Lucy's Friendly Foods438 recipes
Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Magic Chocolate Sauce
Do you remember a chocolate sauce back in the 80s that magically turned into a hard shell on contact with cold ice cream – was it called ‘Ice magic’? Anyway, this rich and sumptuo…
Knockout Pear and Almond pastries (aka Jalousie aux Poires)
It worked! I am so, so pleased! :-) My second foray into making French patisserie (as taught by the wonderful Claire Clark when she was a teacher at Le Cordon Bleu) but egg and dairy-free, has turn…
Mmmm, Chocolate Truffles
Fabulous dairy-free, rich and decadent chocolate truffles that are perfect for that after-dinner treat.
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yet more cookies from me! These very chocolaty cookies are quite substantial and would work perfectly with a cup of oat milk to wash them down… Double Chocolate Chip Cookies (dairy-free, egg-…
Super-duper Gooey Chocolate flapjacks
Little S wanted to take in some biscuits/cakes that her lovely teacher could enjoy too (Mrs L doesn’t eat gluten and I’m not very practiced at gluten-free cake making), so I reverted ba…
Blueberry and Banana Cake
I had an hour before the girls got home from school and the snack options were looking pretty non-existent – I seem to have stopped buying a lot of snacks with all the baking I’ve been …
S’mores Bars (vegan too!)
The girls have always been rather interested in the concept of S’mores, probably from coming across the term in TV programmes.
Chocoholic Chocolate Cupcakes
These are the perfect cupcake if you like chocolate, and I mean REALLY like chocolate! Rich, chocolatey and decadent – think Austrian chocolate Sacher-torte rather than super super sweet cupc…
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
I came across a photo of cookie bars on the internet the other day and decided to give them a whirl.
Strawberry Cheesecake
To end my 4th July special supper (I know it’s taken a while to post!) I eventually decided upon Big S’s favourite, Strawberry Cheesecake.
Spotty Dotty Cookies
Today is going to be rather scary, in fact I can’t quite believe that we’re going to willingly do this.
Totally Tropical Cupcakes
The sun is shining (at last) and it seems like summer may be here, so what better cupcake to make for the last birthday party of the school year than one with a totally tropical vibe – banana…
Olympic Rings Biscuits – Bring on the Games
We’re terribly excited – the London 2012 Olympic Games are starting today.
Cute Chocolate Mice
The home cookery classes continue – this time for an additional 5 year old play-date.
Marvellous Chocolate Chip Muffins
I am beyond excited – tomorrow, we’re going to the Olympics to watch the athletics! It was really difficult to get tickets but we were absolutely determined to experience the whole Olym…
Banana and Passionfruit Birthday Cake
It was my lovely Mum’s birthday yesterday and I thought I’d make her a cake.
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…