Recipes

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Baking: bread/cakes/muffins/scones/pastries/savouries
Apple & coconut bakewell tart
Apple, thyme & cheddar hand pies
Bagels
Banana & chocolate muffins
Banana loaf cake
Blackberry & apple tart, quick
Buckwheat & poppy seed muffins ,served with sour cream & brown sugar
Carrot cake with citrus icing
Cheese biscuits
Cheese & walnut gougeres
Cheese Cigars
Chocolate cake, the very best
Chocolate orange christmas fruit cake
Chocolate yule log
Double chocolate pound cake
Coconut muffins with lime curd
Hot cross buns
Lemon & cashew yogurt cake
Lemon sponge cake
Molasses & ginger cupcakes
Multi-grain bread, no knead bread
Pistachio & parmesan tuilles
Prawn & smoked salmon hand pies
Pumpkin cheddar & rosemary muffins
Pumpkin mini cakes
Rock buns
Scones, reworked recipe here
Speckled coconut macaroons
Soda bread
Squidgy & crisp pumpkin oat bars
Sweet potato, apple & cheese tart
Whole grain tomato tart
Zucchini cake

Baking: cookies/bars/biscotti
Almond & cherry chocolate biscotti
Cheat’s biscuits
Chocolate hobnobs
Chocolate cocoa nib shortbread recipe updated here
Chocolate chip cookies
Chocolate flapjacks
Chocolate revel bars
Chunky florentines
Emptying the cupboard cookies
Double chocolate flapjacks
Energy bars
Fifth avenue shortbread
Gluten-free biscotti
Gluten-free shortbread
Lavender shortbread cookies
Lemon curd & clotted cream macarons
Malted oat shortbread
Millionaire’s Shortbread
Mum’s flapjacks
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (with avocado)
Peanut butter sandwich cookies
Pumpkin oat crunch sticks
South African Rusks
Speckled coconut macaroons
Vegan chocolate chip cookies
Whole nut & chocolate biscotti

Baking: no bake
Cheat’s biscuits
Choc-full refrigerator cake
Chocolate and walnut fudge
Coconut and apricot ice
Coconut Krispies
Date & almond coins
Marshmallow snowballs
Nut & seed refrigerator bars
Trail Mix

Breakfast
Apple & blue cheese clafouti
Bagels
Banana & chocolate muffins
Courgette, mint & goats cheese frittata
Empty fridge fritatta
Honeymoon huevos
Museli, without raisins
Nutty granola Pancakes
Peanut butter granola
Porridge with instant raspberry jam
Pumpkin mini cakes
Soda bread
Summer oatmeal (bircher museli)
Tender pancakes

Canapes/nibbles
Bouchons au thon
Brussel sprouts, lemon and pecorino crostini
Marinated tuna with avocado & black sesame seeds
Avocado & tarragon bites
Cheese & walnut gougeres, updated here
Cheese Cigars
Guacamole
Lemon & ricotta crostini (with hazelnuts & honey) (A Video)
Pistachio & parmesan tuilles
Pine nut & thyme sausage rolls
Slow-roasted tomato & herb tartlettes (with a video)
Smoked salmon & cream cheese spirals
Squash, chorizo and feta tartlets

Dessert
Blackberry & apple tart, quick
Dulce de leche & banana roly poly
Pistachio meringue roulade with berries and cream
Raspberries, frozen with chocolate sauce
Raspberry & hazelnut brownies (with a video)
Raspberry & pomegranate crumble
Strawberry banoffee mess

Drinks
Green smoothie
Raspberry mojitos
5 cooling drink ideas

Fish
Empty fridge fritatta
Fish pie with mixed veg mash topping
Marinated tuna with avocado & black sesame seeds
Smoked salmon & cream cheese spirals
Tuna meatballs

Rice/grains/beans/pulses
Chana masala (chickpea curry)
Chermoula spiced humus
Chickpea curry
Soda bread
Chickpea salad, spicy, herby, and tangy
Fennel & lemon risotto
Fruity farro salad with lemon chicken
Museli, without raisins
Nutty granola
Porridge with instant raspberry jam
Soda bread
Summer oatmeal
Sweet & savoury Israeli couscous
Tabbouleh
Wintry red wine lentils

Jams/Curds/Chutneys
Lemon-lime curd
Spicy apple chutney

Main Courses
Aubergine & courgette bake with basil chermoula pesto
Aubergine & courgette lasagna (V)
Beef and rocket spaghetti
Autumnal Lasange
Cottage pie
Fish pie with mixed veg mash topping
Hearty braised chicken with tomatoes & artichokes
Keema naan pizzas
Lamb squash & mint pies
Lemon & thyme roast chicken with asparagus & chickpea salad
Potato & chickpea masala with dosas
Roasted portobello mushroom with ricotta and chive & lemon pesto
Slow-cooked lamb shepherd’s pie
Steam baked lemon & chilli chicken
Thai vegetable stir-fry (V)
Tuna meatballs
Ricotta and basil gnocchi (V)
Sugar & spice pulled pork

Pasta
Autumnal Lasagne
Beef and rocket spaghetti
Penne with parsley & basil pesto & other green stuff
Ricotta and basil gnocchi (V)

Salads
Carrot, avocado & cumin salad
Chickpea salad, spicy, herby, and tangy
Egg & bacon potato salad
Hot & cold fregula salad
Strawberry summer salad
Feta and herb salad, with tomatoes and cucumber
Fruity farro salad with lemon chicken
Light tuna salad with lemon & tarragon dressing
Not dull roasted chicken salad with almonds & other tasty things
Pea, broccoli & sprout salad with crispy bacon & feta
Raw kale salad with parmesan & hazelnuts
Roasted butternut squash & mango salad
Roasted carrot salad with lemon truffle dressing
Sweet & savoury Israeli couscous
Thai green bean salad
Thai zuchini & buckwheat noodle salad with shrimp & avocado
Tabbouleh
Tabboulish chopped salad
Vietnamese-ish prawn lettuce cups
Waldorf with a twist
Watermelon, tomato & goats cheese salad with lemon truffle dressing

Sandwiches
Brie & prosciutto grilled cheese
Crepecake roll-ups
Nori-wraps

Sides
Yorkshire puddings
Pumpkin chard & chickpea soup
Roasted butternut & acorn squash soup
Spinach bean and chorizo soup
Turnip soup

Vegetables
Aubergine & courgette bake with basil chermoula pesto
Bacon & egg baked chard
Courgette 5 ways
Rainbow chard with lemon, capers & parmesan
Roasted brussels sprouts with almonds
Potato & chickpea masala with dosas
Roasted portobello mushroom with ricotta and chive & lemon pesto
Summer roasted vegetables
Thai green bean salad
Thai vegetable stir-fry

Other
Basil chermoula pesto
Trail Mix
Whole grain tomato tart
Lemon truffle dressing
Chermoula spiced humus
Pistachio & mint pesto
Caramel popcorn clusters
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