These yummy Gingerbread Men are based on my Gingernuts (please see http://www.foodfamilyandfunak.com for more details of the Gingernuts recipe) but with more spices. Now winter is on its way in the northern hemisphere, I thought we would all be in …
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5 Easy Staycation Lunches
Due to the situation, many of us will not be not going abroad this year. Instead we will be making the most of holidaying in the UK or our own countries. To be honest, there are so many great places …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Chocolate Lavender Biscuits/Cookies
Biscotti are my husband Howard and son Ted’s new favourite biscuit. Although when I decided to add lavender I did wonder whether they would love them or loathe them. A few months ago I suggested to my husband to add …
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Roasted Beetroot Pesto with Grilled Tomatoes
Beetroot was never really a vegetable I ate as a child. I don’t think it was sold in the shops the way it is today. Yes I’m going to show my age but you couldn’t buy it all year round …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Choc Chip Carrot Cake Cookies
My son Ted, who is 7, always proclaims that he hates vegetables and he doesn’t eat them. Therefore as his mother I’m always trying to play hide the veg in his food. I have found a number of ways to …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Slow Cooker Thai Green Lentil Curry
My husband Howard and son Ted aren’t the biggest fans of lentils. Therefore I’m always trying to invent new recipes. A daily dose of fibre can help to protect the body from diabetes and colon cancer. Lentils are one food …
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Smokey BBQ Leftover Chicken Stew and Rice
Occasionally on a Sunday I will cooked a roast chicken. We love a roast and chicken is always our prefered meat of choice. I normally buy a large chicken from our local butchers. It means I can make lots of …
Black Bean Chilli Soup
Dried beans are an ingredient I have never really experimented with until now. A little while ago I would have brought any kind of beans in a tin. In recent years I have been increasing the amount of vegan or …
Spicy Cottage Pie with Sweet Potato Mash
At the weekends I love to spend time in the kitchen experimenting with ingredients. Recently my husband Howard and son Ted really wanted a cottage pie for dinner. I had lots of mince beef in the freezer so I was …
Simple Mince Beef Curry (Keema)
Curry and mince beef are two words I would have never put together. I had a lot of mince beef left in the freezer and I really didn’t fancy making another spaghetti bolognese or chilli. Therefore I decided to try …
