Beef and barley cottage pie plus review of the Yeo Valley cookbook

beef and barley cottage pie

If there’s one cookbook that should be on every kitchen shelf in the kingdom it’s a farmhouse cookbook. A farmhouse is the centre of all food production and a hive of culinary activity.

My first ever cookbook was The Dairy Book of Family Cookery and it serves me well even to this day but [...]

Farmhouse Chicken – Le Creuset Cast Iron Challenge

busy girls chicken

Le Creuset kitchenware is very high up on my WANT list and these beautiful pieces of kitchen equipment are so adaptable and easy to use. You can use a pot to stew, braise, simmer or bake.

I have been sent a 20 cm round casserole pot by McArthurGlen Designer Outlets The centres stock a [...]

Breadmakers – are they worth it?

bread Panasonic breadmaker

If there was one product I really wanted to try out of the Panasonic kitchen range it was the Panasonic breadmaker and on the understanding I wrote a guest post for The Ideas Kitchen they sent me one to have fun with and boy do I love it.

The first recipe I tried was [...]

My favourite online recipe sites

roast chicken slow cooker

Nowadays a lot of my shopping, and therefore weekly menu, is governed by what’s on the 3 x £10 shelves at the local supermarket. It does mean I shop without prefixed recipes in my head and this allows me a lot of room for play when it comes to deciding what’s for dinner.

I [...]

Puro Fairtrade coffee and a give away

puro fairtrade coffee

If you’re a big coffee lover you may not have heard of Puro Fairtrade blends but you may have been fortunate enough to drink it without realising it. Every National Trust site uses their coffee, restaurants like Gourmet Burger Kitchen and The Real Greek, large offices such as Innocent Drinks (the smoothie company), opticians [...]

Ora the round kitchen towel revolution!

ora kitchen towel

Way back in 2012 – I know doesn’t it seem so long ago now? I was contacted by the Ora people, they told me they’d come up with something brand new, a product that turns around a century of design, that saves money and time and the planet too.

‘Would you like to review [...]

Heggie’s of Hereford – beef hampers

Heggie's of Hereford hamper

Have you ever thought of ordering your meat online?

No, I hadn’t either until a PR got in touch and asked if I’d like to give it a go. I took a look at the Heggie’s of Hereford website he was promoting and after a good while I noticed I was still on the [...]

Slow cooked Spanish pork and chorizo casserole

spanish pork and chorizo slow cooked casserole

Slow cooked Spanish pork and chorizo casserole was a very good idea, it turned out even better than I imagined and it was an economical meal to produce. Take a look

Slow cooked Spanish pork and chorizo casserole

Ingredients for 6

800 g Pork shoulder steaks cut into cubes 4 Heggies chorizo sausages 3 [...]

Chapel of Love chocolate house

chapel of love

One of the songs we chose for our guests to listen to whilst they were waiting for me to join Paul at the registrar’s desk was The Chapel of Love by The Dixie Cups, it’s light hearted, it’s fun and hopefully it sets a fun tone for the celebration that is [...]

The Knackered Mother’s Wine Club

Knackered Mother's Wine Club

I’m in it! No honestly I am. I drink wine and I’m knackered, so that means I am in it. Are you?

I *watch it claim to fame coming up* actually met Knackered Mother a few years back, we were invited to a vlogging camp by BritMums in London and we sat next to [...]

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