The kitchen is currently being redecorated, so that seemed like a good excuse to be lazy and just chuck a load of stuff in the slow cooker. I’d been sent a few Old El Paso products to try but unfortunately two of the products weren’t suitable for vegetarians (the OneContinue Reading
The Complete Bread Machine Cookbook had been in my Amazon Wishlist for a few years but I never got around to buying it, probably because I don’t use my other bread machine cookbooks that much and didn’t see the point in buying another one just to not use that oneContinue Reading
Domu sent me a replacement soup maker, so I’m still trying to make friends with it. At least the new one doesn’t require whacking on the side to make it start up, I suppose, and I have just about figured out how to use it, hooray. Years ago, when IContinue Reading
I’ve been having a bit of a ‘use up what’s in the freezer’ week, this week, as our freezer is bursting with stuff, which means there’s no room to put anything new and interesting, which can’t be right. I pulled out a plastic container and left it on the sideContinue Reading
I’d never made a nice risotto. So, when Sunrise Care asked me to make the Tomato and Basil Risotto recipe on their website, I thought ‘uh oh’. But, I know the key to a good risotto is to pour the liquid in slowly and to keep stirring, which is whereContinue Reading
The brownies I’d made were about to run out, so obviously that meant I needed to make more snacks. To balance out the unhealthy brownies, I decided to make some chia seed flapjacks and found this chia seed flapjacks recipe which, apart from the Golden Syrup, is made with healthyContinue Reading
I said yesterday I’d give the VonShef Soup Maker another go, so I used it today to make a batch of red pepper soup. Just like last time, when I plugged it in, it was lifeless and could only be revived by giving it a whack on its side. AndContinue Reading
I mentioned before how excited I was about getting a VonShef Soup Maker from Domu. It arrived just a couple of days after placing my order and I thought the onion, tomato and chickpea soup recipe in the free book 200 Super Soups that came with the soup maker wouldContinue Reading
My university friend, Montana, shared on Facebook the other day a photo of the swirly jalapeno, cheese and sundried tomato bread she made. It looked so fab, it inspired me to make my own, although without the swirly bit as my breadmaking technique is to throw the ingredients in theContinue Reading
My experience with stand mixers is limited. My mum (as I’m sure all mums of a certain generation did) had a Kenwood Chef that was built like a tank. These machines were heavy; you pressed that little silver button on the side and the unit lifted up and you pushedContinue Reading