There is nearly always some meat leftover if I do a roast dinner and the meals I make with it I often prefer to the roast dinner itself. So much so that I have taken to slow cooking a chicken or joint for the sole purpose of dividing up into portions for 'left over' meals… Continue reading My Favourite Meals To Make With Leftover Meat
Category: Food
Chocolate & Blackberry Cheesecake Swirl Cake – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 10 – The Final!
And here we are: The Great Blogger's Bake Off Final. I missed a couple of weeks in the middle due to various members of the family being ill and time just generally evading me but I was determined to join in with the final bake. Last year I made a tiered Hallowe'en cake as my… Continue reading Chocolate & Blackberry Cheesecake Swirl Cake – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 10 – The Final!
Butterkuchen – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 6
It has happened. It didn't happen in a week I expected, but it has happened all the same. I made an entirely inedible cake. I didn't fancy making the million layered Dobos Torte thing, the Princess Torte looked delicious but a lot of faff which left me with the yeast-leavened cake option. I found a… Continue reading Butterkuchen – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 6
Apple & Strawberry Pie – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 5
Now you see this is the week I should dread really. Because I literally never make pastry - I have now done it twice in my life and both were for the Great Bloggers Bake Off. Last time was way more successful. My hands are too warm for pastry. This is my excuse and I… Continue reading Apple & Strawberry Pie – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 5
Golden Syrup Self-Saucing Pudding – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 4
Dessert week, one of my favourites! Last year I made Toffee Apple Trifle which was delicious (and on my list of things to make again with this year's apples!) and this year there was no second thoughts about what I was making - Self-Saucing Pudding for sure! I don't like coffee which ruled out the… Continue reading Golden Syrup Self-Saucing Pudding – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 4

