Halloween Supper – Mummified Meatballs
I found this fun halloween meal idea in the Tesco magazine. You could of course just take the idea and use your usual meatball sauce, but I decided to follow […]
Category Archives: Parties
Scotch Eggs
This British picnic favourite is said to have been invented by the London department store Fortnum & Mason in 1738. The humble scotch egg is a simple dish of boiled […]
Roasted Pepper Tartlets
If you add these to the Padron Poppers recipe I posted a couple of days ago, you’re half way to a party! This is another of those recipes where I’m […]
Padron Poppers
These are a variation on Jalapeno Poppers using Padron chilli peppers, and are baked rather than fried. Padron peppers are a type of chilli that varies in heat, most are mild, […]
No-Bake Eclair Cake
I’ve been excited about the thought of making this eclair cake ever since I stumbled across it on the Chef-In-Training site a few weeks back. The recipe uses several American […]
Maple Bacon Baskets
I’ve had several attempts at making bacon bowls/baskets lately, and several fails, but I learned a fair bit along the way about bacon shrinkage and slippage and stickage (stickage?). I […]
Christmas Bauble Cakes
This time it was my son’s turn to get creative in the kitchen. His class received a homework assignment this week to make a Christmas present for someone else in […]
Fruity Cake Pops
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on here, so I thought I’d share some pictures of these lovely fruity cake pops my daughter (14) made last week. One […]
Eton Mess
Eton Mess is one of the simplest, and yet most crowd-pleasing, summer desserts. Perfect after a barbeque, or any alfresco occasion! It is a traditional English dessert which has been […]
Chocolate Rubble Slab
Today’s recipe is my 14 year old daughter’s handiwork. She adapted the recipe from one for mud pie in a book we own; we renamed it (the recipe, not the […]
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