I bought a slow cooker about eight years ago. In fact, that’s a lie, my husband bought it, he saw one in Tesco for €19.99 and brought it home. I was neutral about the whole thing. They weren’t nearly as fashionable then as they are these days. For about six…
Slime, it’s been the big hit of 2017 really hasn’t it? The sticky hit. We’ve caught the bug and have been working our way through Slime Recipes with help from our good friend Dr How from Science Wows Ultimate Slime Guide . Not content with sticky, disgusting, slimey slime the…
I’m not a great meal planner, so my usual modus operandi has me buy similar things each week, then look for inspiration as to what to turn them into. Sometimes I do it moments before I am about to start cooking. Not clever. Little fills me with more dread on a…
In an attempt to eat less cereal and to be generally healthier I started making homemade granola last year. The shop-bought ones are very expensive and tend to be too filled with nuts or seeds for my fussy one who’s the biggest granola fan. This is the recipe we use,…
Everyone needs a quick, storecupboard dinner in their repertoire and this one came to us recently via a recipe printed on the side of a packet of pasta. I varied it slightly, and of course, if you have fresh chilis etc you could use them. This has now replaced our…
I have a sweet tooth (and if I’m being perfectly honest I probably have more of a sugar addiction than a sweet tooth but anyhoo). When I am copping on and leaving the box of biscuits alone eating healthily (because we are not going to call it being “good” or…
I love pastry. I’ve loved custard even longer. Mince pies took a while to grow on me, but I’m a fan for about a decade. Add the three together in the easiest Christmas dessert ever and you’ve got a winner. I made these last year as part of the Craft…
This is called Pizza Pasta Bake because it’s a pasta bake that smells and tastes like pizza, or so the kids tell me. That’s probably because the fillings we use happen to be the kids’ favourite pizza toppings, but once a dish is named in our house there’s no changing…
When someone else offers to cook dinner I always accept, so when my five-and-a-half year old asked if he could I thought it would be giving a bad example not to let him. Together we chose a recipe that (a) he would eat and (b) he would be able to…
When summer rolls in nobody wants to be slaving over a cooker or waiting ages for dinner to be ready. I’ve noticed a definite change in what we’ve been eating for dinner as the evenings get longer, and the temperature has risen a little. Summer dinners need to be quick…
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