Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts

It may still be March, but the weather today looks perfect for a trip to the beach.

This sauce is blinding! Packed full of sweet roasted tomato flavour, it adds to many a dish.

For a dairy-free cookie these are remarkably ‘buttery’ and are perfect for cutting into any shape and even icing.

Little S is getting a certificate tomorrow in the end of term prize giving – we’re very proud and she certainly deserves it :-).

Yet more salads! I’ve always had a fondness of potato salad that I can’t really explain – gloopy cold potatoes anyone? This version can be easily made either dairy and egg free or…

Here’s a chocolate chip cookie recipe that robust, soft, cakey and a little more substantial than your delicate cookie.

How very exciting… I’ve been nominated for The Versatile Blogger Award by Susartandfood! Thank you so much Susartandfood for noticing my fairly new blog.

Here (at last) is the recipe for the celebration cupcakes I made for little S, the ones that were to be decorated with the rainbow drops I made on Thursday.

This is a cobbled together recipe, using store cupboard ingredients, and it worked an absolute treat – I’ve already been asked for the recipe by my helpful tasters!! If you like coconut…

It’s been one of those days… but hopefully after three disasters in a few short hours things are going to start looking up.

Easter is a bit different for us, in a household where the children are dairy-free, egg-free and nut-free.

So, with the lack of actual Easter Eggs in this house I decided to make some chocolate biscuits in the shape of eggs.

No, not made of Giraffes, just from the restaurant chain! We had an unusual Easter Sunday… A very early morning Easter egg hunt (luckily the Easter Bunny had visited) followed by a day out wi…