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Oatmeal, raisin and coconut cookies
This is the recipe that first turned me on to the wonders of coconut oil. I’ll confess a liking for the chocolate chip cookie dough that you can get from Pizza Hut (essentially a hot, […]
Sweet potatoes
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is native to the tropical parts of North America and is also known in some parts of the world as a yam or a kumara. It is not the same as […]
Simnel cake
I love Easter because there’s a whole host of recipes I don’t get an excuse to make the rest of the year (aside from an excuse to eat mammoth quantities of chocolate). I’m particularly fond […]
Cold butternut squash, ham, and cheese
Inspiration for this recipe comes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Three Good Things. For anyone liking a meaty salad, this is great immediately after assembly or lasts well for a few days kept in an airtight container. […]
Sticky Ginger Chicken
This is a good, simple oriental dish which is full of flavour but sufficiently unthreatening that all the family enjoy it. I have a long list of attempted but failed Chinese recipes that just don’t […]
Chocolate Easter cake egg nest
Credit for this particular recipe has to go fully to Nigella Lawson. I have an endless capacity for cake, chocolate, dessert or pudding so don’t need much of an excuse to bake these recipes at […]
French Cinnamon Toast
This French toast recipe is one of those weekend breakfast treats which I like as a reward for a week of porridge or muesli! Personally I like a drizzle of maple syrup but for the […]
Meatballs with pasta
Meatballs with pasta In an attempt to reduce my intake of red meat I’ve been trying to find a good turkey meatballs recipe. For obvious reasons turkey mince doesn’t have that rich depth of flavour […]
