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Tag Archives: baking
Banana, sultana and almond loaf
Manky banana alert – why can’t we ever get through the damned things? No matter how green they are when I buy them they ripen in an instant – infuriating. Well only slightly coz it’s always an excuse to bake … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Storecupboard cooking
Tagged baking, banana, breakfast, cake, comfort food, family favourites, feeding boys, home baking, leftovers
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Lunchbox idea: banana muffins
I had a bunch of manky bananas hanging on my kitchen worktop for longer than I should have – they went black and really started freaking me out so I quickly mashed them up and looked for a recipe to … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Lunches
Tagged baking, banana, cake, comfort food, family favourites, feeding boys, home baking, leftovers
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Home-made gift idea: Chocolate caramel squares
This has to be one of my all time favourite sweet treats, something my mum can throw together with her eyes closed after years of providing the WI market stall with it, but i’d never attempted it before. Once again, … Continue reading
Lunch fix: Puff pasties
Saturday lunchtimes are a frenzied affair. Sam has swimming and we usually all go for a dip while he has his lesson. So when we get back we’re normally starving hungry and just empty the contents of the fridge onto … Continue reading
Bake sale orange and poppy seed cupcakes
I love it when I can tick off two tasks in one go – and on this occasion it was baking for the school cake stall and writing an article about a recipe using orange. Love it! So after a … Continue reading
Edible gifts: Lemon chewies with honey
When you’re dropping in to see people and you’ve got your children in tow, the best thing I can do to make up for the ensuing mayhem is bring edible gifts. Jams and chutneys work well, but a bag of … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Edible Gifts
Tagged baking, biscuits, comfort food, cookies, home baking, lemon, lemon recipes
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Cooking with kids over Christmas
The Christmas holidays are zooming towards us – and once school is out you’ll be needing little projects to keep the kids busy in the run-up to the big day. Trips to the numerous festive-themed events put on for kids … Continue reading
Weekend bake recipe: hey, blondie!
Reading this month’s Sainsbury’s Mag, I came across a massive feature on some of Dan Lepard’s amazing looking cakes with enormous glossy pictures of the most tempting array of goodies I’ve seen in quite a while. The squidgy banana blondies … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Edible Gifts
Tagged baking, baking recipe, banana, blondies, brazil nuts, breakfast, cake, cake recipe, comfort food, dan lepard, family favourites, feeding boys, home baking, recipe
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Rocky road cupcakes
Sponsored post Now that my little ones are having packed lunches a few days a week I thought it’d be a good idea to bake a batch of cakes at the weekend rather than spend a fortune on cereal bars. … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Batch cooking
Tagged baking, cake, comfort food, cupcakes, fairy cakes, home baking, lunchbox ideas, packed lunch ideas, rocky road
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While the vegetarian’s away: sausage, cider and potato pie
Matthew was away and his parents were in town, the meat eaters out numbered the lone veggie… so I decided to knock out some flesh dishes… we had roast beef and yorkshires one night, and the next I made this … Continue reading
Posted in Pies and tarts
Tagged baking, cider, comfort food, family favourites, feeding boys, hearty food, home baking, pie, sausage
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