Chocolate Rice Krispie Mini Egg Nests Recipe

We love making cornflake cakes and chocolate rice krispie cakes and this Easter we thought we’d vary our usual recipes and make chocolate rice krispie nests as easy Easter treats to enjoy alongside Easter eggs! With Cadbury Mini Eggs everywhere it’s only right that they have little chocolate Easter nests to sit in and these …

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Why Cooking New Recipes is Good for You | AD

It’s a new year, and many of us are wondering what resolutions we should make. Some of us may want to eat better and save money. Well, if you’re always eating fast food, or always cooking the same meals, you can kill two birds with one stone by trying new recipes to cook. If you …

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Alternative ways to use Mincemeat

I love mince pies and for me the first mince pie of the year symbolises the start of the festive season. Over the years I’ve got in the kitchen and baked traditional mince pies, custard crumble mince pies, sponge topped mince pies and even little mini Christmas mince pies to give a bit of variety.

Mince Pie Brownies Recipe

I love finding alternative ways to use mincemeat over the festive season. As a family we love mince pies but it’s nice to have something different every now and again. So we made mince pie brownies! Plus, we also now make our own super easy Slow Cooker Mincemeat so we can make these all year …

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Brownies Recipe

I love creating new seasonal recipes and this year I’ve been making so many pumpkin flavoured bakes that our home has been full of the scents of the season. Our latest bake was Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Brownies and I thought I’d add it to our bank of pumpkin recipes along with Pumpkin Pie and our …

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Pumpkin and Nutmeg Tarts Recipe

I love seasonal baking and over the last couple of years I’ve really enjoyed baking different recipes with pumpkin – something I’d never really used until I decided to make a Pumpkin Pie one day. The whole family really enjoyed it and we’ve been cooking pumpkin recipes ever since.

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

A few years ago I published my Never Fail Cookies recipe and it’s been the basis of so many cookie recipes over the years. Recently we’ve been enjoying easy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, with that same recipe as the inspiration for them. It’s such a nice alternative to more traditional choc chip cookies.

How to make Pumpkin Puree

Pumpkin Puree

At this time of year there are pumpkins everywhere and as much as I love to carve them I also love to cook with them. But, the first year that I bought a pumpkin I made the mistake of peeling it, chopping it and boiling it before making it into puree – thinking that it …

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Carte D’Or Christmas Pudding Sundae Recipe

Carte D'Or Christmas Pudding Sundae

Last week I was sent a really lovely delivery from Carte D’Or – everything I needed to create a Christmas Pudding Sundae! Now, I love a pudding. I also love Christmas. So the idea of this ice cream sundae recipe was mind blowing to me and I couldn’t wait to give it a go. Christmas desserts …

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