Tag: Recipes

Recipe Planning

Recipe Planning

December is always a tough time financially for us, as like a lot of other people. We are short on pay from Mr L as he is off work and I don’t generally get a lot of orders in via Scrapbookerry. Both of us being 

Chocolate Cake in a Cup

Chocolate Cake in a Cup

I have heard about this lots and read it on various blogs, but have never remembered to actually try it. Yesterday Baba wanted a cake and I really couldn’t be bothered to make a full on cake, and I remembered the cake in the cup 

Cheese Dumplings Saved The Day

Cheese Dumplings Saved The Day

To say that today has been trying has been an understatement. Baba has been exceptionally hard work today. We have had tantrum after tantrum, and they haven’t been little ones either one of the tantrums literally went on for well over an hour. There was 

Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate Brownies

I know that I should be trying to loose weight, that I have over 4 stone to loose before I shall be comfortable. But do you know what, Baba has been ill, Mr L is ill and Baba has his operation in two weeks. I 

Toad In The Hole

Toad In The Hole

Now we love food in this house, I am not a fantastic cook. But I love to try a recipe out whenever I can. However out tastes do differ. I like vegetables and pasta, and fruit, Mr L is a meat man. Any kind of 

Slow Cooker Beef Stew Caribbean Stylish!

Slow Cooker Beef Stew Caribbean Stylish!

I found this recipe for a Caribbean beef stew for the slow cooker and thought that it looked pretty yummy. However I didn’t have all the ingredients this morning and wasn’t dressed when I was doing the cooking, so I was not going down town 

Mint Chocolate Cheesecake

Mint Chocolate Cheesecake

Now I saw this on TV a while back and knew straightaway that I wanted to make it so I searched and searched for the recipe in the end I couldn’t find one. So I made it up. I used a basic cheesecake recipe and 

Slow Cooker Mince And Dumplings

Slow Cooker Mince And Dumplings

Mince and dumplings, yum yum. This has to be one of my all time favourite foods, it is something my mum made when I was a child, and I have always loved it, especially when it is wet and cold. Just like it was yesterday. 

Orange Upside Down Cake

Orange Upside Down Cake

I made this for Mr L’s Mum’s birthday. It was a real lets just put it together and see what we come up with cake. We had lots of oranges in the house and I thought that it would be a nice cake to make. 

Beef Stew Slow Cooker Style!

Beef Stew Slow Cooker Style!

So Saturday I used my slow cooker again and this time convinced Mr L that we had to buy a bigger slow cooker, due to not being able to fit the potatoes in with the recipe. I have to say I was really surprised that