‘Southern Fried’ Chicken Goujons

These Southern Fried Chicken Goujons are a big hit in my home. I like them as I find chicken quite boring and like to have the crunch of the coating with plenty of mild spices to boost flavour.

Potato and Parmesan Stacks

This dish started out as individual Pommes Anna, a traditional French dish of thinly sliced potatoes cooked in a large amount of butter and seasoned simply with salt and pepper.

Chocolate Guinness & Baileys Cupcakes

First up an apology to anyone who got an email this morning with a sneak preview of this post, I was having a quick look at the draft and hit publish instead of edit! Mortified for myself. However I think the tease was worth it for these Chocolate Guinness and Baileys Cupcakes. Here it is […]

Grapefruit Avocado and Feta Salad

I know this recipe is something you’d expect to see during the Summer months. However there are days when it doesn’t matter how cold it is outside, you just want something light and fresh to eat. This normally happens to me after I’ve eaten all the butter and cream that I can get my hands […]

Flourless Black Forest Cake

  Having only relatively recently discovered a love of cherries, Black Forest Gateau was not something on my radar. My enduring memory from having tasted it as a child was the overwhelming flavour of kirsch. That is not a good memory.

Orange Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies

This is a nice seasonal recipe but really it can be enjoyed at any time of the year.

Guinness Brown Bread

This week is National Bread Week and the perfect time to share this recipe for Guinness Brown Bread. The aim of National Bread Week is to show how bread, real bread, can be part of a healthy low fat diet.

Chocolate Biscuit Cake

There’s nothing too original about a biscuit cake but sometimes there’s nothing better. I have made a few different recipes for biscuit cake over the years but this one got the best reception.