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 …
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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 …
Roasted Chickpea with Cumin Seeds
Chickpeas are a versatile food that I use in lots of my dishes. Although I have never just simply eaten a chickpea as a snack. So I thought I would try them with cumin seeds roasted in the oven. Cumin …
Strawberry and Basil Ice Lollies
Last week I made a batch of strawberry and basil sauce. We had the sauce with my homemade peach, coconut, ginger and lime ice cream. It was so delicious but I had lots of the sauce leftover. For those of …
Roasted Beetroot and Fennel Soup
For those of you that don’t love the red root vegetable then turn away now. To me, it’s a soup that’s full of the beetroot flavour but the fennel adds a delicious twist. Personally I love beetroot, even though it …
Banana, Strawberry and Cinnamon Fruit Leather
Fruit Leather is a huge favourite with my son Ted. He loves it and he always asks me when I will be making it. Ted likes to put in his orders before the new batch I’ve made runs out. I …
Peach, Coconut, Ginger and Lime Ice Cream with a Strawberry and Basil Sauce
A few years ago my mum owned an allotment plot and she grew a variety of fruits and vegetables. My mum, god bless her, is the kind of person who would start a project and half way through would lose …
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Roasted Beetroot and Cumin Hummus
Dips are one of my favourite foods and I especially love eating dips in the summer time. It is a food that is easy to make and store for a few days. Plus it’s the perfect time for eating beetroot …
Fruit Soup with Homemade Custard
Fruit is one of my favourite foods. I love all sorts of fruit and I really enjoy using it in desserts too. When you have a sweet tasting fruit there really isn’t any need for lots of sugar either. When …
Turkey Meatballs in a BBQ Sauce
Turkey is such a great meat that I feel for at least 10 months of the year this poor bird is ignored. Suddenly Christmas rolls around in the UK and we all eat copious amounts of the meat. Then it …