Tag: home made

Entertaining guests in my new house is a source of great pleasure and I was delighted to be visited by allotment guru, Mandy, friend Laura and my sister Diane.  I have been hopeful that Mandy would share her green-fingered prowess and advise me on my best possible vegetable growing opportunities! In anticipation of their visit, […]

Having just moved into a new house, I have been very excited about Christmas decorations.  I have had a notion about making my own decorations and at the same time, recreate the smells of Christmas and decided on Orange, cinnamon and cloves. Having never tried to make edible decorations, this was a bit of a challenge […]

I love my new slow cooker!  It was a housewarming gift from my sister and has been on the go constantly since I got it.  It is great for soups, stews and casseroles and is the ultimate in convenience. I decided to really give it a challenge and bake a cake in it!  “A CAKE?” […]

I know I have said it before but I love soup.  There are just so many combinations that you can never get bored!  This is a very simple soup that is a good way of using up leftover roasted vegetables.  It doesn’t matter what vegetables you have (I had roasted parsnips, sweet potatos and red […]

These cookies are a really simple to make and are a good way to use up leftover peanut butter.  These have always proved popular when served with a cup of tea and apart from the peanut butter, they are made with general stock cupboard ingredients.  Give them a try and let me know what you […]

Regular readers will know that I have been trying to grow vegetables in pots with mixed success. I had almost given up on my chilli pepper plant, particularly as the weather had turned so cold but finally, to my delight, I started to see ripe peppers. When I picked my first pepper I decided to […]

Anna, who lives in Glasgow,  has submitted this recipe and picture to Eatingideas.  She made a Jubilee cake to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond jubilee.  It looks absolutely delicious and I cant wait to try it out.  I particularly like the way that the fresh fruit makes it look like a healthy choice To make it, she based […]

I love butternut squash and the idea of turning it into bread seemed both ridiculous and impossible!  The challenge was on.  My friend gave me this recipe that she had meant to try but never bothered.  I think she might have got it of the internet but she couldnt remember! The result was very unusual […]

I have written before about memories of picking mangoes in my friend, Christy’s house in Zimbabwe.  I remember that my job was to peel and chop them, with the juice covering nearly every part of me, while he made them into chutney.  It had never occured to me before then that people actually made this […]

I made this simple chicken Rogan Josh with a pataks paste.  I normally use madras or balti so this was a bit of a change and if anything it was a bit too mild for my taste.  I served it with some steamed greens as I really didn’t fancy rice.  Home made curry is my […]

I really took a notion for chilli con carne tonight so made a dukan friendly one.  I usually make a fine chilli but this one posed a real problem- how to make it taste good without tomatoes or beans.  I reckoned that the key was to making it reall y spicy and cooking it for […]

Always looking for a dukan version of tasty favourites so made this cottage pie with swede mash instead of potato. Really lovely!  I never normally bother with swede as it looks so unappealing but it has a delicious almost sweet taste and mashes really well  

A step by step video guide to making sweet potato topped cottage pie.  The video features a voice over by broadcaster, Rachel Agnew.  Do try the recipe as it tastes great, is healthy and easy to make!

A step by step video guide on how to make stuffed portabello mushrooms.  The video features a voiceover by broadcaster, Rachel Agnew.  The recipe is simple but delicious.  I really would recommend trying it

I was delighted with these dukan friendly beef burgers. I layered up 2 oatbran galettes with fat free natural yoghurt, balsamic fried onions, home made burgers and slices of gherkin on top. They looked like a top notch meal and tasted delicious with a really good range of tastes and textures. I throughly enjoyed this […]