I'm resharing this post a couple of years after it was first published as I made a batch of applesauce over the weekend with some apples that a lovely friend brought round when she popped in for a cuppa - this time I added some of my lovely apple pie spice mix too and I've saved some to make a batch of Autumn Crumble tarts so I can share some with the friend who gave me the apples.One of my best bargains from the Festival of Thrift this weekend was the big bag of free windfall apples. I was planning to make an apple pie with them but I thought I'd make a batch of homemade applesauce … [Read more...]
Lemon and Ginger Tea – How to make it and why you should drink it….
Homemade lemon and ginger tea is my new favourite drink* so today, I thought I'd show you how I make it (I know, it's not rocket science) and more importantly, why it's good for you.* It's my favourite drink aside from Pepsi Max but I'm trying to drink less of that! 😂I actually made lemon and ginger tea for the first time a couple of weeks ago because I had some lemons left after making my homemade limoncello (which is still a work in progress) and I'm not a huge fan of lemon and honey so I went with a lemon and ginger tea instead.I quite enjoyed it so I bought a batch … [Read more...]
Super Easy Black Cherry Cobbler Recipe….
This super easy black cherry cobbler is an amazing variation of my fruit cobbler recipe! Trust me, you're going to LOVE it!We love a good old fruit cobbler here, mostly because there's no better comfort food for a lazy Sunday afternoon (or any afternoon for that matter) than a hot fruit cobbler with custard. We also love it because it's so easy to make and our version doesn't even involve weighing out ingredients because we just use cups to measure out our ingredients. I first shared our love of cobbler back in 2009! At that point, I hadn't really ventured away from … [Read more...]
Leftover Mash Cheesy Potato Pancakes….
These cheesy Potato Pancakes are an amazing way to use up leftover mashed potatoes!I've tried making something similar to this in the past to use up leftover gammon and mash but as amazing as they tasted, they definitely didn't look as tasty as they could have done. And then I saw a recipe for something similar which used flour to thicken the mix before cooking so I had a try making them with the added flour and they held their shape so much better when they were cooking. I also used more oil this time which isn't my favourite way to cook but it definitely helped them … [Read more...]
Delicious White Chocolate Chip Cookies….
I'm a huge fan of getting kids in the kitchen and teaching them to cook but from my own experience, the recipes they cook need to be fun, at least to start with. This recipe for my amazing white chocolate cookies is ideal because it's fun, easy to make and the results are brilliant.I haven't had too much time to experiment with new recipes lately so I've had to make do with dusting off some of our old favourites. This weekend, we made some of these lovely squidgy white chocolate chip cookies for the first time in ages and judging by how quickly they disappeared, it won't be long … [Read more...]
Mexican Pasta Salad….
Mexican Pasta Salad is one of our new family favourites - it's super easy to make and easy to adapt to whatever you have in the house that needs using up...Last Summer, I made the most amazing homemade potato salad - in fact. I'm pretty sure that I called it the best potato salad you'd ever taste at the time and I still stand by that claim! 😂 I was making a batch of it last week and when I realised that I had a bit of the mayo and sour cream sauce mix leftover so I decided to try and make some sort of spicy pasta using some leftover pasta that I had in the fridge.I … [Read more...]
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