Sweet Saffron Spice

Sorting out some of my many magazines I came across this recipe for an Almond Angel Friand With Raspberries in the Healthy Food Guide.  My first thought when reading the ingredients was that it wasn’t like most friands that I have made before as there […]

Already holidays are over and it’s back to school for most boys and girls, my grandson included. With the increased awareness of children with allergies it is more difficult to provide snacks for our children that love to eat nuts.  When I came across this […]

Welcome back after your Christmas break and I hope 2014 is treating you well. We have had some ups and downs so far. My husband was terminated from work on 18th December with no forward notice regardless of his performance. Hubbie also had to have […]

As the title suggests, in my case this really is a last minute fruit cake. Even to the extent that unlike me I didn’t check to see what ingredients I had. However, I changed a few things and I think it worked out really well. […]

  Ever since my grandson was about 3 we have made gingerbread houses together at Christmas.  At the age of 3 he used to eat large amounts of the uncooked dough before  I had a chance to bake it. He also used to lean on […]

We have had such an array of weather conditions over the last few weeks. We wondered if we would actually get a real spring this year or whether Mother Nature would give this a miss.             Only a fortnight ago we […]

For my first post I thought it would be nice to include my grandson. He loves getting involved with the cooking, particularly when it is for cookies, and especially when he can lick the mixing spoons at the end.