Homemade Halloumi

Homemade Halloumi

I bought my husband a halloumi making kit for Christmas. We finally got around to having a go with it a few weeks ago. It didn’t go well. The instructions were fairly vague, I think due to a bad translation, and the supplied equipment wasn’t really up to much. Not to be deterred, I did…

Beef Jerky

Beef Jerky

About 12 months ago, I bought a dehydrator so that I could dry iced cookies quicker in order to get on that all important second layer of detail. I justified the expense (which wasn’t that huge actually) to my husband saying that we could also use to it to dry bananas (he loves the chewy…

Parmesan and Sage Palmiers

My husband’s office at work have  recently started having a monthly bake-off… although, I gather that there are not really any winners or losers, they do pick a theme. Fed up of just eating the entries, he decided to contribute, so when told me the theme was cheese, he asked for a suggestion. While he…

Corndog Muffins

Another item that was made to take to our late night picnic at Wollaton Hall, were these little beauties. Described by my good friend Alasdair as “the food of the Gods themselves”. This might be an extravagant claim, but they were really good! Especially with the Tomato Jam I also made (more about that later)….

Lime Chicken Soft Tacos

I decided to try something with a little Mexican influence today, but sans the chilli of course. If you want to give this a go, and like things a little spicy, then a few chilli flakes in the chicken wouldn’t go amiss. I cheated and bought some guacamole from Tescos. I won’t be doing that…

cornbread

Cornbread

With some vouchers my lovely family gave me at Christmas, I bought a cast iron skillet. I keep hearing stories about how great they are, particularly for making cornbread. I have made Cornbread Muffins in the past, but wanted to make an unadulterated cornbread to serve with dinner. I am also led to believe that…