Soup is definitely my favourite lunch - especially since I started to experiment with flavours that I wouldn't necessarily have put together in the past!Last week I tried a curried swede soup after I found a 500g pack of ready prepared swede in Asda reduced to 37p, to be honest though, the full price was only 50p so it's well worth the money anyway if you ask me.  I bought it with the intention of using it as a cottage pie topping instead of mash but the kids looked horrified at that so I googled 'swede' and 'soup' for a bit of inspiration.Curried swede soup was definitely the most … [Read more...]

Today I'm going to share with you my healthy homemade slow cooker tomato sauce recipe. There are lots of reasons why I love my recipe for slow cooker tomato sauce and why I think you'll love it too -  it's cheap, it's versatile, it takes two minutes to prepare and most importantly, it tastes delicious!I generally make it using things I already have in the house so the ingredients like the garlic, chilli and basil are often from my spice rack rather than being fresh but that's just because I have it in already - you can substitute anything you need to.  You can also adjust the quantities … [Read more...]

After many years of trying, I finally mastered the art of making the perfect Yorkshire Pudding! ;-)My Yorkshire Puds s come out perfect every time these days so I thought I'd share my fail-safe recipe with you today.... Ingredients for the Perfect Yorkshire Puddings! 100g plain flour 1/2 pint milk 3 medium sized eggs 1 teeny pinch of salt(This will make 12 perfect yorkshire puddings ;-))Pre-heat the oven to as hot as it gets.Add about a teaspoon of oil to each of the holes in your Yorkshire Pudding tray and pop it in the oven until the oil is smoking.To make the … [Read more...]