Oral Allergy Syndrome (OAS) is an allergy which sounds like a teenager’s dream but for someone intent on keeping fit and with a balanced diet, it’s a nightmare. Basically I’m unable to eat raw fruit…
Proving that even ham-fisted cookery morons like me can make bread look like I knew what I was doing with it……..
I enjoy my baking and if you’ve followed my posts for any length of time you’ll have probably seen the photographs of some of my creations. I go for substance over style, which is probably…
I posted a few of my favourite home recipes yesterday – it makes me look like I have a very sweet tooth although that isn’t actually the case. Please, try them out and let me…
My recipe folder is almost 30 years old! The card folder was given to me at school and there are yellowing pages about safety and hygiene in the kitchen and a line which states “two…
I’ve just surfaced from a very hectic weekend, which explains the lack of updates. Meet Sally. She’s a sourdough starter mix: I wouldn’t normally do anything as daft as name a bubbling mixture of wholemeal…
First day off this week so the usual rushing around to ensure we don’t run out of the things required to keep the house in order. I say “we” including the cat, and “things” meaning…
I don’t know how I’ve got into the habit of doing a weekly round-up on a Sunday but yet again, this is what I’m doing. I’ll try to be less predictable next time. So having…
Not baked for a while and got a blast of inspiration whilst in the Spar/Post Office seeing some of their chocolate on offer. Hence the birth of Chocolate, Honeycomb and Fudge muffins. I suppose the…
Not updated the diary in a few days. Haven’t really been in the mood if I’m honest. Still not sleeping well and still getting flashbacks which isn’t really helping things. They seem to be triggered…
