Tag: Recipes

  • Slow Cooker Damson Mulled Wine

    This recipe originated from the BBC Good Food 101 Slow cooker favourites but I didn’t have any sloe gin and my neighbour kindly offered me some Damson Gin.  I’ve never seen a Sloe berry or Damson, but according to Google ‘Damsons are about twice the size of sloes and usually sweet enough to eat, like…

  • The one where I said ‘stiffy’ on the radio!

    One perk of being a parent blogger is sometimes I get invited to do some interesting things.  The lovely Nick Coffer from Weekend Kitchen on BBC 3 Counties radio invited me into his show this weekend.  Each week he has a panel of 3 experts; a chef, a wine expert and an enthusiastic home cook.…

  • Fish is the Dish featuring me!

    Rare, unseen footage of me in a kitchen!  (Well maybe some of you have seen it!)

  • Fish is Easy!

    Last week I flew up to Edinburgh to learn how to cook fish.  The Scottish Taxi driver thought this was truly hysterical, ‘why would a Canadian bird from London come all the way to Edinburgh to learn how to cook fish? What is there to learn, you just dip it in batter and fry it,…

  • The Best Slow Cooker Recipe Books Ever!

    I’m always waffling on about my slow cooker as I use it at least 3 times a week and couldn’t live without it as a working mum.  People are often asking me for my recipes.  I do have a selection of tried and tested Slow Cooker Recipes here on the blog but I can’t recommend…