February 22, 2012

Roasted Pepper Cannelloni

RECIPE Roasted Pepper Cannelloni

    Serves 8 Finding a great tasting recipe to fill many mouths is not easy. This recipe is perfect for all occasions, be it a simple family meal, or for a dinner party. It’s great fun to make, so why not get your children to help you out in the kitchen? Like most recipes [...]

Five Bean Slow Cooker Chilli

Slow Cooker Bean Chilli Recipe

  Here is a hot’n’hearty recipe for those cold, dark, winter days.  After all, there’s nothing like a chilli to warm those cockles.   Cheap, nutritious, quick and tasty, this is a great all-round recipe which is just as great wrapped up in a tortilla or served on a bed of rice or cous cous, [...]

How to make pasta

PADDY PASTA

  If you have a little extra time and fancy some of the proper stuff, fresh pasta can’t be beaten for a touch of luxury at dinnertime. Once they notice the pasta maker is out of the kitchen cupboard and dusted down, the kids will be keen to help too.  This means that a potentially [...]

Honey and Almond Cake with Lemon Buttercream Icing

Honey and Almond Cake with Lemon Buttercream Icing I wanted to come up with a cake that would be tasty, comforting and satisfying to my sweet tooth alongside a nice, hot cup of tea on a cold and bleak wintery day. This is it. Honey and Almond Cake with Lemon Buttercream IcingIngredients: For the cake:12oz butter [...]

Banana and Raisin Breakfast Muffins

Banana and Raisin Breakfast Muffins are a great recipe idea for toddlers Oliver, at two years old, has plenty to be getting on with.  Eating and mealtimes just get in the way of his busy life.  He tends to graze at the moment, preferring to walk about with a bunch of grapes or a handful [...]

Slow Cooker Boeuf Bourguignon

Slow Cooker Boeuf Bourguignon Mike has recently become quite a dab hand in the kitchen.  This was his first attempt at this dish and it was so lovely there was no way of not having a second helping.  This is the ideal dish to warm you up in the winter, especially when teamed up with [...]