During the holiday season we all like to treat ourselves to a few little extras. As I’ve been wandering around the shops a few tasty morsels have popped themselves into my shopping basket. I thought I’d share them with you too. Bellini poshcorn and Three bird roast crisps. Watching a Christmas movie or two always calls out for a snack or two. Tyrrells...

During the holiday season we all like to treat ourselves to a few little extras. As I’ve been wandering around the shops a few tasty morsels have popped themselves into my shopping basket. I thought I’d share them with you too. Bellini poshcorn and Three bird roast crisps. Watching a Christmas movie or two always calls out for a snack or two. Tyrrells...

Cranberry and white chocolate tiffin. I’m a bit of a tiffin addict. It has been my favourite tea time treat for as long as I can remember. I still use my mum’s recipe (albeit with the occasional twist) to this day. This tiffin is slightly different, as it has no cocoa in the biscuit mixture. Flavour comes from the orange infused cranberries I have...

Family time is precious, but with so many of us often exhausted at the end of a working day and parents and children looking at screens  we forget to spend just five minutes together.  Nature’s Finest (the fruit pot people) is on a mission to find and champion families who use simple solutions or life hacks to ensure time is spent together, through...

Bonfire night purple carrot cake. This time of year many supermarkets, farmers markets and greengrocers seem to have a supply of rainbow coloured heritage variety carrots. I have used them for rosti, roasted them slowly and even turned them into soup but for my money they make an amazing carrot cake. Slightly nuttier than the sweet orange carrot they...

Mediterranean sausage plait. I occasionally make a sausage plait, essentially a sausage roll on steroids. Based on an old family recipe I normally add in onions, a few sauteed mushrooms and possibly a squirt of tomato puree and a dollop of English mustard. All wrapped in shortcrust pastry and served warm  with plenty of vegetables. Not this time though....