My husband Howard is forever reminding me that dried beans and chickpeas are so much cheaper than tinned. For me, using tinned chickpeas and beans is so much more convenient. Especially at this time of year when we are busy …
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Mackerel and Dill Pate
Christmas is the one time of year I remember my Dad making mackerel pate. Dad would always make his mackerel pate from scratch. He would eat it on toast for breakfast during the festive season. When I was a child …
Googie’s Kitchen presents 3 Natural Remedies for Winter Wellness
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 Chocolate Brandy Butter Biscuits or Cookies
Every Christmas my Dad would always make brandy butter sauce to accompany the pudding we would eat after our lunch. In the evening, after lunch was finished on Christmas day, my Dad would sit at the table with a glass …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Dad’s Turkey Pie
As I have mentioned in previous blogs, my Dad was not a great fan of chicken, nor was he a fan of turkey. Christmas, like many people in the UK, was the only time he would cook a turkey. He …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Ghee Chocolate Orange and Coconut Snowballs
“Snow is falling all around me, children playing, having fun, tis the season, love and understanding, Merry Christmas everyone.” Ha, snow falling in the UK! It might in Scotland but not normally in the south of the country where we …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Creamy ‘No Cream’ Ham and Leek Pie
My Nan and Dad were always great at using up leftovers. Nan would always make stews but Dad would always make a pie. We still had gammon left in our freezer from Christmas so I decided to eat it up. …
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Spicy Fish Balls on a Tomato Rice
As a mother of one it pleases me that my son Ted, who is 7, loves fish. It’s something I want to encourage and I know when I serve a fish dinner Ted will eat it. So I’m always looking …
Giant Double Choc Chip Cookies (using spelt flour)
In the past I thought I had a gluten allergy but in recent months I have eaten a small amount of spelt flour. Touch wood, I have not had a stomach upset. Whoop, whoop! Spelt flour is a low gluten …
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Chocolate Sourdough Bread and Butter Pudding Cake
When I was a child I always remember my Nan would always make a bread and butter pudding. It was a favourite dessert of mine as a child. At the end of the week, if there was bread left over, …
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