At this time of year I will often find that on the run up to Christmas my family and friends, myself included, feel exhausted. I think we tend to run around getting ready for the big day and then we …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Homemade Mince Pies with a Zesty Orange Spelt Flour Pastry
My husband Howard and son Ted are huge fans of mince pies. Howard would eat these all year round. Yes he mentioned, while eating a homemade mince pie, that I could make mince pies all year round. That’s if I …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Vegan Broccoli and Cauliflower Cheese
My Dad would make a cauliflower cheese on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas) or if we were having a boiled gammon or roast lamb. Sadly cheese, cream, milk nor full fat yogurt are my friends. It’s not that they …
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3 Flavoured Oils for You to Give as a Gift
Herbs and spices have always been used to enhance the flavour of our food. Seasoning food would have been invented before writing, so to know the exact date would be difficult. Although, many experts believe that the earliest evidence of …
3 Ways to Roast Nuts
Roasted nuts always remind me of Christmas. My Dad would always buy shelled walnuts at this time of year. I remember him sitting in front of the television on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day with a bowl of shelled …
3 Flavoured Salts for You to Give as a Gift
Seasoning our food is what we have been doing since the beginning of time. For many people, herbs and spices are the essence of life.The flavours of herbs and spices can really compliment a dish. A delicious meal will often …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Pesto for a Vegan, Vegetarian or Meat Eater
We love a pesto and gluten free pasta night in our house. This pesto recipe will take you as long as the pasta takes to cook. About 10 minutes, yes that’s right a 10 minute dinner and there is no …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Cashew Nut Cream Cheese
If you had told me before I started this sugar-free, packet-free lifestyle that you can make cream cheese from cashew nuts I would probably have said that you were nuts. (No pun intended). When I first saw a recipe for …
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Raspberry Rice Crispy Bars
My husband Howard and son Ted and – ok, maybe me too – love sweet treats. The other day Howard noticed I had brown rice puffs in the cupboard. It made him remember his childhood when Howard’s mum would make …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Dad’s Delicious Sausage Rolls
My Dad loved his filthy food and sausages were one of his favourites. He really enjoyed sausage and mash or sausage and chips. My Dad was also very partial to a sausage roll too. As a child I remember him …
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