Category: Blog
Is Sugar Free Safe?
Diet coke: zero calories, zero sugar, and zero carbs? I have often wondered how a liquid so flavourful and similar to its calorie-filled sister product, Coke, can possibly have these properties and not be bad for me. How do they do it? The answer: Aspartame. The truth: aspartame is far more dangerous and pricier than […]
Monday Morning
Good Morning and welcome to Monday, the start of another week which looks very different to last Saturday when I was busy making Crumpets to enjoy over the weekend sitting on my terrace under the grape vines with a nice cup of tea. Well, unfortunately that didn’t happen, due to the fact that both myself […]
10 Easy Lunches to Impress Your Friends
10 Easy Lunches to Impress Your Friends There are certain times when we don’t really feel in the mood to cook, and one of those times is in Summer when we are feeling hot, bothered and lethargic, but fancy something tasty for lunch. But with a little imagination even the laziest cook can come up […]
More Tips and Tricks for Baking Better Cakes
A few Hints and Tips to help you bake perfect cakes. No matter how successful a baker you are, we can all have cake baking disasters that can only be hidden by strategic application of whipped cream, a heavy coating of icing sugar and/ or a lot of fruit. Having recently made a chocolate cake, […]
Plenty more Fish in the Sea
It’s quite a few years now since I moved to Spain and although one tends to take most things for granted after all that time, but there are still a few things I still really appreciate and never get tired of, and one of those is the excellent fish available everywhere you go. My first […]
Nice Cauliflower Lady?
Years ago, back in the UK it was a normal occurrence to walk through any market hall and see piles of some fruit or vegetable variety in season that particular week and the stallholders shouting their catchphrases, and knock down prices, anxious to get rid of it especially on a Saturday afternoon before it all […]
My Leek, Ham & Cheese Supper
The right time of year for Leeks A few weeks ago I noticed the hot water boiler was signalling it was that time of year to call the service engineer which I promptly did the following morning, no reply, tried again a few times then dialled the mobile number on the sticker they left last […]
Tips for Cooking with a Slow Cooker (Crock-Pot)
Slow cookers, Crock-Pots or whatever you want to call them come in all shapes and sizes. They are a very useful tool in a bust household, however, as well as all the advantages they provide the busy cook, they also have one or two disadvantages which can be very annoying. These are usually caused by […]
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Grams Vs Cups
Every week I get asked this same question over and over again, “Can you please put cup measurements in your recipes?” And the simple answer is no. There are a few reasons why the answer is no, I’ll explain. Firstly, I’m very busy trying to earn my living, so don’t have the time or the […]
