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Five spring recipes in BBC Good Food Magazine
I’m back with more exciting news, this time of a feature in BBC Good Food Magazine, within the April edition – on the shelves (in the UK) currently. I was asked to create these recipe back in November,...
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Giveaway Comté Cheese UK Hamper
If you’re a fan of artisan cheese, then this is a giveaway for you. I’ve teamed up with Comté Cheese, produced in the mountains of the Jura Massif in Eastern France to offer one of my readers a hamper...
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On blogging and being featured in Woman and Home
This post is definitely a coffee break read! It’s been a challenging few weeks, although on the whole, March has been a month full of excitement in terms of family life, as well as more opportunities...
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New Lurpak Cook’s Range – Halibut with Herby Hollandaise
What kind of cook are you? Would you say you are fearless and experimental, or do you stick with familiar recipes and repeat things you know will work out well? I think I’m a mixture of both; I enjoy...
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Giveaway: Hotel Chocolat Extra Thick Easter Egg
It’s chocolate time! I’m looking forward to reviewing some of this year’s Easter range by Hotel Chocolat. It’s a very good job I didn’t give up chocolate for lent as I’ve already demolished one of...
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Simple and in Season March Round Up
Spring brings the promise of so much inspiring, new seasonal produce. Lots of my blogging friends have already been writing about popping down to their allotments to begin sowing or harvesting! There’s...
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Creme Egg Cheesecake – Good Food Channel
It’s time for a little bit of Easter inspiration! It finally feels as though Easter is drawing nearer, though as it’s fallen much later this year, it feels as though we’ve had to wait a long time to...
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Homemade Citrus Infused Vodka for JamieOliver.com
It’s all going on! As Easter approaches, I’m happily marking the one-year milestone of writing a weekly blog for JamieOliver.com. My very first post was published just before Easter last year and...
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Chocolate Rolo Cake – Good Food Channel
If you’re looking for an indulgent chocolate cake – rich, extravagant, impressive yet easy – you’ve found it. I was asked to create a chocolate Rolo Cake for the Good Food Channel and this is it. I’ve...
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Review: Hotel Chocolat Easter 2014 Range
Every year, I look forward to receiving at least a little bit of the Hotel Chocolat range for Easter and there’s always so much to look forward to. I also try to pop into one of their high street shops...
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Easy Easter Recipes – Good Food Channel
Just before I sign out for Easter and wish you all a very happy weekend, I have a few additional easy Easter recipes to share that I was invited to create for the Good Food Channel. I hope they inspire...
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British Asparagus, spinach, beetroot and halloumi salad
Hooray – foodies up and down the land are celebrating the start of British Asparagus season. It’s here for just a short window of time, officially from 23rd April to 21st June 2014 and I, for one, have...
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Jamie, Tom and Jon & the Westcombe Truffle Cheddar Experiment
Spring has sprung and what better way to celebrate than to be invited to Jamie Oliver’s restaurant Fifteen in London to sample a seasonal menu based around a very intriguing artisan cheddar experiment....
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Cinco de Mayo Breakfast Burittos with a kick!
It’s rare that I post about breakfast, but this is a spur-of-the-moment post inspired by today’s breakfast. We fancied Mexican scrambled eggs – something with a little kick to get this Bank Holiday...
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Giveaway: A Change of Appetite by Diana Henry
Last week I shared a guest recipe for Diana Henry’s orange and pomegranate cake, which I was pleased to see was a really big hit with lots of you over the weekend. As mentioned, I’ve really been...
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Simple and in Season Spring – Now Open!
Spring has finally arrived, although today’s rain may be trying to convince us otherwise. We’re firmly into British asparagus season and I’ve seen plenty of it about. I’ve already been enjoying...
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Food Revolution Day 2014 – Join In With Your Kids!
Cooking with kids is something I feel really passionately about and raising awareness of good food is something I’m always happy to do and get behind. This year, Food Revolution Day - a global day of...
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Asparagus, Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Pasta
British asparagus season is in full swing! I’ve been craving the combination of smoked salmon and cream cheese in every form this week, which is unusual for me. Strong, salty flavours are vying for my...
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National Vegetarian Week – 5 Tasty Recipes
This week the National Vegetarian Society is urging us to ‘go green’ and have a go at being vegetarian for a week beginning Monday 19th May to Sunday 25th May 2014. We’ve decided to join in as a family...
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Review: A Change of Appetite by Diana Henry
I can hardly believe it’s been two years since the publication of Salt Sugar Smoke, a Diana Henry book that taught me so much about the art of preserving and which fast became one of the most-thumbed...
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Salter Electronic Kitchen Scale – Review & Giveaway
There’s very little room left for anything in the kitchen at home, so when I was looking last summer for a new kitchen scale, I knew that bulky, heavy mechanical scales – however iconic – were never...
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3 Quick Cheese Snacks for the Good Food Channel
Today is officially the last day of National Vegetarian Week 2014. In case you’ve taken the challenge and are in search of some simple and tasty recipes to round off the weekend, I thought I’d...
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Make Ahead Lamb and Potato Moussaka
With less than two weeks to go until my third baby arrives, I’ve been in nesting mode - it’s amazing really how this instinct kicks in just when you think you have no energy left! For me, this has...
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Kitchen Wizz Pro (Sage by Heston Blumenthal) – Review
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been road-testing and reviewing a food processor called the Sage by Heston Blumenthal Kitchen Wizz Pro. Space, as I have mentioned lots of times within my posts, is in...
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Simple and in Season June – Now Open
Thank you to everyone who entered the last round of Simple and in Season May – 30 fantastic, mouth-watering entries. It is taking me a little while to round up – just because at 39 weeks pregnant my...
