I recently stumbled upon a recipe for baked mac & cheese over at Not Exactly Bento With kind permission from Jenn at NEB, I’m sharing my version of this amazing recipe with you! This dish will serve 4 to 6 people as a side dish (or if your family are hungry hippos like mine, [...]
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Baked Mac and Cheese
Posted in food, recipe on July 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Thai Green Curry
Posted in food, recipe on May 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Claire’s recipe for Thai Green Curry Serves 4 (or 2 very hungry people!) 4 chicken breasts Thai Green Curry Paste ( I used Sainsburys own brand) Fresh coriander 3 limes squeezed 2 sticks of lemon grass chopped in half sugar – 1 tablespoon 4 red or green chillies chopped garlic 2 cloves grated [...]
Banana and Walnut Loaf
Posted in baking, food, recipe on April 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a recipe from my Mum for a yummy tea time treat, I hope you enjoy it!! Banana and Walnut Loaf 4 oz margarine 6 oz light brown sugar 2 ripe bananas 2 eggs 8 oz self raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 oz chopped walnuts 2 tablespoons milk (if needed) Cream the [...]
White Chocolate and Raspberry Muffins
Posted in baking, food, recipe on March 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A delicious treat to have in the afternoon with a cuppa! Ingredients 275g plain flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 115 grammes caster sugar 1 egg 250 ml buttermilk 4 tablespoons olive oil 150 grammes raspberries (I use frozen raspberries, easier to get hold of and cheaper too!) Chocolate chunks (white or milk ) as [...]
Home made tomato ketchup
Posted in recipe on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
2 lbs of tomatoes 4 cloves of garlic 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon vinegar In a large oven proof pot (I use my cast iron casserole pot) place all the washed tomatoes. Drizzle over the olive oil and salt. Place the pot in an oven that’s set [...]
Pavlova – a recipe and how not to make it.
Posted in food, recipe on September 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
So you’ve whisked your three egg whites to stiff peaks and then you whipped some more to get your six ounces of sugar dissolved in. You whipped and whipped until those egg whites were stiff and glossy. Next you carefully folded in a half teaspoon of cornflour, a half teaspoon of vanilla essence and a [...]
Baked bread cups
Posted in recipe on August 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
This evening I prepared some baked bread cups for my bento lunch tomorrow. The bread cups are very quick to prepare and are a tasty alternative to quiche. For each bread cup you will need: 1 to 1 1/2 slices bread 1 egg and what ever filling you’dlike salt and pepper grated cheese butter or [...]
Yoghurt Jelly
Posted in food, recipe on July 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ingredients one tub of yoghurt 1 jelly Choose flavours that will mix well together, you don’t want a contrast and end up with a nasty jelly (seriously, that’s all the ingredients!) Make jelly according to packet instructions. Place jelly in a large dish, you will need room for the jelly to expand and froth later [...]
Pasta Carbonara, my way!
Posted in food, recipe on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For my pasta carbonara you will need the following ingredients……… 50 g of pasta per person 1 pack bacon a quarter of a pack of cream cheese a quarter cup of milk (optional ingredients pictured are sautéed mushrooms and onions) Cook pasta in boiling salted water until tender, drain and place back into the cooking [...]
Shelley’s Bran muffins
Posted in recipe on June 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This is my Aunts recipe from Canada, I hope you like it Plain Flour – 1 cup Baking soda – 1 teaspoon Salt – 1/2 teaspoon Raisins – 3/4 cup Buttermilk – 1 cup Natural bran or bran buds type cereal – 1 cup Cooking oil (not olive oil) – 1/3 cup Molasses/Treacle – 3 [...]


