Category Archives: Recipes
Homemade Potato Wedges
Tonight we are having steak, chosen and cut by our local butcher. We get all our meat at our local butcher, my 3 year old George knows him by name and will chat to him about what type of sausages … Continue reading
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My Chicken Noodle Broth
Dinner tonight was my chicken noodle broth recipe. Yesterday we had a roast chicken and this is a fantastic, healthy way to use up the leftovers. Plus it is like having your own healthy Chinese takeaway at home. I made … Continue reading
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Most Popular 2011 – Your Favourite Posts
Looking back over my posts this year I’ve found the five most popular posts. There are a good mix of recipes and surprisingly my Smoked Salmon Pasta has been the most popular recipe all year round! Here are your favourite … Continue reading
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Christmas Petits Fours
If you have time and you want to make a quick last minute homemade gift or have something yummy to offer guests over the next week then check out these very cute Christmas pudding petits fours. Think of these as … Continue reading
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Homemade Marmalade
Christmas is coming fast! I’ve been suffering with a virus and unable to get on with my edible gifts. It’s time to get back in the kitchen and share some recipes with you. One of the first things I’m going … Continue reading
Coronation Chicken
This weekend we had Roast Chicken. I used the leftovers to make one of our favourite dinners: Coronation Chicken with my quick Jacket Potatoes. This is a great recipe to cook with kids. If you chop and prepare the ingredients … Continue reading
Sweet Pumpkin Recipes
This weekend I’m going to buy some pumpkins and get baking. Following all the requests I’ve had for pumpkin recipes here are some of the sweet recipes I would like to try. Click on the titles to read the recipes … Continue reading
Pumpkin Parfait
Yesterday I wrote about how to make pumpkin puree which is popular in American cooking. They use it to make cakes, scones, puddings and pies. If you don’t want to make your own pureed pumpkin a canned version which is … Continue reading
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Pumpkins
“Pumpkins are only good for soup.” That’s what I heard a Dad tell his toddler in the supermarket last week. Little did he know he was standing next to a food blogger and I was thinking how wrong can he … Continue reading
My George’s 3rd Birthday
George is now 3. At the end of August we had a family party to celebrate and George was keen to have a postman pat cake. I decided simple and well executed was the best way to go with my … Continue reading
I’m Victoria and this is my food blog. I’ve started saving time and money by organising my cooking with weekly meal plans. Here I share my meal plans and blog about everything food related.