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English Mum |
Feb 19th, 2012
Step by step pancakes, and more about cage free eggs
We love pancake day. Let’s face it there aren’t many days in the year when we go ‘sod it, let’s skip dinner and go straight for dessert’ so being total gluttons, Shrove Tuesday (21st Feb) is a big favourite in the English household.
Even if you’re not very confident at cooking, it’s really easy to make pancakes. Here’s a little step by step guide.
I usually...
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English Mum |
Jan 19th, 2012
George’s perfect chocolate brownies
Moving swiftly on from healthy eating, then, we must remember there are those of us at English Towers (the gangly, floppy haired ones and the skatery types) that still want a little something after school or dinner and demand treats, preferably piled up in an ungainly, chocolatey tower when doing A level revision.
This, and I don’t say this lightly, is my best chocolate brownie recipe ever. I make it...
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English Mum |
Dec 20th, 2011
Big Mad Cookery Dad’s amazing Limotiramalee!
So when I was on Nick Coffer’s fabulous Weekend Kitchen show on BBC 3 Counties radio, I met the lovely Christian, AKA Big Mad Cookery Dad. He made this fabulous dessert and it was soooo good, I’ve asked him to share it with you. So without further ado, here’s Chris:
Thank you so much for your kind invitation to share a Big Mad Cookery Dad concoction amongst your Christmas recipes. Here...
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English Mum |
Nov 29th, 2011
Easy peasy Christmas pudding (gluten free if you need it to be)
Okay, okay, so we’ve missed Stir-up Sunday, but honestly, it doesn’t matter. If you still fancy doing a bit of lovely therapeutic stirring in the kitchen for Christmas, and filling your house with delicious Christmassy smells, there’s plenty of time. PLUS this one’s so easy I absolutely, faithfully promise you that it will turn out absolutely perfectly. How about that for a guarantee?
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English Mum |
Nov 22nd, 2011
Roast figs with brown sugar and cinnamon, inspired by Diana Henry
I absolutely love Diana Henry. Her book ‘Food from Plenty’ is one of my absolute favourites, so I was delighted to be offered a copy of her ‘Roast Figs, Sugar Snow’.
This book is just gorgeous. It’s all about Autumn and Winter, and the ingredients: figs, pumpkins, maple syrup, chestnuts, cranberries, quinces, are so evocative of the seasons. It’s like a massive warm...
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English Mum |
Oct 23rd, 2011
Nick Coffer’s Weekend Kitchen on BBC Three Counties Radio. Eek!
So first of all, I have to be honest, I’ve said no to coming on this show A LOT. Luckily for me, I think Nick could see through my thin veneer of nonchalance to the terrified wobbling jelly within and just kept on asking until I said yes.
Originally I was going to do the Christmas show, but then it was all change and suddenly it was this Saturday. I was overcome with a mixture of excitement, nerves...
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English Mum |
Oct 6th, 2011
Maltesers cheesecake (with low fat cream cheese)
So firstly, a disclaimer. A silly one, admittedly, but a disclaimer all the same: this cheesecake is made with low fat cream cheese. It is therefore slightly lower fat than normal cheesecake. However, it still weighs in at a stonking 500 kcal a slice (if you cut it into 8 – and yes, I did work it out – I took my shoes and socks off and everything) but basically if you’re on a diet, you’re...
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English Mum |
Aug 3rd, 2011
Fresh mint and dark chocolate ice cream with the Cuisinart Ice Cream Deluxe
I’ve always wanted an ice cream maker. It’s one of those things that’s been on my wanted list for absolutely ages. So when Cuisinart contacted me and said I could have anything from their range – ANYTHING?! – of course I chose this little beauty (although I must admit to being temporarily distracted by the Professional Waffle Iron and the Overstuffed Sandwich Maker first…):
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English Mum |
Aug 1st, 2011
Disreputable apple crumble
My Disreputable Dad is back from his holidays. Bronzed and beautiful.
Two weeks in the south of France. They ate in the same restaurant every night.
‘Every night?’, I ask, incredulous.
‘Well yes’, he says, ‘except one. Their steak frites was incredible. We tried another restaurant for one night, but it wasn’t as good, so we went back to the original one’.
He’s...
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English Mum |
Apr 3rd, 2011
Carrot Kheer – Anjum Anand’s Mothers’ Day recipe
Hope all you mummy-types out there are getting your feet massaged on the sofa and getting breakfast in bed, etc.
I saw this lovely recipe from Anjum Anand (I LOVE her – I think she’s actually got a new book coming out soon). She was talking about the fact that she made this with her mum, and now makes it with her daughter, which is exactly how cooking should be.
It’s really difficult to...
