Savoury Tear & Share Star Bread

Savoury Tear & Share Star Bread

Savoury Tear & Share Star Bread looks impressive, but it’s actually not difficult to create. Filled with layers of sun-dried tomatoes, cheese, basil, salami, roasted onions and garlic plus fennel seeds, you won’t be able to resist pulling off a piece and eating it warm …Read more

Genoa Cake

Genoa Cake

Genoa Cake, full of currants, sultanas, mixed peel, cherries and flavoured with almond and lemon, is a real treat. Based on an Italian yeasted Christmas bake, the British version is a wonderful cake to enjoy at any time of year. Even for novice bakers, it …Read more

Easy Seed Crackers

Easy Seed Crackers

Easy Seed Crackers are light, crispy and delicious. Grain-free, gluten-free, made with nothing but seeds, water and your chosen seasonings, they’re the perfect crunchy accompaniment to spreads, dips, soups or cheese. Add to lunch boxes or enjoy as a healthy nibble.       If …Read more

Oat Bites: whole food snacks in 3 flavours

Oat Bites: whole food snacks in 3 flavours

Oat Bites are a delicious sweet snack or treat made in minutes, with no baking. Sometimes called energy or nutrition balls, I prefer the simpler and more honest Oat Bites. That’s because, although loaded with whole food, nutritious ingredients, they’re still a sweet treat best …Read more

Walnut Bread

Walnut Bread

Walnut Bread is a wonderful, tasty loaf. Equally good with cheese or toasted and slathered with butter and honey. With a mix of white, rye and wholemeal flours, the bread has substance without being heavy.  Walnut pieces give the loaf a satisfying crunch, while a …Read more

Double Chocolate Muffins

Double Chocolate Muffins

These Double Chocolate Muffins are the ultimate sweet treat. Rich, moist chocolate cake, studded with chunks of dark chocolate and topped with a drizzle of melted chocolate. Whipped up and in the oven with just 15 minutes prep, this recipe is fuss-free too. I like …Read more

Homemade Digestive Biscuits

Homemade Digestive Biscuits

Homemade Digestive Biscuits are the latest result of my efforts to replace palm oil-laden, store bought products with delicious, easy homemade versions. Crunchy, crumbly and with a satisfying wholemeal, oaty flavour, I think these are miles ahead of the packet versions. Not too sweet, they’re perfect …Read more

Easy Homemade Crackers

Easy Homemade Crackers

Easy Homemade Crackers are perfect for those of us wanting to avoid the palm oil found in so many packet crackers. In this post I’ll show you how simple, and good, a homemade cracker is. I’ll also give you ideas for different toppings and flavourings. You …Read more

Banana Chocolate Muffins

Banana Chocolate Muffins

These Banana Chocolate Muffins are so easy to make, yet taste incredible. Light and moist, filled with banana flavour, chunks of milk chocolate and a hint of cinnamon. Best made with very ripe bananas, they’re a great way of using those brown bananas in your …Read more

Homemade crusty bread rolls with no kneading

Homemade crusty bread rolls with no kneading

I think you’ll love these homemade crusty bread rolls with a fabulously crunchy outside and a soft, open-textured crumb within. And the really great news is that there isn’t any kneading involved. Mix the dough in the evening and you can have fresh homemade crusty …Read more

Raspberry & White Chocolate Muffins

Raspberry & White Chocolate Muffins

These Raspberry & White Chocolate Muffins are the perfect flavour combination. Tart, fruity raspberries studded throughout a buttery cake alongside creamy, sweet white chocolate.   I guess it was only with the rise of the big US coffee shops across Britain that ‘muffin’ came to …Read more

Vegetable Feta Flapjacks with Nuts & Seeds

Vegetable Feta Flapjacks with Nuts & Seeds

I’ve called these tasty squares, packed with vegetables, feta cheese, herbs, nuts and seeds ‘flapjacks’. But they’re so much more than a savoury version of the popular oaty snack. Great hot or cold, I eat Vegetable Feta Flapjacks as a vegetarian main course with lots …Read more

Pitta Bread

Pitta Bread

An easy recipe for homemade Pitta Bread that will give you soft, delicious pockets every time. Fill with your choice of salad, falafel, meat, fish or vegetables or use to scoop up dips like hummus.   HOMEMADE IS BEST I’m a bit of a fanatic …Read more

