Lucy's Friendly Foods969 recipes
Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Homemade chocolate cookie selection box
Those pretty selection boxes of chocolates or cookies always look so tempting.
Pear Tart Tatin
You will notice a theme in the coming weeks of comfort and joyful foods that will hopefully brighten your day (as well as mine when I develop and make them) and help us through this darkest of Janu…
Spicy Tomato and Rice Soup
I don’t know about you but I find lunches the most difficult meal to cater for, especially right now where we’re all at home all the time, we have differing timetables and differing ide…
Caramel Muffins
When I last visited the supermarket (how is it that a simple trip to the supermarket is now the most exciting part of the week), I spied a sign for a delicious looking caramel muffin in the coffee …
Black Forest Cheesecake
Sometimes a recipe evolves as a idea and sometimes it just happens due to the contents of the larder! I wanted to make a cheesecake for Sunday lunch last week and had all the necessary ingredients …
Churros Cake
We’re still in desperate need of anything that’ll make us feel good and for these dark dismal lock-down days to pass as quickly as possible, although that said today was beautiful and s…
Triple chocolate hot cross buns
My it’s been a long hard Winter! But at last things are starting to look brighter and the first signs of spring are hitting at the same time as an early Easter.
Cinnamon sugar cookies aka snickerdoodles
Don’t you just love the sweet spicy scent of cinnamon? There’s something so warm and inviting about this woody spice, especially when it’s baking in the oven, it makes the house s…
Popcorn cereal bars
Next up in the recipes from cupboard odds and ends and these stunningly delicious popcorn cereal bars.
Venus Beach Cafes, Devon
After probably the longest winter in living memory the restrictions in the UK are starting to be relaxed and suddenly we don’t need to stay at home, or more recently stay local.
Easy Cinnamon Bun Twists
I love an easy pastry, one of those recipes that throw a few ingredients together and end up with a superb tasty sweet treat that everyone wows over.
Tropical flapjacks
Sunny days call for not just food for outdoors but also bright tropical flavours, hence the inspiration for these deliciously lush oaty bars.
Blueberry muffins
I do have a fondness for blueberry muffins, they’re a great excuse to eat cake for breakfast, or anytime for that matter! Are blueberry muffins a little out of favour these days? They don’t seem to…
Rhubarb Granita
There’s a lot of rhubarb around at the moment, but what to do when it’s a scorcher of a day and rhubarb crumble is not the most ideal dish for the menu? Why not try this gorgeous candy floss pink, …
Hales of Cartmel, Cumbria
We sadly had to postpone our longed for holiday to the Greek Islands due to COVID and have ended up in the Lake District.