One of the great things about your children starting at secondary school is that they are suddenly exposed to a whole new world of education. Gone are the primary school days where numeracy, literacy, and PE were all they could muster when asked about their day. Now they have days and weeks filled with individual […]
Let’s face it, breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. I know the difference in my day when I haven’t eaten a proper breakfast. But, we can so easily get stuck in a rut eating the same thing day in and day out. I love porridge, but I can get a bit […]
On a crisp autumn Sunday what is better than sitting down as a family to enjoy a traditional Sunday roast dinner? Well, following up that roast with an indulgent, home-cooked pudding – that’s what! I came up with this one on the spot while we were doing our weekly shop in Aldi – chocolate chi […]
It’s only Thursday and I’ve eaten pancakes for breakfast 3 times this week! But why not, it’s the summer holidays (a poor excuse, but I’m sticking to it). I thought of this recipe for semolina pancakes while I was out walking our dogs, Dottie and Duke, so tried it when I got home. Before making […]
Millionaire’s shortbread, also known as a caramel slice or caramel shortbread, is something that I love to eat. When you happen upon a good one, usually from a table at a school fair who’s Grandma has made, it’s pretty unbeatable by anything else. However, for me, making it has never really worked out. That was […]
Spring keeps springing and here in North Yorkshire, it’s been blooming glorious this week. With the North York Moors National Park right on our doorstep, it would be rude not to get out and run in there. It didn’t disappoint! I kept Monday and Tuesday pretty light given that I cracked out a monster of […]
What’s a dad to do when his two little girls ask for tomato soup for their dinner and there’s none in? Make some, of course! Here’s a very quick way to rustle up a delicious homemade tomato soup.
I recently had the predicament that I needed mayonnaise but had none in the fridge (or cupboard). Because of a craving for a BLT, I had just arrived home for lunch having stopped off at our local Co-Op Food Store for the bacon and a teacake. Once I was cooking the bacon and slicing the […]
What do you do with a glut of blackberries? Make blackberry pancakes of course. Okay, it’s not the only thing you can do with them and regular readers will know I’ve already posted a couple of recipes using our forages blackberries. This one is a as simple as they come, requires no weighing out at all and is ready […]
We’ve been out foraging blackberries again. We came back with a bumper crop and we plan on making a few sweet treats with them. First up we made blackberry muffins. In my opinion, blackberry muffins are far superior to the blueberry muffin and far more English! So, without further ado here my recipe for making the […]
