Cooking and baking
Cooking with kids Mince Pies
Here is a recipe for easy home-made mince pies. It's a slight variation on the traditional pies recipe with a sweeter pastry. This recipe is great for cooking with kids.You can make your own mincemeat, but it's easier using a ...
Recipe for Yorkshire Parkin
Parkin is a traditional Yorkshire cake that is often eaten around Bonfire Night. With the help of my six year old daughter I've made some for this year and it is delicious. Here's the recipe for anyone that would like to make your own.
Cooking sustainable fish - Spicy Mackerel fillets
This is another recipe using sustainable mackerel fish fillets. For the reasons that eating sustainable fish is so important see The End of the Line – the problem of overfishing (also see Buying and cooking fresh and frozen sustainable ...
Great British Traditional Recipe - Yorkshire Puddings and Toad in the Hole
Originating from Yorkshire the traditional Yorkshire Pudding is something I enjoy. For anyone not from the Britain then you should be aware that despite it's name this is a savoury dish, and Toad in the Hole is a sausage and ...
Cooking with kids - Mackerel Goujons (sustainable fish)
This is a nice easy fish recipe that you can involve young children with. It's also made with Mackerel which is considered one of the more sustainably caught fish. For the reasons that this is so important see The ...








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