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Spice up your Easter!!  If you need some lockdown Easter fun inspiration, here is an easy gluten free simnel cake recipe for anyone to do. It’s surprisingly easy to make and particularly fun if you make individual mini ones Eggainst The Grain style in baked […]

Let me set the scene. You get home after a busy day. The kids are tired and haven’t stopped squabbling since you picked them up. There’s washing to put away, ironing to do and the entire contents of the lego box have been emptied in […]

We love these gluten free mince pies in our house, when we start making them in the first week of December, no sooner mind, then it really starts to feel festive. Tucking into them with a cuppa, or a glass of mulled wine after you’ve […]

Going gluten free isn’t a choice for many people who have to give up gluten because of ill health. The main reason would be if you or a member of your immediate family was newly diagnosed with coeliac disease. It can be incredibly daunting, especially […]

A few people asked me for some easter recipes. These chocolate easter nests are a lovely classic but turned a little bit healthier, though I can never claim that anything with lots of honey, cornflakes and topped with mini eggs is actually healthy!!   But it […]

We have this dish surprisingly often, in fact sometimes we eat it twice a week. It does take some time to get all the parts together but not that long compared to the taste sensation it anamours you with. It doubles up with looking like a […]

This celeriac, celery and apple soup is another of our favourites as it is a nice sweet flavor and there is something about the taste of celeriac in soups which gives a lightness of flavour.  My friend over from Kids Kitchen South London asked me for […]

We eat soups at least 3 times a week in the colder months. Soup is cheap, easy and nutritious.  Butternut squash soup is the one we eat the most of in our house. We all just really like it, it’s super easy to make and […]

This is another of our go to Bolognese sauce. We pack it full of vegetables and bone broth too. We have this usually at least once a week, and use it on Spaghetti Bolognese, pasta bake or in a lasagna or in a shepherds pie. […]

I use this chocolate ganache icing for cupcakes and the Vanilla & Almond cake. It’s taken from the Vegan8, but I have omitted the almond spread as I found it tasted too nutty deviating from the light texture and taste of some of the cakes.  […]