Eat well - travel often
Delicious Shortbread Fingers with Melted Chocolate I always think a cup of tea or coffee is too wet and needs a lovely biscuit to go with it. These Shortbread Fingers are perfect for that afternoon refreshment break. Fingers of easy to make shortbread dipped in […]
California Prune Banana Bread with Walnuts My Banana Bread recipe is from my grandmother and has been made by my mother and myself for years. It is incredibly easy and only has four main ingredients. I have posted this recipe before however this time I […]
Broccoli Soup using everything even the stalks This is a no waste broccoli soup recipe which uses all of the broccoli including the stalks When you buy broccoli you are paying by the pound/kilo and you are paying for the stalk. Most people cut the […]
How To Store Parsley I asked my husband to get me some parsley recently expecting the usual small packet that you get from the supermarket. I was speechless when he came home with a bunch of parsley the size of a bouquet of flowers from […]
Native American Maple Syrup Pie There are many stories of how the Native Americans first realised that the clear liquid dripping from the maple tree could become such a beautiful, delicious and sweet syrup but whoever discovered it – Thank You! I love maple syrup! […]
Easiest Flapjacks Ever! Mr R loves flapjacks and I think this recipe is the best I have ever made! The recipe is quick and easy to make and provided you have a few ingredients in your cupboard you can whip them up when someone says […]
California Prune Butter Recently I have been creating recipes using California Prunes as the hero ingredient especially as 99% of prunes produced in the US and 40% of prunes sold worldwide are from California. What makes California Prunes so special? The legendary Petit d’Agen plum was brought […]
A Long Weekend in Athens Post Pandemic I love the capital city of Greece, Athens. I have had the pleasure and opportunity to visit it quite a few times however this recent trip was post pandemic. Athens is an easy to reach destination from the […]
Easy to Make Paella Kit Have you ever wanted to make a paella at home but worried it would be too difficult or you wouldn’t know how much rice to use or how much stock etc etc! Cuisine Box has a kit for you to […]
How To Make A Classic Victoria Sponge Cake What is your favourite cake? Without a doubt a classic Victoria sponge cake is my favourite cake and especially my favourite cake to make at home. How do you assemble the sponge layers? Originally you would sandwich […]
Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake No matter which British Christmas tradition you and you family observe and no matter what you serve on the big day nothing beats having a homemade Christmas Cake. Traditionally you would put a layer of marzipan paste on top […]
California Prune and Cognac Ice Cream I am sure you have heard of and probably tasted rum and raisin ice cream. Well let’s go one step further, let’s take this idea up a notch! Are you ready? I was sent some California Prunes and although […]
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What are Fluffernutter Brownies? When I was a child as a special treat we were able to have a fluffernutter sandwich. What is a fluffernutter sandwich you might ask. A fluffernutter is made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. Marshmallow fluff comes in a jar […]
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Here is my recipe for delicious California Prune Preserve Many years ago I used to make this prune and date preserve regularly however the recipe went missing. Recently looking through some old cookbooks I found the faded, handwritten recipe. I didn’t want to loose this […]
