June 18, 2013

How to make butter

how to make homemade butter

      Making your own butter is so easy to do.  You don’t need any special equipment at all and you only need one ingredient.  The whole process from beginning to end takes 15 minutes at most. Price-wise, here is the breakdown.  Tesco currently sell 250g of Anchor butter for £1.70, or you could [...]

Meatloaf Recipe

meatloaf recipe

        This is a lovely, moist meatloaf recipe that our whole family loves.  Not only is that good in itself but better yet, it’s simple to throw together and takes minutes to prepare.  Serve with boiled new potatoes and veg for a deliciously warming winter meal. This recipe makes enough to fill [...]

Recipe: Almond and Cherry Muffins

almond and cherry muffins collection

    For those of you who love Cherry Bakewells or have a love of all things almondy, we have a delicious muffin recipe you will love.  The almond flavoured muffins are soft and fluffy and perfectly finished off with a sweet, icing topping and the all-important cherry on top. This recipe makes 48.  You [...]

Recipe: Homemade Granola

home made granola recipe

    Granola is a wonderfully filling breakfast option.  Eat it with milk poured over as you would with normal cereal or mix it up with some yoghurt instead.  You could also add some fresh fruit to it too. A small helping of granola goes a long way and its supply of nuts and seeds [...]

Fudge Recipe

Fudge

  There is something about home-made fudge that really cannot be beaten by the shop bought version. I love fudge. I love this fudge recipe. I think you will love it too. Vanilla Fudge Recipe  Ingredients: 1 can (400ml) Condensed Milk 250g Butter (butter - not margarine) 200ml Milk 1kg Sugar 5 Tbsp Golden Syrup 2 [...]

School Dinners and Butterscotch Tart

butterscotch tart

In the days before Jamie Oliver took on the schools (although not that long ago I hasten to add), and when Spam was a tinned meat, school dinners were very different to the meals that they now offer.  The meals themselves I was not normally very impressed with.  And we weren’t allowed a drink during [...]