This is one of my favourite Christmas recipes from Mum’s Recipe Book. I remember helping mum with this when I was quite young. She would ask me to crush the biscuits to go into the mix. But my favourite thing was opening the can of condensed milk and pouring the sticky liquid into the bowl. Continue Reading
Do you make your own Christmas Pudding or do you buy one? I know there are many good charities out there that sell quality puddings to raise money but even these will never be as good as the homemade ‘real deal’. I say this with confidence and I know that if you are a pudding Continue Reading
Does your family have favourite Christmas foods? We certainly do and I love cooking up a storm – particularly to make gifts for friends and family. One of the our favourite family sweet treats is Rocky Road. I use a recipe from Mum’s Recipe Book for this. But a few years ago I made this Continue Reading
I am always on the look out for interesting salads for Christmas. Not that all my family will eat exotic salads but that doesn’t stop me experimenting. Hopefully one day they will appreciate the effort! This recipe is similar to one I had in a restaurant a few years ago. The only difference is that Continue Reading
There was a time when I baked biscuits and cakes every week and they were eaten very quickly by my hungry family. I also used to have a cake or two in the freezer for unexpected visitors etc. But these days Andrew and I eat very little sugar and even less cake. But I still Continue Reading
We have been writing about healthy households for most of this year. We thought it might be time to recap and bring it all together for you. So here are our 10 tips for healthy households with links back to some of our posts this year: Tip #1 A healthy household is one where everyone’s Continue Reading
Being proactive rather than reactive is something I think about all the time and has become a ‘catch cry’ in my every day work as a compliance consultant. My job often involves sorting out problems that could have been avoided if people thought ahead and didn’t just live for the moment! But it is not Continue Reading
Have you ever made your own ice cream? When I was very young my mother made our ice cream all the time because you just could not buy it. It took quite a lot of effort to make as there were several cycles of freezing and beating to go through to make sure the final Continue Reading
How do you cover leftovers in your fridge? Are you still using plastic wrap or have you tried something different? Our oceans are being destroyed by plastic and our recycling is literally piling up with no where to go so I believe we should all be doing our bit to reduce the use of disposable Continue Reading
If you know me at all, you will be aware that I am extremely careful what I eat when I am out. My food microbiology background has trained me to look for hazards and assess the risks of food poisoning where I see food being cooked and sold. So can you imagine what I am Continue Reading
