Cinnamon Buns

  Cinnamon Buns – absolutely delicious, and makes your house smell fantastic too! 300ml milk 50g butter 450g strong flour 7g fast action yeast 50g caster sugar ½ tsp salt 1 egg For the cinnamon filling 100g softened butter 80g soft dark brown sugar 3...

Homemade Fruit & Nut Granola

  Add in your favourite fruits and nuts and keep the sugar content much lower than commercial products 350g oats 60g butter 40g maple syrup – easier to weigh than measure! 100g nuts – eg almonds, cashews, brazil, pumpkin seeds – roughly chopped 150g dried...

Vegetable Frittata – serves 4

A very simple Italian family staple with infinite possibilities.  4 eggs 1 – 2 tablespoon milk Salt and pepper 1 teaspoon olive oil Then add in to the recipe whatever you’d like – this time I used spring onions, a yellow pepper, a courgette and a...

Chicken Agrodolce – serves 4

An unusual recipe with a delicious sweet and sour flavour. I’ve adapted this from ‘Table Manners’ by Jessie & Lennie Ware 2 tablespoons capers 1 tin apricots drained or 10 dried apricots 10 prunes, cut in half 2 tablespoons black olives 2...

Strawberry and Vanilla Jam

You don’t need to stick to 1kg fruit – just weigh your fruit and use the same weight of jam sugar, and allow the juice of 1 lemon to 500g fruit.  Jam sugar has added pectin – vital for Strawberry Jam to set, but you can add pectin separately. 1 kg...