Butterflied Bangers with Beetroot - or bread & butter. But no Brownie(s)

Did you see what I did there? I love a bit of alliteration. So, according to Nigel Slater, there's lots of beautiful beetroot around at ...

Pork Fillet & Coriander - and some Ginger Wine

So the veg box arrived on Tuesday and I checked out the contents and my list of likely meals culled from various sources in order to put tog...

Lemon & Almond Buns - A Random Recipe

There always comes a time when there's a change of routine when you need to bring out the big guns. It's a watershed moment that can...

An Ode to Rhubarb - and a cake, of course

Rhubarb. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways... In crumble, in jam, in cake. With ginger. With orange, With redcurrants. With almonds....

Raspberry Polenta Cake - Forever Nigella 25

The sun! What a glorious thing it is to cast off the tyranny of winter. This seems to have happened all of a sudden too - one minute damp, g...

A chocolate cake for people who don't like chocolate cake

I may have lamented here before that Pink doesn't like chocolate cake. That doesn't stop me trying. On Saturday, my father in law ca...

Banana, cherry & coconut loaf - the low fat, low sugar version - but don't let that put you off

When my mum first mooted the possibility of replacing butter in baking with pureed prunes, I have to say, I looked askance, and scoffed inte...

Easter Baking Part 2 - Fruity Simnel Tray Bake

So along with the hot cross buns, I also made a tray bake heavily based on a recipe I found in April 2012's Good Food mag . Handily, it...

Forever Nigella - Easter: Lemon - no, Passionfruit - Meringue Cake

Feast is probably my favourite Nigella tome. I love How to be a Domestic Goddess (for the cinammon bun recipe alone), but there's somet...

Passion Fruit Curd

It's getting close to Easter and close to the end of the deadline for this month's Forever Nigella. Although I have my 'main eve...

Millionaire's Shortbread - and self restraint

Now. why on earth, when I am trying to lose weight , did I make something as dangerous as Millionaire's Shortbread? Well, the answer is ...