Mince Pie Toastie, 36p
Regular readers will know that I have quite the love affair with my toastie maker, and have done...
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Category: Christmas On A Bootstrap
5 Ingredient Salted Caramel Chocolate Mocha Yule Log, 38p
This is a fairly cheeky little recipe, mostly because it involves very little work at all – and looks and tastes far more impressive than it should do, considering the sum of its parts. I should confess I didn’t make...
Read MoreFour Ingredient Christmas Cake, 16p
Christmas for me is a disparate and disorganised affair – zipping between various peoples houses, delivering a Small Boy to all the relatives that want to pinch his cheeks and ruffle his hair, like an exasperated...
Read More90’s Special Peanut & Cheese Loaf, 18p
This loaf was inspired by one in The Dairy Book Of Home Cookery, one of the only cookbooks I can remember my parents having when I lived at home. A meaty tome of 1000 simple recipes, I would flick through it for inspiration for...
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No-Churn Brown Bread Ice Cream, 23p
I first discovered brown bread ice cream in an old copy of Mrs Beeton’s Everyday Cookery, and as...
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Nigella’s Lentil & Chestnut Soup, 48p
This recipe is adapted from ‘How To Eat’ by Nigella Lawson, who in turn adapted it...
Read MoreWhite Chocolate Tea Bread, 9p
This came about because I LOVE chocolate-chip brioche – so I decided to try to make some chocolate-chip bread as a replacement. Unfortunately, though, the chocolate chips all melted into the dough as I added warm water and I...
Read MoreBrown Sugar Meringues, 19p
Demerara and caster sugar behave very differently in cooking: sometimes you can get away with substituting one for the other, and sometimes you can’t. When I first made meringues (Mother’s Day, 2014), I couldn’t help but wonder,...
Read MoreSpecial Cabbage (Sneaky Sprouts!), 15p
Brussels sprouts: you either love them or you hate them, but if your only experience of them is as a bland yet sulfurous accompaniment to your Christmas dinner, you should definitely give these a go. Sliced and pan-fried with...
Read MorePerfect Yorkshire Puddings, 8p
The trick to making perfect Yorkshire puddings is to get the fat really hot before you spoon in the batter. Then, once they’re in, resist the urge to open the oven door or you risk flaccid puds. Nobody loves a flaccid pud. Makes...
Read MoreBeet Hummus, 21p
This beet hummus is a cheery addition to packed lunches, salads, snacks, and more. I like to make it for parties and get-togethers, mostly for the pop of colour it adds to the table, but also because it’s pretty delicious....
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Sardine Rillettes, 25p
It’s pronounced ‘Ree-yett’, and no, I didn’t know that either, having only...
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