Tea and coffee is consumed in copious amounts in our house. It couldn’t really be a good farm house kitchen without the kettle being on most of the day. Obviously you need a biscuit with your brew. We wouldn’t be British otherwise would we? So here is my recipe for double chocolate heart biscuits. You…
These are a grown up Halloween treat. Saying that though, Boo quite enjoyed them too. Ingredients Sweet desert pastry-enough for 12 tarts 1-2 desert apples* sprilised Toffee sauce. You could make dulce de leche but as I only needed a small amount, I just bought a small jar. Icing sugar to dust-I used Sugar and Crumbs,…
The Cake & Bake Show, the UK’s biggest baking show is coming to Manchester, Event City from November the 12th-15th and I cannot wait. The show organisers have just announced that, for the first time, a Great British Bake Off Live Stage will be at this year’s shows, where visitors will be able to see…
Since my weaning adventure with Boo, I seem to have forgotten everything. We got stuck in a bit of a baby-food-rut. Baby G loves all things sweet-yoghurt, porridge and fruit but savoury foods are not his thing yet so most vegetables still have to be mixed with fruit. Carrot and apple or butternut squash with…
This week, I really fancied stuffing with my Sunday dinner but we had none of the packet variety in so I decided to try and make my own. I recently visited the Mornflake factory in Crew. You can read about it here and we had some Oatbran in the cupboard. Being full of a cold and…
You must all know the score by now. As a farmer’s wife, I have to cook a lot. Food for workers, food for the family. Hubster doesn’t cook so it is all down to me and he likes ‘proper’ meals because he works so hard so I have to be mindful of this. With the…
My lovely nana used to make Maids of Honour and they were always delicious. This is her recipe with a Christmas twist. 5oz self raising flour Teaspoon of ginger and cinnamon 4oz butter 4 tablespoons of caster sugar 2 eggs Packet of desert pastry Mackays Christmas jam 2 tablespoons of Sugar and Crumbs Christmas punch…
I recently saw a delicious looking soup in a sandwich shop. Christmas soup. I was really excited about it but imagined it would have turkey in it. It didn’t, it had ham so I still couldn’t have it (remember the vegetarian farmer’s wife). So I decided I wasn’t about to miss out and made it…
We love ratatouille in our house. It’s such a versatile dish. I use it as an accompaniment, a cooking sauce over meat (or quorn), a pasta sauce and, if you add a bit of stock, even as a soup. I usually buy it in a tin but homemade is so much nicer so,…
Of all the fad diets I’ve done, the ones I’ve failed miserably on are the ones which ban bread for any length of time. I just can’t do it. That lovely crusty stuff that is so versatile. Toast, sandwiches, bread and butter, soldiers, lathered in butter… I’m going to stop now before I start going…
