It was my grandson’s 9th birthday on Friday and he wanted a Lego Cake for his party and it had to be a red Lego block.   My son intended to make this cake on Friday in time for the party celebrations on Saturday. As […]

Whilst sorting through some of my recipes that I have collected over time I found this vegetarian lasagne which I thought looked wonderful. My husband is not a huge vegetarian fan, but I decided to make it just the same.        I wanted […]

After our enjoyable time in Zurich with our friends it was time to continue with our adventures in Europe. Our next destination was Milan our stop over before travelling onto Venice. Leaving Zurich you could see the melting snow from the Alps forming cascades of […]

I don’t usually make lots of cakes for Valentine’s Day, but when I saw this recipe at Mother Earth Living for a very different kind of chocolate cake I knew I had to give it a go. As mentioned in earlier posts we have a huge […]

  I think it is always nice to know how a celebration originated, and Valentines Day is no exception.  The Web definition from Princeton states:   Valentine Day: a day for the exchange of tokens of affection. An excerpt from Wikipedia states:      Saint Valentine’s Day, also […]

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 […]

Hope you all have a wonderful merry Christmas and happy New Year.

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. […]