Emergency chocolate cake

Emergency chocolate cake

or how to make a chocolate cake in 7 minutes from start to finish. It’s not going to win any awards for looks but it tastes just like one you’ve made via the traditional method so it’s perfect for those days when you just fancy a slice of choccie...
Homemade pizza

Homemade pizza

When my kids wanted to make pizza, I used to buy those pre-made bases from the supermarket, but they were pretty bland. Then I got breadmaker and tried making my own dough – what an improvement and so easy to do! We never bothered with shop-bought bases again....
Simple chocolate cake

Simple chocolate cake

A quick and easy to make chocolate cake with a generous helping of buttercream filling. The best thing about this cake is I don’t have to make it any more as both my kids are experts on this recipe. MAKES ONE 7 INCH CAKE Ingredients For the cake: 170g caster...
Devilled kidneys

Devilled kidneys

If you love kidney, this makes a quick and easy hot light lunch. I usually use pork kidneys but I tried ox kidney today and it worked well, though the kidney was tougher than usual so I may need to experiment with cooking them longer. SERVES 2 Ingredients 4 lambs...
Braised red cabbage

Braised red cabbage

Ingredients 1 red cabbage 2 cooking apples 3 medium onions, finely chopped 2 cloves of garlic, crushed Freshly grated nutmeg Ground cloves Ground cinnamon 3 tablespoons caster sugar 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 20g butter salt and pepper Method Preheat the oven to...