Tag Archives: sally jack

Mince pies – put to the test

Posted on November 17, 2019 by

Visit any food emporium this time of year and you’ll see mince pies, whether that’s stacks of boxes piled up on supermarket shelves, or a sugar-dusted affair in your cafe of choice, they’re everywhere. Last year in the UK, we … Continue reading →

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Two more soups

Posted on April 24, 2019 by

I’ve been honing a couple of my regular soups. Plus, it happens to be #StopFoodWasteDay today – both soups help reduce waste, either by using items from the freezer, or finding a use for leftover leaves from salad bags. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Biscuits made from Biscoff? Mind-blowing …

Posted on April 17, 2019 by

Warning: these biscuits may mess with your mind. My resident teen introduced me to Biscoff spread, a smooth spread fashioned from the little biscuits you often get with coffee or tea when out and about. And like the biscuits, the … Continue reading →

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Sensory time travel (and a recipe for challah)

Posted on November 3, 2018 by

It’s funny how a taste, a scent, a snatch of a song chorus can carry you back in time to a specific point in your life, often childhood. Not always a good place of course, however, I like to be positive … Continue reading →

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Another royal wedding? Let them eat cake (and bread and soup)

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

May 2018: warm and sunny for Meghan and Harry’s wedding. October 2018: strangely warm, rather windy for Eugenie and Jack’s wedding. Two happy couples, but of slightly more practical interest to me, two wedding cakes. You might recall, H and M … Continue reading →

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Easy and cheesy, plus a take on a wedding cake

Posted on May 20, 2018 by

I often find myself in discussions with people about the joys of looking through the recipe books of long-missed and loved relatives, particularly grandmothers.  I enjoy their familiar, neat handwriting, the odd splatters of food all jumbled up with memories … Continue reading →

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It’s lovely rice pudding for dinner again (and a nice soup for spring)

Posted on March 27, 2018 by

After a recent bout of illness, I craved rice pudding; its creamy warmth, its puddingy comfort. Perhaps seen as one of those Victorian, nanny-knows-best types of pudding (see also semolina and tapioca), rice pudding in the UK can trace its … Continue reading →

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Souped up chestnuts

Posted on February 4, 2018 by

‘Avid’ readers of this blog will know I have been focusing on ways of using stuff up. Christmas usually provides an abundance of excess ingredients and so, this week, my challenging question is what do I do with the vacuum-packed … Continue reading →

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When life gives you lemons (and a new cake tin)

Posted on January 15, 2018 by

I recently purchased a big, round cake tin in the Debenhams sale (and there was a tin inside it for biscuits!). So, with the worst reason ever to make a cake, I decided to ‘try out’ my new tin. (This … Continue reading →

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Two soups – the old and the new

Posted on January 7, 2018 by

Delivery of my Wonky Veg box from Morrisons yesterday, a build-up of courgettes and trying to be organised for weekday lunches meant some hot soup action this morning. I’m a ‘try-it-and-see’ kind of cook; I use a recipe more for inspiration, … Continue reading →

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