Food – Page 23 – Some, Some and Some

Friends and Decorated Sugar Cookies

I am blessed to be part of a small group of friends that get together to bake, cook or generally mess around with food every so often. On Tuesday it was my turn to host, and my turn to choose what we’d be doing. I decided that the evening’s activity would be decorating sugar cookies,ContinueContinue reading “Friends and Decorated Sugar Cookies”

Lemon, Honey and Ginger Cooler

The original inspiration for this drink comes from the concoction that I make myself or J when one of us is feeling under the weather. The hot, comfort version of this drink comprises lemon juice, honey and fresh grated ginger in hot water, though in slightly different ratios to those that I’ve used in thisContinueContinue reading “Lemon, Honey and Ginger Cooler”

Chocolate Mousse

I never thought I’d say this, but I have well and truly had enough chocolate (until an Easter egg is presented to me next weekend). I’ve previously mentioned that I help with a pensioners’ lunch club at church, and the dessert for the last one was a chocolate mousse. However … many chocolate mousse recipesContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Mousse”

Rainbow Cake and Mother’s Day

I had been toying with the idea of making a rainbow cake for quite a few months and was giving it serious consideration for Mother’s Day when my sister provided the final ‘will-definitely-give-it-a-go’ last week in the form of a pretty photo of a rainbow-painted house on her blog. To make it, I multiplied myContinueContinue reading “Rainbow Cake and Mother’s Day”

Beef and Butternut Stew

I have realised that if nothing else, this blog is a shocking testimony to my sweet tooth. Looking over the ratio of sweet to savoury recipes I don’t think I’d be able to convince anyone that I’d choose… um… I don’t know … say steak over cake. Though I might, if I was in theContinueContinue reading “Beef and Butternut Stew”