But recently Iceland sent me some vouchers to planandsharea recipe over on MealPlanningMadeEasyandas I wasshopping for the ingredients I realisedthat there I could change the way I did things to save even more timeand money by being even cleverer with my mealplanningusing frozen food more
Atimethat’s gone so fleetingly. There must be garish food colouringsand boxes of tree decorations to hand, the small edible tree decorationskindthat is, not the big snowy spruce trees that I so love to view from my kitchen window
I havehad the mother of all colds and it was so badthat I ended up in bed. I am not sure how old the recipe is, but I suspect that it's been arounda very long time
Our first sweet entry came from Michelle from Utterly Scrummy Food for Families with aVersatile Lemon Curd Slice- just look atthat gooey, zesty lemon bursting from the crumbly cake
of the greatthingsaboutdoingpresentationsandtalksaboutGrandmaAbson’sTraditionalBakinglegacy is meeting people andpicking up more traditionalfamily recipes to share
Some timeago I wrote abouta recipe by ManuelaZangara from Manu’s Menu - Go Spanish with Tapas, Spicy Prawns With Garlicand Chilli A lovely dish for summer, perfect with with friends andfamilyanda nice bottle of something
Apparently these roastieshad 'aspecialcoating for crispiness', but I had to baste them with beef fatseveraltimesand cook them for longer than the packetadvised to get them to crisp up
It's reallyeasy to makeandfantastic for windfallsthataren't good enough to store. I did have to remove a couple of slices of applethathad been cremated
However, I wanted to pull out one recipe inparticularthatactuallymade me WOW out loud, andcausedKarenand I discuss spotlighting our favourite entry every month
This rhubarbcordial with the addition of vanilla evokes that mix of fruit andcustard, the old fashioned childhood flavoursthatcan be enjoyed asasquash, added to a summer sparklingwine or brought bang up to date with asplash of vodkaa few strawberriesandadash of soda
I have never hadaninterestincars, just that they move when I turn the key, but allthathaschangedas my Haynesmanualhas become bedtimereadingand I havelearnta whole new vocabulary of ‘boy’ words
Its now so much my own that it only vaguely resembles the original. Not only is is agreatway to use up stalebread, but you canalso use up leftover cooked chicken or even turkey, or you can cook chicken just to use in it
Not only do I want to dive right intothat pic, I also love that Kerene has given option for baking them inmuffintinsincase you don’t have the fluted tarttins
Our diet could be far more fresh andvaried if I could convince everyone that fish is just delish. Well, I sayTapastimeand I imagine these would be pretty finetapas too
For most people cooking is for every dayinatimeand budget pressed life. I like his grounded approach to cookingthatincludesexperimentingand imprecise amounts
I wasn'tgoing to make one atall this year until I wasflicking through my copy of Nigella's 'Feast' (her best book IMO) andcameacross this recipe which is for a lighter cakethat is later topped with glazed nuts andcandied fruit
I used a frozen one and I recommend that you do the same, in the interests of timeand mess. Firstly, I couldn’t find my copy of the book thatcontained the recipe for the tart
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