In the summer I love to eat a salad, but during winter, when my stomach is colder due to the weather, I tend to find salads harder to digest. Winter is on its way and I have been looking for …
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Slow Cooked Pork and Prune Tagine
While I was making this dish I wondered where the tagine originated and who would have eaten it. Thanks to my dear old dad subjecting me to cooking programmes when I lived at home, I have known for some time …
Slow Cooked Salmon and Olive Tagine
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 …
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 …
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 …
Lavender Limeade
Lavender is normally associated with essential oil and hot baths but not cooking. So when I saw it on a menu at the beginning of the year I was really intrigued as to how it tasted. The dish I was …
Googies Kitchen Life 