These Dauphinoise Potatoes are just to die for. A decadent potato gratin bathed in unctuous, garlicky cream, a dish of royalty and heavenly flavours. Extremely simple to put together and perfect with many dishes from roasted meats and steak to a simple green salad. Dauphinoise Potatoes done well are very hard to beat. They are…
Sunday Lunches
Sunday Lunch Recipes are some of my favourite ever. I love to find make ahead recipes that make such an important meal fun for me too.
Cauliflower Cheese
A simple but delicious classic Cauliflower Cheese recipe. Tender cauliflower in a velvety cheese sauce. I have been making it for years and absolutely love it. A perfect side dish for many meals. Cauliflower Cheese is one of my most favourite family dishes. My children are not perhaps as keen but I choose to ignore…
Toad In The Hole
Toad In The Hole is a meal for kings and queens. A huge crowd pleaser and as English as Fish and Chips….I think. It is a big favourite at my house. Provenance aside good winter comfort food is a very special thing and I love serving it to my family. Especially when it is something…
Easy Slow Cooker Chilli Con Carne
This Easy Slow Cooker Chilli Con Carne is absolutely incredible if I do say so myself and perfect for easily feeding a crowd. A bowl of this bad boy topped with sour cream is a delicious winter warmer and just bursting with big, full flavours and deep meaty spiciness. This is the sort of meal…
No Bake Lime Cheesecake
This recipe for No Bake Lime Cheesecake is in my top five favourite desserts of all time and perhaps my favourite of all cheesecake recipes. It is zingy and creamy with a chocolate biscuit base that sets off the zesty lime filling so perfectly it makes me want to inhale the whole lot alone in…
No Bake Caramel Cheesecake
This No Bake Caramel Cheesecake should come with a warning. It is that good, never mind simple. Just three ingredients are all that are required to provide a silky caramel sensation. Seriously, Serious Lush ness. This dessert recipe is that of the crazily easy and whip it up in five minutes variety. This is the dessert…
Slow Cooker Beef Joint
Like most things, I have come late in life to the Slow Cooker but I am absolutely revelling in it’s many fabulous foodie facets. I’m like someone who married very young and has just got divorced at 30. I can’t get enough of it and this recipe for a Slow Cooker Beef Joint has knocked…
No Bake Easy Strawberry Cheesecake
For a long time I have been looking for a No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake recipe. I wanted a real strawberry hit with a creamy background and here she so is cheesecake people. Beautifully full of strawberries and cream, one mouthful and I swear Tim Henman is sitting opposite me. Make it and weep. But first…
Apple Crumble Cake
This recipe for Apple Crumble Cake is one of my favourite bakes ever. I serve it two ways, as a sensational apple cake and as a delicious warm pudding. It is light, softly spiced and full of heavenly apples. This incredible Apple Crumble Cake is a most welcome addition to my table this week. As…
Delicious Stewed Apples
This recipe for Stewed Apples is comfort food in a big old saucepan. I make a vat of it and freeze it in batches to use for crumbles, pies, pancakes and pastries. It is just delicious and oh so versatile. Perfect for the Autumn weather that is just beginning to come to mind and my…