I fell back in love with Sainsbury’s over Christmas – their stuff was great quality and just seemed that cut above the other supermarket offerings – and I’ve been stocking up there every week since then as a result. So I was thrilled to be asked if Child 2 and I would do a bit of cooking in support of Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers. If, like me, you are tremendously sporty (excuse ME, what’s all that hysterical coughing at the back…
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It’s been ages since I did a recipe and this week I have had a very strong hankering for chocolate. I don’t know whether it’s the stress of the key-pinching scenario at the weekend,…
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We’re not the only household in the country on the edge of our seats now the final of the Great British Bake Off is looming like an ill-constructed choux pastry tower. There are at…
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I never thought I would start baking a batch of brownies by doing this: The thing on the scale, in case you are wondering, is a massive sweet potato. Yep, that’s right. NOT exactly…
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I’ve always been a firm believer in the power of cake. Now I’m glad to see that Great Ormond Street hospital, too, has put its faith in cake’s miraculous ability not just to raise…
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You may have noticed great big clusters of whitey-cream flowers appearing on trees here and there. They are elderflowers, and we’re lucky enough to have a tree in our garden, so the other day…
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It’s official. The girls and I have declared this week Mary Berry Week. Having never heard of Mary Berry before the last series of the Great British Bake-Off (I know, I must have been…
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I must say, sometimes my timing is brilliant. Accidentally, of course, but brilliant nonetheless. Take yesterday. There’d been a recipe in the Sunday papers for panettone. Now I have a bit of a panettone…
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I’ve mentioned before that I am devoted to frozen raspberries. Unfortunately, and inevitably, this means the rest of the family have gone off them. Yes, I’ve done them to death, in ice cream, Eton…
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Ten days ago, a friend uttered a sentence that always makes my blood run cold. ‘You’ll love this! You can write about it on your blog.’ Eeek! I was about to break it to…