Savoury flapjacks with vegetables, nuts, seeds & cheese

Savoury flapjacks with vegetables, nuts, seeds & cheese

My first experiment with savoury flapjacks turned out even better than expected. These quickly and easily made squares, packed with courgette, onion, carrots, nuts, seeds, oats and cheese, flavoured with sage, are great for a snack, picnics and packed lunches. I’ve also discovered they can …Read more

Jammy Shortbread Squares with Oat Crumble Topping

Jammy Shortbread Squares with Oat Crumble Topping

I love shortbread. It’s so quick, easy and made with simple ingredients (flour, butter and sugar) that all bakers will have to hand. To take it up a notch, in this recipe I add just two more staples to create Jammy Shortbread Squares with Oat Crumble …Read more

Shortbread: a simple, sweet & buttery treat

Shortbread: a simple, sweet & buttery treat

Shortbread is perfect with a cup of tea or coffee. In this post I share an easy, no fuss recipe for sweet and buttery shortbread. I also give a few suggestions for how to vary the flavour of this simple yet always satisfying treat.   …Read more

Picnic Bread with roasted vegetables, sun-dried tomatoes, salami & cheese

Picnic Bread with roasted vegetables, sun-dried tomatoes, salami & cheese

In this post, inspired by a favourite picnic food from the past, I create an easy recipe for homemade bread studded with roasted peppers, onions and garlic plus sun-dried tomatoes, salami, cheese and basil. This flavour-packed bread is great to take with you on a …Read more

Classic Sultana Scones

Classic Sultana Scones

Classic Sultana Scones are so quick and easy, yet always feel like a treat. Serve with double or clotted cream and jam, or simply spread with a generous amount of butter. I think a recipe for Classic Sultana Scones should be in every cook’s repertoire.   …Read more

Carrot Cake Oat Bars: spicy carrot cake flavour in a fraction of the time

Carrot Cake Oat Bars: spicy carrot cake flavour in a fraction of the time

Carrot Cake Oat Bars have all the spicy flavour and moist richness of carrot cake. But are made in a fraction of the time. Studded with sultanas, nuts and coconut, with the scent of orange and spice, Carrot Cake Oat Bars are so easy. Eat as …Read more

Crusty homemade bread with no kneading

Crusty homemade bread with no kneading

Crusty Homemade Bread with no kneading is perfect for bread making beginners. Perhaps you want to make your own bread but think it’s too difficult? Or maybe you struggle to fit traditional bread making into your day? In this post I show you that getting …Read more

Pupcakes: Homemade Dog Friendly Cupcakes

Pupcakes: Homemade Dog Friendly Cupcakes

Pupcakes are no added sugar, dog friendly cupcakes. With natural ingredients like carrot, courgette and apple they’re a tasty treat for your pooch. In this post I’ll also show you how to make sugar-free toppings based on cream cheese.     I’m really not much of …Read more

Hot Cross Buns: easy, no-knead recipe

Hot Cross Buns: easy, no-knead recipe

Who doesn’t love Hot Cross Buns at this time of year? With their roots in Britain’s pagan past and its celebration of the return of Spring, making a batch of these fruity and spicy buns isn’t difficult, even if you’ve never made bread before.   THANK …Read more

Cranberry & Orange Scones with Orange Butter

Cranberry & Orange Scones with Orange Butter

Cranberry & Orange Scones are so quick and easy. To make them, I take the classic British  fruit scone and give it a twist by using dried cranberries soaked in orange juice plus orange zest. To make them even more orange-y, serve them with a …Read more

Parmesan & Cheddar Biscuits

Parmesan & Cheddar Biscuits

Parmesan & Cheddar Biscuits might just be the best cheese biscuits you’ve ever tasted!  Intensely cheesy and buttery, but so light and melting. Great as an indulgent nibble or wow your guests by serving with drinks.     These cheesy biscuits as so good that …Read more

Turkey, Sage & Cranberry Dog Biscuits

Turkey, Sage & Cranberry Dog Biscuits

Turkey, Sage & Cranberry Dog Biscuits are an easily made Christmas treat, full of natural ingredients that your pooch will love.     I’ve posted quite a few Christmas recipes for us humans, including Mincemeat, Mince Pies, Panettone Bread & Butter Pudding and Turkey Stock. …Read more