Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts

It’s been an ill week in this household – so it’s definitely time for some seriously good treat food.

If you need a chocolate fix, then this is the cookie for you.

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

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

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

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.

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.

I’ve just downloaded masses of photos from my phone and come across a few birthday cake photos.

Not quite a flapjack, maybe seeming a little more healthy and a fail-safe filling snack.

I think that most people will agree that banana and chocolate is a fantastic combination – and this recipe can be thrown together at a moments notice from just five basic ingredients and then…

Ginger snaps are lovely biscuits, and while McVitie’s Ginger Nuts are a great dairy, egg and nut free standby, sometimes it’s nicer to have homemade.

Little S has a big school trip tomorrow – off to London to watch changing of the guard, see Buckingham Palace and picnic in a Royal Park.