Category Archives: Recipes
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
Quick Work Day Dinner
I’m a stay at home Mum, but if my Dad’s PA is ever ill then I fill in. This week I’ve been working and I invented this recipe so I could cook dinner super fast when I got home from … Continue reading
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My Big Brother’s Gnocchi
My big brother Matthew loves to cook gnocchi not only because it is delicious, but he can buy a prepared packet cheaply and it only takes 3 minutes to cook! Since Matt introduced us to gnocchi I found out you … Continue reading
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Brioche Sandwich Making
This week I had to make a lot of sandwiches for a funeral; sadly my husband’s Granny passed away. I was pleased to be given this job and got up at 6am on the day to make sure everything was … Continue reading
Peperonata
I’ve mentioned before that for Christmas my husband bought me a great new cook book called ‘Forgotten Skills of Cooking’ by Darina Allen of the internationally acclaimed Irish cookery school Ballymaloe. Reading the book last weekend found a fantastic, simple … Continue reading
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Breakfast Rolls
My husband loves to have toast for breakfast at the weekends, but I’m not a fan of mass produced bread. There has been a lot of bad press lately about supermarket bread and if you are interested I’ve found a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooking with kids, cooking with toddlers, quick recipe, recipe, yeast free
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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.