The fact that this recipe worked was such a fluke. But then lucky for me means lucky for you too, right? Imagine potatoes, some pleasingly crispy at the edges, draped with strings of tastily spiced spinach. You can’t see the tasty spices in the photo, of course, but trust me, the balance is just right. This […]
Easy Slow Cooker Brisket recipe
You have to try this. It’s a really easy slow cooker brisket recipe that works magic on a cheap, tough cut of meat. Brisket is one of those cuts which needs to be cooked long and slow in order to be tender enough to enjoy but if you take the time to do this, you […]
How to use American baking recipes (with dairy and egg-free muffin template recipe)
I’m not one of life’s natural bakers. My mum doesn’t have a sweet tooth so baked fairly irregularly (although her flapjack was legendary) and I honestly never remember baking with her. By the time I decided to try, I already had a few American cookbooks from my backpacking summers spent on Amtrak (insert wistful sigh […]
Easiest chocolate cake – egg-free, dairy-free and vegan too!
Let’s say, you needed a chocolate cake for a vegan friend or a dairy-free or egg-free cake for a child with food intolerances? Let’s say you just wanted a really yummy cake in your arsenal that you could bake in your sleep that never failed, even for an amateur baker like me who didn’t grow […]