam oven pros and cons: steam oven review, Miele showroom
This steam oven review explains how steam ovens can be used to defrost, cook or reheat food and how to make fast family friendly recipes in a steam oven.
Pink Train Cake for Archie
Before I explain about this pink train cake, first, let me give an explanation for the lack of posts in the past week. For the past 8 days I have virtually been running a hotel with no less than 3 sets of guests to put up and entertain back to back; first my dad for […]
