I'm not lying! I'm not exaggerating! I'm not joking! It's here! The very best Pecan Shortbread Pie recipe is right here! From the melt-in-the-mouth buttery shortbread base to the pecans caramelised in silky toffee — every single bite of this… Read more... »
If you want something “a little bit” chocolatey, this recipe is not for you. This recipe is for those who want something VERY CHOCOLATEY, because every single muffin case here is packed with as much chocolate flavour as it will… Read more... »
My beloved brownie cookies with a cream cheese filling – wonderfully chocolatey, with a super soft brownie texture, sandwiched with a fluffy cream cheese frosting. Every bite simply melts in your mouth! These cookies have had my heart and my… Read more... »
As it does every September, his majesty the pumpkin returns to my house, mercilessly shoving a large proportion of the other vegetables out of the fridge and off the cupboard shelves. That wonderful orange colour paints most of my dishes… Read more... »
When the shrimp-fried-in-butter-and-garlic recipe everybody knows by heart stops thrilling you, it is time to paint it in new colours and flavours — and these wonderful shrimp in a delicious creamy sauce of garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach and Parmesan are… Read more... »
Well then, I have given in to the coffee bean cookie mania too…😁 The rapidly growing interest in coffee bean cookies is slowly catching up with the cinnamon buns that all but earned the title of the lockdown bake. It… Read more... »
With a fair amount of experience in bakes, cakes and pies behind me, I can say with some confidence that banana cream pie is one of the tastiest things almost anyone can bake! It is also one of those pies… Read more... »
Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Pumpkins!🎃 Wherever you look in my fridge, there are pumpkins… In the freezer – all 4 drawers filled with cubed pumpkin, on a fridge shelf – pumpkin pie, the shelf above – pumpkin soup, and in the side… Read more... »
I waited so long… I waited so long for Halloween so that I could finally bake the cake I promised myself every year and never quite got round to… I was scared.. No no, not scared because the cake looks… Read more... »
I very often “catch” myself working out how I could recreate one popular, well-known dish or product or another — from restaurants or from the supermarket — or simply something I have really enjoyed. I could probably say that I… Read more... »
Rabbit is a very frequent guest in our house. There is probably not a day when, opening if not the fridge then at least the freezer, I wouldn't find a piece of rabbit — although if you had asked me… Read more... »
Have a lovely weekend, everyone! Or should I say, have a tasty weekend? 😁 Either way, if the house smells of almonds and croissants, the weekend is going to be both lovely and tasty.😉🥐 And now about these super duper… Read more... »
Some people may find this strange, but my greatest pleasure is sharing controversial recipes, because they provoke the strongest emotions – and it makes no difference whether those emotions are positive or negative. Emotion is the cornerstone of the whole… Read more... »
Sometimes you really don't need to go to any great lengths to make something special. 😊 That is exactly what this Oreo bar treat is — special, but demanding neither great culinary skill nor much of your time. Well… But…… Read more... »
The mere fact that you have opened this post lets me assume we have a great deal in common. 😏 I now know that you (like me) adore cookies, that you (like me) cannot hold out against His Majesty the… Read more... »
I could alternatively have called this post “Roman Dolce & Gabbana spaghetti with cheese and pepper”, but I won't, because Dolce & Gabbana didn't pay me for the advertising. 😂😂 joking, of course — it is a great honour that… Read more... »
June at last – summer at last! And for me June always smells of strawberries..😊🍓Strawberries in my mum's garden, strawberries in my grandmother's yard, and finally strawberries at the farmers' stalls dotted all over town, which are simply impossible to… Read more... »
They say that the 35th President of the United States, J.F. Kennedy, was really not one for eating well or eating much. On the contrary – he was the sort who had to be constantly nagged into putting that mouthful… Read more... »
