Chicken Stew and Dumplings

Chicken Stew and Herby Dumplings

So you are all enjoying the snow, right? When you have finished building snowmen, there is nothing better to warm the belly than a big plateful of stew. OK, so I haven’t been making snowmen this weekend, but the one I made last week is still standing 🙂 Before you dive into the recipe, I…

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…

Martha Stewart's Everyday Light

Review: Martha Stewart’s Everyday Light

Martha Stewart has over 35 years of experience in the catering industry. While maybe less of a household name in the UK, she is absolutely considered the queen of cooking and baking over the pond. This book offers a collection of quick and light recipes, all coming in under 500 calories. At this time of…

Spider-man cookie

Spider-man Cookies

I have a nephew with a birthday coming up shortly, and like all good nephews, he likes superheroes … and robots.  Robots I will come to later, but for now, let’s cover the superheroes. I will be doing a cake, but I wanted to accompany this with some cookies, something that he will be able…

Lemon Curd

Lemon Curd

Fruit curds are more commonly made with citrus fruits, and unlike jam are cooked with sugar, egg, and a little butter. I think Lemon Curd is the one most people are familiar with. Other popular flavours are Lime or Clementine, but I have heard that passion fruit curd is delightful .   Lemon curd is extremely…

Monkey Bread

Monkey Bread

Yes, you read that right. I said Monkey Bread.  Don’t worry, there were no actual monkeys harmed in the making of this bread. Monkey Bread is the ultimate tear and share bread. Made with an enriched dough, its very similar to a Cinnamon Roll, and in fact I use the same dough recipe. When you…