Lucy's Friendly Foods902 recipes
Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Red Berry Cordial
Due to the bad weather earlier in the summer, this was our first trip to a local ‘pick your own’.
Speedy Homemade Raspberry jam
The bounty from the PYO needed to be used up as fast as possible – it’s funny how real fresh fruit goes off far faster than shop bought varieties… I wonder why?!! In fact, after w…
Jam Flower Biscuits
We’re going on holiday on Friday and I’m determined to try and use up my jar of delicious homemade jam before we go – this has meant serious thinking cap moments and recipe book s…
Plum Streusel Cake
Oh the folly of it! The ripe, reduced plums in the supermarket looked so tempting – it was only when I got them home that it became clear why they were on special offer – over-ripe is s…
Carrot and Poppy Seed Salad
Well we’re just back from a fantastic holiday in the South of France featuring beach fun in the Languedoc and then the incredibly wild and beautiful scenery of the Cévennes and Aveyron.
Cheat’s Dairy-free Pain au Chocolat
Whilst we were on holiday in France, every morning Big S would see us enjoying freshly made pain au chocolat and asked if I could make some dairy-free ones when we got home.
Back to Work Double Chocolate Chip Cake with Fluffy White Buttercream
I’ve been dreading today for YEARS – after six years on a career break, spending wonderful time with my little ones, I’m finally going back to work.
Chocolate Chip Cookies for a Big Day
To compound my difficult week… and returning to work has certainly been very hard, tomorrow we’re taking Little S for her rearranged peanut challenge.
Slow-roasted Tomatoes (Tomato Confits)
We’ve just started getting an organic veg box delivered again.
Blackberry Vinegar
It suddenly seems like Autumn, which means tons of blackberries in the hedges – I managed to get a small harvest from our neighbours’ bush that hangs over into our garden (shh!), but no…
Fairy Glitter Truffles
I suddenly had a thought that my lovely edible glitter would make a stunning coating for chocolate truffles – the kind of truffles that fairies might like to eat – and the kind to give …
Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes
Apparently this week is National Cupcake week – a slightly tenuous reason for a celebration if you ask me, but then again the cake tin was looking all empty and lonely, and any excuse to bake…
Pom-Bear Original Crisps now milk-free
Pom-bear crisps seem to be a favourite with children (or maybe just the adults that buy them for the children!) but have always been out of bounds to us as even the original, salted flavour contain…
Double Chocolate Chip Muffins
It’s Sunday which means getting ready for the busy, early part of the week whilst still enjoying what remains of the weekend.
Cherry Berry Compote
The remaining punnet of lovely local strawberries was starting to look a bit sorry in the fridge, and there was a big handful of very very ripe cherries.
Delicious Dhal
I’ve always struggled with making knockout curries – I guess they’re not in my cooking comfort-zone and that spicing just isn’t in my genes.
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Puddings/desserts can be quite tricky if you avoid dairy and eggs – most puds you come across are intrinsically full of the ingredients you want to avoid, particularly any ‘wow, I reall…
Surprising Rich Double Chocolate Brownies
If you think of the ingredients in a brownie you most certainly think chocolate, sugar and eggs.