For me, a tagine is one of those meals that is easy to put together and it always includes ingredients that can be thrown into one dish. It’s a slow cooked meal and slow cooked food is so good for …
Oatmeal and Raisin Biscuits
One of my favourite breakfasts is a nice bowl of hot porridge but sadly it’s not one of my son’s. As oatmeal or porridge oats are full of health benefits I’m always trying to get my son, Ted to enjoy …
Pirate Ship Birthday Cake
Ted, my son, will be turning 5 this year and he decided that he would like a pirate theme birthday party. Suddenly Ted loves pirates and boats. I then convinced him to have a mermaids and pirates party to which …
Blackberry Vegan Cheesecake
Cheese plus cake equals cheesecake and we love a cheesecake in this house. Also, it’s that time of year again when the blackberry bush has started to grow over our back fence. So I decided to go into the back …
Let’s start soaking those feet
Since becoming a mum I no longer have hours to spend soaking in the bath. In fact, some days I rarely get a chance to sit down with a small child running around. So taking a nice hot bath by …
Nan’s Slow Cooked Rice Pudding
My Nan was not the greatest cook but she didn’t like to waste food either. I think that living through two world wars, and not having much money when she was little, helped her to be frugal. My Grandparents were …
The Perfect Crispy Roast Potatoes
A lazy Sunday in our house normally means a lazy morning with pancakes for breakfast. Then late morning we will start making a roast for lunch. We love eating roast dinners and our favourite is chicken. The best part of …
Mango, Lime and Coconut Ice Lollies
The weather has been hitting highs of 30°C for almost six weeks in the UK. Although, I love the fact that it’s warm and sunny, being British, I’m beginning to miss the rain. I know, us Brits, we moan when …
Dad’s Roast Pork with Proper Crackling
My Dad was the King at making a roast dinner and his favourite was pork. He taught my husband and me everything we know about cooking a roast. Dad loved making most roast dinners apart from chicken or turkey. (He …
Gluten Free Crispy Chicken
The idea for this recipe I got from YouTube, yes YouTube. A few of the mummies I watch have been making videos about the types of dinners they eat. One of those dinners included a cereal covered chicken, i.e. crispy …
Googies Kitchen Life 