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Carrot and Lentil Soup 23 Oct 2010 | 08:11 pm
This is my favourite soup - very quick and easy to make, very tasty - and filling too because of the lentils. Fry onion, celery and garlic in a little oil for a few minutes, then add carrot and fry f...
Choc Mint-topped Chocolate Cake 20 Oct 2010 | 02:05 pm
My middle son asked for a chocolate birthday cake topped with cream and mint chocolate. I thought a simple cream topping needed a cake that was a bit more rich and moist than my other chocolate birthd...
Chocolate Cake with Strawberries and Cream 9 Oct 2010 | 03:10 pm
A variation on the chocolate birthday cake - this is my little son's birthday cake for his actual birthday (rather than his party cake). It is the same recipe as the Chocolate Cake with Hundreds and T...
Chocolate Cake with Hundreds and Thousands 8 Oct 2010 | 08:36 am
It's birthday cake-making time here, this was the birthday party cake for the smallest boy in the house. A chocolate cake with chocolate icing and hundreds and thousands (a bit like a huge chocolate f...
Chocolate and Coconut Slice 4 Sep 2010 | 02:16 pm
I recently found Brittany's blog Les rêves d'une boulangère because she kindly left a comment on one of my posts. There are lots of recipes on her blog I would love to try, and this is the one that I ...
Cheese and Onion Omelette 29 Aug 2010 | 09:19 am
I cooked myself lunch again! This is inspired by another Sophie Dahl recipe, and is nothing particularly adventurous, but I have to admit to never having before made a fluffy omelette with a filling. ...
Tofu and Cabbage Stir-Fry 6 Aug 2010 | 04:09 pm
This was a day of 'firsts' for me - I cooked tofu for the first time, and I also cooked myself some lunch for the first time (I usually have a toasted cheese sandwich, but I don't think that counts as...
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake 29 Jun 2010 | 01:10 pm
Birthday cake time again, and this time it's Nigella's Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake. I hadn't ever made this one before, and wanted to try it out. Put the cake ingredients in a food processor (flour,...
Banana Breakfast Ring 17 May 2010 | 11:45 pm
This is the recipe I cook most from 'Feast' - it's so quick and easy to make, and is great for using up over-ripe bananas. It's also light and fluffy and has a slight lemony tang. I have to say I've n...
Quick Apple Cake 15 May 2010 | 09:43 pm
When I made the Quick Apple Flan I said I would be interested to see how it turned out with self-raising flour instead of plain. Thisevening I made the self-raising version, and it really worked out ...
