It’s time to spice up your Christmas cooking with these three homemade mixed spice blends! 🎄✨ Whether you’re adding a fiery Cajun kick to your savoury dishes, bringing a Southern-inspired warmth to your meats, or filling your kitchen with the …
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Pumpkin Cheesecake for Halloween
Cosy, spooky and a completely plant based cheesecake is a real crowd pleaser. It has a silky chocolate spider’s web which is perfect for Halloween parties and autumn gatherings. Or just when you fancy something sweet and seasonal. It’s creamy, …
Ginger and Pumpkin Halloween Cookies
These Ginger and Pumpkin Halloween Cookies are the perfect blend of autumn flavours and festive fun! They are made with ginger, sweet pumpkin puree and cut into ghosts, bats and pumpkins using Halloween cookie cutters. They are as tasty as …
A Pint of Blood Smoothie
My Pint of Blood Smoothie is the perfect mix of gory and delicious. With it’s deep reddish colour and fruity flavour, it’s a fun and spooky treat that everyone can enjoy this Halloween. It could be served at a party …
Cheesy Hands
These creepy cheesy hands are fun, delicious and ridiculously easy to make. They would be great if you are hosting a party or feeding the family. These hands are the prefect mix of tasty and terrifying. You can get ready …
Fermented Lemons and Limes – Video Version
Citrus fruit are a staple on our shopping list. I tend to eat lemon and limes on a daily basis. In recent years I started fermenting foods. The other day I decided to ferment the lemons and limes that I …
Fermented Ginger – Video Version
Many people believe that home cooking means bland food. As I have discovered since writing this blog that’s simply not the case. A simple way to bring both flavour and health benefits into your kitchen is to add spices including …
Fermented Onions – Video Version
Humans have been fermenting vegetables for centuries. It’s one of the easiest ways to add plenty of flavour to everyday dishes. The recipe turns the humble onion into a tangy probiotic-rich condiment. It is very time consuming but you only …
Apple and Blackberry Chia Seed Jam – Video Version
When we first moved into this house over eight years ago I decided I wanted to grow an apple tree. We went to our local garden centre and I choose a tree. At the time I was so keen to …
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Apple and Blackberry Smoothie – Video Version
Smoothies although they can be sugary are a good way to get fruit into your kids diet. My son Ted used to love apples. Ted also used to love a homemade apple and blackberry crumble. Nowadays Ted is not so …