Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts

Summer is here (at last!) and the shops are full of delicious ripe berries, so much so I’m constantly popping them into my shopping basket.

In my opinion free-from puddings are much harder that cakes, biscuits or treats.

Oh my goodness, it’s a proper heatwave! So a refreshing, cooling summery drink is the order of the day.

It’s not often that we swelter like this – well that used to be the case, who knows for the future :-( All anyone is thinking or talking about is the heat! I do love how us Brits are to…

Victoria sponge cake is surely the most appropriate traditional summertime cake.

English muffins were always our saviour, a safe breakfast or bun option that was mostly readily available.

Rich, decadent and very chocolatey truffle pots – think those little Gu pudding pots you can buy, but tastier, friendly and with only three ingredients! These totally fit the bill of emergenc…

Sometimes I find inspiration is lacking and I find it hard to come up with new ideas – well, there are over 700 unique recipes on my site! Then along comes a whole season of inspiration in th…

We’re just back from a wonderful, relaxing and very sunny summer holiday and I thought I’d pass on some thoughts on Malta and Gozo as holiday destination from the point of view of a fam…

The ‘free-from’ chocolate ranges are constantly improving and getting more exciting (thank you Nomo and MooFree), but there is still a real lack of the kind of interesting chocolate bar…

I’m going to continue my ‘eating out with allergies’ series as it’s an area where I’m always looking for help and recommendations, so maybe my comments and reviews may…

You might think that yogurt wouldn’t work in a dairy-free cake, but i’ve had great success using dairy-free yogurt to create a light and fluffy but also moist sponge.

My thinking is that in the U.

It’s rare that my girls get to go out for a real fancy treat, one that is food based but also worth getting dressed up for! We’ve previously had a wonderful Afternoon tea at The Langham…

I’m not one for a milky coffee but I do like the sound of the seasonal varieties that are sold in the big golf shop chains.

This year I’m intending on making lots of my Christmas presents, well that’s the plan! I’ll have to see if life, work and the new puppy let that happen… To me it seems like …

I can’t think of a better time to make homemade chocolates than Christmas.

Brandy snaps are an essential part of Christmas – i can’t imagine eating them at any other time of year! They’re also a perfect easy recipe to make in a rush, or with the children…