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Looking Forward to A Spicy Valentines Day!
It looks as though Anna and I could have a Spicy Valentines day this year!! We have to admit that we don’t usually do anything for Valentines Day simply because we can’t afford presents and bought...
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Kathi Rolls
Another nice new recipe for us thanks to thespicery.com. This time it was courtesy of a free sample that came with my last monthly box for Kathi Rolls, also known as ‘Egg Rolls’ or ‘Frankies’. Kathi...
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Valentines Day Dinner
As is often the case in our hectic lives, plans changed at the last minute again yesterday. I was supposed to go to the gym and Anna was going to take Morgan to cubs in Aberyswyth and then go back to...
View ArticlePaprika Chicken Recipe
As you know, we’ve been enjoying cooking, and more importantly eating, some recipes thanks to thespicery.com lately. One of our favourites from this was the Hungarian Sweet Paprikas recipe. It is...
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Gooey Butter Cake from Scratch
Anna saw what looked like a yummy pudding on TV the other day called Gooey Butter Cake. We therefore decided to look it up so that we could try it. It seems to be an American recipe though and they all...
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Oaty Banana Muffin Recipe
I’m quite pleased with myself again, having just made up a banana muffin recipe. Not only are they delicious and now filling the house with the gorgeous smell of freshly baked banana muffins, but they...
View ArticleChilli And Homemade Taco Shells
We made a really nice chilli on Saturday. Based on a Jamie Oliver Recipe from his America Book, we of course changed it a fair bit. Chilli Recipe As with most of Jamie’s recipes, and many recipes in...
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Easy Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients Banana Bread 3 large bananas 120g demerera sugar 125g melted butter 160g self-raising flour 60g porridge oats 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda Spices of your choosing Topping 1 handful of...
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Cheesecake Muffins
Mmm, Cheesecake Muffins from a Philadelphia Cookbook – except I replaced the peaches with pears and the sour cream with creme fraiche. Cheesecake Muffins The Cheesecake Brownies were nice too. The...
View ArticlePork and Sweet Potato Sumac Curry
I continue to work my way through Rick Steins ‘India’ Cookbook and we’ve been loving most of the curry’s from it. To start with I was following the recipes as closely as possible and then, once I’ve...
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Homemade Chilli Jam
Mmmm, Home made chilli jam from homegrown chillies! I think Anna wants to make some green chilli jam next. I think we should do red, orange and green and make traffic light chilli jam. That would make...
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The Christmas Cakes are a Coming
Another sleepless night last night thanks to the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers. We started off by taking the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to the Railway Inn and The Victoria in Borth so that they...
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Christmas Tree Cake
It’s not quite finished yet – we have to add a whole load of presents around the tree. Morgan has been working hard on those. Otherwise progress on the Christmas Tree themed Christmas Cake is coming on...
View ArticleCookery
After our little trip to Devil’s Bridge for Earthcache day, we ended up doing loads of cookery in the kitchen. I had already made a start on this years Christmas Cake and the mixed fruit had been...
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View ArticleChristmas Dinner Curry
It wouldn’t be Christmas without loads of leftovers and what better to do with them than make a Christmas Dinner Curry. I didn’t stop at the turkey either, in went the stuffing, in went the sprouts,...
View ArticleTriple Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe
As it was Mother’s Day on Sunday we (Morgan and I – well, me really!) decided to make her a yummy triple chocolate cheesecake. I was going to go with Anna’s favourite, and our usual cheesecake recipe...
View ArticleChristmas Lunch in a Box
Food Boxes We’ve been doing well with our boxes of food this year. Gousto, Hello Fresh and MyCookbox have all been living up to expectations and better still, thanks to the referral program and people...
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