My birthday was a pretty quiet affair this year. No-one could really afford to do much and I was still a bit ill with a cold I couldn’t shake. I met up with Claire and Tony at Zero Degrees (I know, not very original but they were meant to have a new menu!). When Nick and Rob arrived we headed for FOODS! It wasn’t until I got home I realised my ( Read more... )

As we have loads of leeks in the garden at the moment I keep making this when I can’t think what to have for dinner. Quick, easy and very tasty.

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Made these yesterday, modified the recipe for the Chocolate Melting Moments. Very gingery, very nice!

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Made these the other day from Leiths Baking Bible, pretty lush!

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Been making these quite a bit recently. Ridiculously quick and easy to make, yet taste as good as any you could buy.
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With my time off work this year I’ve really got back into my cooking and baking. I love cooking. Lots. My Mum has always baked cakes at least once a week ever since I can remember, so I must’ve got the baking gene from her. I probably also got the preserves/chutney/salsa gene from her too as she always makes her own jams and chutneys and my Cajun ( Read more... )