Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts

Apple and cinnamon is such a fantastic flavour match, and it’s perfect for these dreary, cold and wet winter days.

I’m always searching for new and interesting dairy and egg free puddings (I seem to say this a lot, but puddings are a real problem if you don’t eat eggs and dairy but want something ot…

Happy Valentine’s Day! I’ve been thinking of making these pretty Austrian jam sandwich cookies for ages.

2 Years! Today marks my 2 years as a blogger – it’s been quite a journey, I really had no idea when I started how it would take off.

Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus (or Happy St David’s Day!) This is the third variety of Welsh cakes I’ve posted – I just find them so tempting but my original variety wasn’t very popul…

Cheesecake is a big favourite in our household – probably the most requested pudding/dessert, even above chocolate brownies! This version is is reminiscent of those chocolate cheesecakes you …

We move house today; after far too long in a not perfect house we’re at last moving into our new home.

When I first saw this concept of pairing balsamic with chocolate I was totally intrigued.

I had intended to make these truffles to stand in as the little chocolate eggs found on chocolate cornflake nests for the girls to take in for their classes as an Easter treat.

Easter is over, so it’s definitely time to move away from the chocolate and towards fresh spring flavours.

I’m out of cocoa powder – utter disaster!! I’ve mentioned before the difficulty in finding safe milk-free cocoa and since I only visited Waitrose this week and they don’t se…

This recipe was devised due to spying a little bottle of caramel essence in Waitrose.

I haven’t made a proper cake for ages – somehow it always seems more convenient to make cupcakes, but every now and then you can’t beat the visual appeal of a stunning centrepiece…

You’re going to notice a distinctly fruity theme in my recipes over the next few weeks – all the early summer fruits are irresistible at the moment, so I’ve been buying tons of th…

There’s nothing more English than strawberries and cream in the Summer, preferably whilst watching Wimbledon or perhaps a game of cricket (although not for me)! It seemed time to roll out my …

Tarte au citron is one of my all time favourite pastries/puddings.