Flourless Chocolate Santa Brownies
My kids are still off school until Thursday, and we felt like a spot of baking this week. Nigella’s flourless chocolate brownies always go down a treat in our house, and we had most of the baking essentials sitting in
Peppermint Creams
One of those quintessentially British things that for me belong to Christmas, are peppermint creams. Every recipe I found online included raw eggs, but I wanted the boys to be able to eat them too without risk, so I tried
Gluten Free Christmas Stollen
One of the things I really miss about German Christmas, since going gluten free, is Stollen. Making it yourself was always such a challenge: the tough yeast dough needs the better part of a day kneading and rising and kneading
Roasted Root Vegetable Soup
So today, I have a very special 'guest' post for you. Oskar, my eldest, is doing something called the Junior Duke Award at school, for which he has to complete various tasks. One task was to cook a soup for
Fireworks Cookies
With Hallowe'en almost behind us it's time to look forward to the next seasonal Festival which comes on the 5th of November in the shape of Bonfire Night. For those not familiar with it, it's an annual celebration where the
Spider Web Cupcakes (GF)
If you are looking for some easy peasy Hallowe'en party food to make, look no further than these spider web cupcakes which will wow your guests but are simple to put together. BAKING THE CUPCAKES First of all, you will need to
Apricot & Blueberry Semolina Cake (GF)
A couple days ago a ran a poll over on my Facebook page, asking which cake recipe you would like me to share this week, and my apricot, blueberry and semolina cake won. So here it is! It's refined sugar
Salmon & Cornflakes Fish Fingers (GF)
My boys love fish fingers. I think most kids do. And we do keep some in the freezer for those last minute dinner emergencies. But the thing is I can't eat them - unless I can track down some gluten
Pasta & Green Sauce
My youngest is really loving vegetarian food at the moment. It's not anything we've pushed, and he does like his sausages too, but he's been asking a lot for dinners with more vegetables, especially broccoli. So after our cauliflower pasta
When life gives you lemons…bake lemon cheesecake
A light lemon cheesecake is perfect for summer time - this one is a big hit with all the family! Ingredients 150g gluten free digestive biscuits 8 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 tsp cinnamon 600g cream cheese 150g sugar juice and zest
Vegetable Lasagne Kids will Love
So here's a funny story: my kids are generally quite good about eating vegetables, but they prefer them raw not cooked, with a few exceptions. They claim not to like cooke carrots, and categorically won't touch mushrooms. But when I
Banana Pancakes & Berry Platter
It doesn't matter when I pick my boys up from nursery/ school - whether they've just eaten or not, they are always, ALWAYS hungry and begging for snacks. Sometimes I take the easy option, but sometimes if we have time