Eat well - travel often
Eat well - travel often
What is your ‘must have’ ingredient in your kitchen cupboards each Christmas? Often it is essential spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, cranberries or even a favourite bottle of gin! For many people Pickled Walnuts from Opies are an absolute must! I have been challenged by […]
My recipe for Banana Bread with Grenada Spices and Chocolate. I attended the 6th Grenada Chocolate Festival (this was my fifth time) and as part of the festival I was asked to do a demonstration to the festival guests. I decided to bake my favourite […]
Scroll down for my recipe for Allotment Green Tomato Chutney. We have an allotment and ideally you pick consistently throughout the summer and early autumn. The reality is that suddenly you have a glut and have to preserve them for the cold winters coming. If […]
Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Recently for National Hot Chocolate Day I wanted to mark the occasion. My friend and fellow blogger Nikki (Tikkido.com) has a recipe on her blog so we decided to make it together on my weekly instagram live. What ingredients are […]
No Churn Pistachio Ice Cream If you have an ice cream maker then great but how do you make creamy, delicious ice cream without one? Simple! You whip double cream and sweetened condensed milk, add your flavour(s) and freeze overnight. You end up with a […]
Thessaloniki: Come for the Culture – Stay for the Food Where is Thessaloniki? Thessaloniki is the second-largest city in Greece, located in the northern part of the country. It is the capital of the Central Macedonia region and is a short 55 minute flight from […]
Preserving Travel Memories with El Camino Bracelets El Camino Bracelets are a fantastic way to preserve and record your travel memories. What are El Camino Bracelets? Over 75,000 people who are travel-lovers wear an El Camino Bracelet or Necklace. That’s a lot of travel memories! […]
What are Pumpkin Muffins During October and November pumpkins features highly in cake, muffin and cheesecake recipes and drinks! What better thing to do with the puree but bake! Fresh or Tinned Pumpkin – What is best? If you want to you can use fresh […]
Tequila Frosting What is Tequila Frosting: Tequila frosting/icing is a buttercream frosting/icing that uses tequila to let down the consistency to spread better rather than using milk. The tequila adds a delicious taste to the mixture and if you have added some chilli pepper to […]
Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake If you love chocolate cake you are really going to love this Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake. What makes this cake Mexican? Along with the usual ingredients of a chocolate cake this cake has cayenne pepper and cinnamon. They are both ingredients […]
Mexican Tequila Ice Pops What are Tequila Ice Pops? Tequila Ice Pops are a delicious and refreshing ice lolly for adults! You can use any fruit puree you want but pineapple, mango and strawberry (classic Margarita flavours) work exceedingly well. What fruit did you use? […]
Delicious Tahini Brownies Sitting at the table the other day I was thinking of delicious things I could add tahini to. The thought jumped into my head that if I could make brownies with peanut butter then I could make some with tahini! What is […]
Fried Green Tomatoes What are fried green tomatoes: When you have a glut of tomatoes at the end of the season you can either ripen them on a sunny windowsill, make green tomato chutney or dredge in flour and shallow fry in rapeseed or vegetable […]
1920’s Depression Cake What is Depression Cake: Following the end of World War I the United States of America entered into what history called The Great Depression. During this time basic foods like eggs, butter and mild became scarce. This scarcity caused homemakers to be […]
Welsh Tea Bread with Dried Cranberries What is Welsh Tea Bread: Welsh Tea Bread is a delicious loaf bread/cake full of dried fruit which has been soaked in strong tea for at least 6 hours but preferably overnight. How long do you soak the dried […]
Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake What is Crumb Cake: Crumb cake is a simple sponge cake with some of the dry mixture kept aside and sprinkled on top of the finished batter before baking. Is Crumb Cake the same as Coffee Cake: In the United States […]
New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London Do you need to brush up on your cooking skills or maybe learn new ones? Want to impress the family and/or friends? Cookery School London Cookery School London is a fantastic place to do all of the above […]
Easy Cornbread with Chilli Chilli cornbread is perfect for a BBQ do this is the right time to get acquainted with it! What is cornbread? Cornbread is a bake made with a proportion of corn flour/corn meal instead of all wheat flour. The corn gives […]
Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III The Coronation of King Charles III. Long live King Charles III! Coronation Chicken has become a favourite sandwich filling for afternoon tea across the nation. The original recipe was created by Le Cordon Blue London for a […]