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Giveaway: The After School Cookbook by Nick Coffer
As mentioned in my previous post, I recently shot some press images for The After School Cookbook by Nick Coffer – publication date Thursday 5th June 2014. Publishers Hodder and Stoughton have also...
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Press Images for The After School Cookbook
I’m very much looking forward to the publication of The After School Cookbook by friend and author Nick Coffer this Thursday 5th June 2014. Firstly, because this is Nick’s second book, following on...
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Simple and in Season May Round Up
Finally I’m back with a round up of all the lovely entries for Simple and in Season May/Spring. A new round is open now for June, with lots of inspiring entries coming in already. At 40 weeks pregnant,...
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A Mini Blog Break and Hello World Cup!
We’re very close to welcoming baby number three, so it seems an appropriate time to thank you for all your lovely comments of support, particularly on May’s Simple and in Season round up and more...
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News & Simple and in Season July at My Custard Pie
Hello – I’m dipping my toe back into blogging after an almost month-long break, which has felt very strange. We welcomed a beautiful new baby boy into the world (the day after posting my last post!)...
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Review: Pink Lining Children’s Lunch Box
So, in my dream life, whilst on maternity leave, I’d be running a gorgeous and useful website, offering pretty baby changing bags with matching bottle holders, children’s satchels and lunch boxes and...
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Healthy Packed Lunch Ideas
I recently reviewed a Robbie the Robot lunch box, made by the British company Pink Lining, who also offer other beautifully designed children’s lunch boxes, satchels, bags and holdall bags, as well as...
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Breville Blend-Active – Review & Giveaway
Our kitchen at home has seen a variety of full-sized blenders over the years, and as the number of blender attachments and features increases, so does the counter space required. I was keen to buy a...
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Simple and in Season Summer Round Up (June Entries)
Hello! Yes, this post comes with the biggest apology. My summertime blogging-with-a-newborn-and-two-children-on-school-holidays plan ground completely to a halt. I had totally forgotten how...
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Utterly Scrummy’s Fruit Bowl Cake
The summer holidays with a newborn and two primary-aged children were always going to be busy. In fact, I completely underestimated just how busy we would all be and suddenly, somehow, we are now in...
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Crowd-Pleasing Pasta Recipes
Things may have admittedly been a bit quiet over here on the blog owing to a certain little person’s arrival, but that doesn’t mean to say that I haven’t been squirreling away in the background on some...
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Easy Stove Top Chicken Casserole
As we ease ourselves into autumn, there is plenty to encourage us into the kitchen. Perhaps we might be inspired to preserve some of those late summer gluts, or try a recipe from an ‘up and coming’...
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Giveaway – Omlet Kitchen Accessories RRP £50
Lots of people are keeping chickens again and it’s always a lovely ‘update’ too see photos of friends and family collecting eggs from no further than the bottom of their own garden. My grandmother used...
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St Albans and Harpenden Food and Drink Festival 2014 Highlights
Our seventh annual St Albans and Harpenden Food and Drink Festival, organised by the St Albans City and District Council, came to a close this week, ending with an awards ceremony held at the lovely...
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Simple and in Season October Now Open!
We’re running slightly late this month with our community blog event Simple and in Season, but in case you have any seasonal recipe you’ve blogged and would like to link up, you can find the linky for...
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10 Amazing Chocolate Cakes – Chocolate Week 2014
It’s Chocolate Week 2014, which is a good thing, as I’m in the mood for chocolate. So to mark the occasion, here are five of my favourite show-stopping chocolate cakes. Click on the arrows to scroll...
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Quick Risotto-Stuffed Vegetables
My mother (who is an amazing cook) can always make ‘something out of nothing’ and I’m hoping that this recipe will always remind me of that. Last week, when my mum came to stay, I was completely on the...
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Autumn Reviews – Cru Kafe, Supermilk and Doughnuts!
A round up of a few items that have caught my attention recently… Cru Kafe Coffee Pods Let’s start with the coffee…I’m a huge fan of a good cup of coffee. At home, we have a Nespresso coffee machine,...
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Keeping Healthy with the Froothie Optimum 9400
This week, I’ve been road-testing the Froothie Optimum 9400 Power Blender – perfect for making winter soups, smoothies, nut butters, instant sauces and much more. With a new baby in the house, I’ve...
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40 Seasonal Recipes (October’s Simple and in Season Round Up)
October was a great month for Simple and in Season, with over 40 seasonal recipes and pumpkins aplenty! This month, Katie at Feeding Boys and a Firefighter is hosting, with plenty of entries already...
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Review: Samsung Food ShowCase Fridge Freezer
It comes to something when you have to knock down cupboards and take off doors in order to review a kitchen appliance – but the latest addition to our kitchen, the Samsung Food ShowCase Fridge Freezer...
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Giveaway: MrSite Pro Website in a Box RRP £119.99
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, but the New Year could be even better because it could see you launching a brand new exciting blog, business or professional website! I’m giving away a...
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Giveaway: Hotel Chocolat – The Christmas Wreath (RRP £40)
All I want for Christmas (literally) is this giant box of Christmas chocolates by Hotel Chocolat – called The Christmas Wreath. Hotel Chocolat tell me that this is, A show-stopping festive centrepiece...
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10 Ways to Spice Up Your Christmas by Just Ingredients
Today I’m sharing a lovely infographic that caught my attention this week, by the lovely folks at Just Ingredients, who have focused on ten ‘festive ingredients’ and how to use them. I’m very tempted...
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Cod, Chorizo and Pea Puree Bites – Lurpak Cook’s Range
It’s almost time to start thinking about Christmas food. I say almost, because traditionally, I don’t really start thinking about Christmas food until December. However, the folks at Lurpak have...
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