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Pip’s Beef Cannelloni
My children have never been particularly forthcoming with praise in regard to anything that requires cooking on a hob or in the oven. This Cannelloni, (I never knew how hard it was to…
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Madeira Cake
After we’d chowed down this Madeira Cake, I had a urge to reaffirm in my middle-aged brain that in fact all of my reasonings on the origin of Madeira Cake were true. That…
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Annarita’s Spaghetti Bolognese
I have a friend, an Italian friend. In fact, she’s as authentically Italian as you can get. She came from a town in Italy on the heel of the boot. Have a look…
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Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients: 250g plain flour 100g sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder pinch of salt 175ml milk 75ml vegetable oil 1 egg Half a teaspoon of vanilla extract 125g chocolate chips ( I only had…
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Food for Moods
I’ve been a bit of a naughty girl tonight and feeling totally down in the dumps. You know how it is sometimes; nobody loves me, I really am a fat doughnut, I try…
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Chocolate Flutterby Cakes
I know these are meant to be called ‘Butterfly Cakes’, but I call them ‘Chocolate Flutterby Cakes’. It is a name given to them by my youngest son, when we made them together…
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: How long’s a piece of string? Cooking time: Depends on your oven, but around 10 minutes. Ingredients: 225g caster sugar 300g plain flour 200g melted butter 1tsp vanilla extract 1tsp baking…
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Chocolate Cake
I’ve been in tray-bake mood for the past few weeks, so I used the square tin and made a chocolate one, covered it with Icing and chocolate shavings. It’s quite exquisite to eat…
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Chocolate Splodge – The One You Used To Eat For School Dinners.
My good friend is a ‘Dinner Lady’ (please note the captitals – they are Very Important), and this Chocolate Splodge is the best. Full of nostalgia and gooiness! (Please note the ‘i’. Do…
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Pip’s Paella
Paella Ingredients: A hand full of white rice for each person. I use Basmati. 1 tbs oil Diced chicken 1 red pepper Frozen prawns thawed Handful of garden peas 100g Chorizo Pinch…
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Stuffed Aubergines
In all my 48 years on this earth I have never stuffed an aubergine. It’s never been one of the things I would put down on my bucket list, but more to do…
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Victoria Sponge…Kind of!
Have you ever tried a proper Victoria Sponge cake? It’s the plainest of cakes, which is right up my street, because I am the ultimate plain Jane, enjoying rich tea biscuits, vanilla ice…
