Blueberry, Banana & Cinnamon muffins – Recipe

These ace muffins are a great breakfast snack. The recipe comes from the Hairy Dieters and they are only 256 calories each!  Makes 8 large or 12 medium Ingredients  250g/9oz plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon, plus ½ tsp extra for the topping pinch of salt 2 ripe bananas, mashed 150g/5oz…

Matcha cake Mix – Review

Matcha cake is a traditional Japanese cake. I had never heard of it, and when the guys at Hope Makes It Easy asked me to try and recreate this with their cake mix, I jumped at the chance.  Nozomi, (Japanese for Hope) the founder of Hope makes it easy, loves Matcha cake. Born and raised in…

Peanut butter cookies – Recipe

My dad LOVES peanut butter cookies, so I thought I would surprise him with these tasty treats at the weekend. They work better with crunchy peanut butter, but you can use smooth if you wish.  Makes around 20 Ingredients  2 eggs 400g peanut butter 350g caster sugar 1 tsp salt Peanuts for decoration Method Pre-heat…

Guacamole – Recipe

Guacamole is great. It goes perfectly with Mexican food, or is a great healthy snack. Ingredients 2 avocado 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1/2 deseeded red chilli Handful coriander Juice of half a lime 4-6 baby plum tomatoes 1/2 onion, finely chopped Method Halve and de-stone the avocado, spoon out flesh in to a bowl. Mash…

My fajita mix – Recipe

I love fajitas. They are a great quick weekday dinner and this spice recipe is fragrant without being spicy. You can substitute the mild chilli powder for hot to give it more of a kick.  This makes enough spice mix for 8 fajitas, I would double the recipe as it will keep for a few…

Fothergills – Nottingham 

Yesterday afternoon I went on a date. We were supposed to meet at 3pm at the Castle (I’ve never been even though I’ve lived here for nearly 5 years) but when we got there we weren’t allowed in. So we headed for a couple of drinks at the Crafty Crow, before heading to Fothergills for…

Flemish beer stew – Recipe

This is a recipe that conjures up immediate happy memories for me. My Grandma Pat, a woman I love dearly, makes this every time I go to hers. We don’t see each other very often as she’s over two hours away, and when we see each other it’s amazing. This recipe comes from a book…