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My oriental brunch: chicken and egg congee (my way)
An oriental style savoury breakfast - chicken congee It’ll be lonely meals for one for the next 10 days for me! As I post this on Sunday morning, my husband will be in France, driving off to the...
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Nigella’s Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
I always use Lindt's 70% chocolate as that's my favourite A bit too sweet for my liking… It was Mother’s Day in the UK recently and this year, and I decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies for my...
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A hint of chocolate in prep for Easter: Mary Berry’s Chocolate Loaf Cake
Mary Berry - the Baking Queen. The legend that is Mary Berry I only have one recipe to post this week as I spent last weekend with friends and so I only made it into the kitchen late on Sunday night...
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If you haven’t had enough chocolate yet… hazelnut and walnut chocolate brownies
For all your chocoholics out there - hazelnut and walnut chocolate brownies Crispy squidgy chocolate goodness As some of you may know, I’m married to a chocolate fiend. My husband has to eat chocolate...
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Getting my mojo back, the Chelsea Flower Show and banana cupcakes
This Wednesday was the first proper day my husband started feeling like himself again, so we took ourselves to the Chelsea Flower Show to get a bit of sun and perspective back. It is what it is...
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For her Majesty… thebigfatnoodle’s Diamond Jubilee cake for the Queen
While the cakes were baking, I was practising my union jack cake decorating skills. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee As I sit here typing, I’m watching the Queen’s floating pageant take place on our TV. The...
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I dare you to stop at one… les chouquettes
We watched Sara Errani win her first set, then lose her second in a 6-1 defeat. She fought back in the 3rd set to win the game but we’d left by then One of the perks of my job is that I get to go to...
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It’s curry time! Curry puff puffs, curry filo puffs and curry cups
Spice is life – Britain’s continuing love for Indian spices and flavours. Curry in a hurry If there’s one type of food that the Brits have truly taken to their hearts and made their own, it is the...
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East meets West: A Japanese cheesecake and sponge layered celebration cake
One batch actually enabled me to fill 3 x 18cm sandwich cake tins as well as a part of a loaf tin. Japanese cheesecake If you’re a fan of cheesecake but have never tried Japanese cheesecake (chiizu...
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Every day should be pancake day
My very sceptical looking cat keeping me and my temporary cast company on Monday morning. Be careful what you wish for… When I was growing up, I always wanted to break a limb, ideally my arm. It had...
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