I try to visit Kirkgate Market in Leeds at least 3 times a year. I do this to get cut priced fruit and veg for preserving. It is so worth the trip and even including bus and taxi fares or petrol and parking it is still at least 3/4’s cheaper than the supermarkets for the…
Category: Recipes
Victoria Sponge Cake
This particular recipe is an absolute brilliant one for beginners and masters alike. It’s fantastic when you have an hours notice for unexpected or expected guests and pretty much everyone I know or have met are more than happy with this cake and it brings them back to some happy childhood memories. Saying all that…
Yorkshire Puddings
Yorkshire Puddings are such a huge thing in our home that if a roast dinner turns up without them there is a mutiny! I learned this recipe when I was working as a chef and it has never gone wrong. It is incredibly easy, very quick and simple to adapt to your needs. This will…
Mocheatos
To celebrate my 900th video on YouTube I am sharing with you my quick and easy mojitos recipe that is no fuss and simple. INGREDIENTS 1 Handful Fresh Mint Leaves 1 Whole Lime Peeled 3 Tablespoons Sugar 1/2 Blender full of Ice 2 Shots White Rum Your Favourite Lemonade METHOD Place all your ingredients except…
Beef Ragu with Gnocchi
As part of the collaboration #NoodleNovember2023 I had footage I wanted to use from last year. When I went to look for it it had disappeared off my pc so in a blind panic due to not being paid for a couple of weeks and only having what we have in the house to use…
Witchy Brew Stew
It was a couple of months ago I was approached by Tony of Kettle Kitchen and Jen from Jeni’s Scratch Made Kitchen and asked to be a part of #crocktober for 2023. I have to admit I was really excited for this one and really wanted to be a part of it as I had…
Chicken Chasseur and Rice
Chicken Chasseur and Rice??? What is this abomination !?! I hear you cry… Weeeell its one pot, Tanny will eat it and it has fed him for 3 days and one of our kids and one of the grandkids. I figure that is a win. Sure normally I would serve chicken Chasseur with vegetables but…
Beef, Booze and Buttons
When hubby let me know that he hadn’t been paid his overtime this month my heart sank. His overtime is the equivelant of half his flat salary and it is what we live on after paying the bills. However I always have a plan and insteead of staying in a space of “wtf do we…
“Jarlic”
Rounding up Garlic Day had to be using what we had to make our very own easy to use “Jarlic”. So named by my kids when they were little to differentiate between fresh and prepared garlic. Basically it’s minced garlic in oil like you buy in the shops only this we grew and produced ourselves…
Confit Garlic 2 Ways
One of my absolute favourite things to eat both in summer and winter is antipasto. Sure these aren’t typically Italian but in our house we tend to call them “nibbles” and are happiest grabbing all the pickles and preserves of the year, including salad things and bread and other yummy treats and just picking what…
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