Isn’t it great when the summer fruits are back in the shops, and the weather warms up. While I love summer fruit just as it is, with Greek yoghurt and in overnight oats too, it is also wonderful in cake form, particularly in a slow […]
Its that time of year again when, if you have young children like me, your kitchen fills up with chocolate eggs that just don’t seem to get eaten! My children lose interest after the first couple of Easter eggs, so we end up with them […]
Have you baked bread in your slow cooker before? I find you can get a really good crust so I use my slow cooker for bread quite often. It is great to be able to make soup in one slow cooker and a loaf of […]
As you no doubt know by now if you read my blog occasionally, I do like slow cooker baking quite a lot. Trying out new recipes in my slow cooker and seeing exactly what kind of bake works well is a favourite pastime here! So […]
With this chilly weather the slow cooker comes into its own for warming dishes to ward off the chill. Making the most of the seasonal veg, my slow cooker lamb and savoy cabbage casserole is easy to make and perfect to serve up to the […]
Happy New Year! Now that I am back to work after the Christmas/New Year break and the children are back at school, it is definitely the best time of year to let the slow cooker take the strain. Comforting dishes seem to be the order […]
As the year comes to a close, it is time to take stock and make plans for next year. This is also the time of year when I celebrate my blog birthday, as it was in January 2014 that I started posting regularly, so with […]
Its Boxing Day, there is food all around me, and a lot of booze. So my thoughts seem to turn to making a rich and velvety chocolate cake spiked with Baileys, with Baileys buttercream! It is the holidays after all I tell myself! My slow […]
