This is my family’s smoked mackerel pâté recipe. It’s a family tradition to serve this pâté as an appetiser at Christmas. But it is delicious any time of the year. Smoked mackerel pâté recipe This recipe is adapted from a recipe passed down through my husband’s mother’s side of the family. With their …
Feeling too lazy to bake from scratch… or just not got enough time? Here’s some cake mix cheats for creating amazing cakes and baked goods using cake mix. Cake Mix Cheats My mum has never let a cake mix into her house. She’s a purist about baking. I’m not sure she ever even bought bread …
Here are three great pancake recipes. One for English pancakes, one for American pancakes and one for French pancakes. Three Easy Pancake Recipes – English, American and French Pancakes. So simple. And I love simple when it comes to cooking! But which kind of pancake to make? Eh? Well yes, there are various …
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This is a delicious and easy to follow brandy butter recipe. Brandy butter makes a delicious accompaniment to Christmas pudding and mince pies. Traditional brandy butter recipe Brandy butter is the ultimate accompaniment to Christmas pudding and mince pies. I can’t tell you how much I LOVE the stuff. My mum has to make extra to …
Hidden vegetable soup is a great way to get kids who are picky eaters to eat large quantities of vegetables. I know some mums think hiding veggies is a bad idea and I agree picky eaters need to get used to the texture of vegetables. But, if it’s a trade off between one tiny …
Pasta Sauce with Hidden Vegetables Pasta sauce with hidden vegetables is a brilliant way to get kids who are fussy eaters to have some of their five-a-day. And as a mother of a child who will not touch a whole vegetable, I have discovered a slow cooked pasta sauce is even better because it lets …
Yummy fruit muffin ideas Fruit muffins rock! Super quick to make, they’re easy for little hands to bake as there’s no hard labour creaming butter and sugar and they freeze well. Most importantly – in our house – muffins are an amazing way to get fruit into a child who can’t stand it whole. …
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