The Perfect Lemonade Recipe
Provided by The Linen Works – for us, it’s the Best Drink Ever on a hot day… Preparation time: 10 minutes Ingredients ¾ cup of sugar 1 cup water (for the simple syrup) 1 cup lemon juice 3 to 4 cups cold water (to dilute) Method 1. Make a simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely. 2. While the sugar is dissolving, use the juice from 4 to 6 lemons, enough...
Sunday Recipe – The Best Family Fruit Cake
There are times when nothing will quite do but a bit of comfort baking (oh yes, we know for a fact half the nation is at it on a Sunday). And when I’m having one of *those* days weeks, there’s one recipe I head to first. It’s an old one from the classic Dairy Diary Book of Home Cookery – a recipe book which every kitchen should contain. I remember my Mum regularly using the original 1968 version, I received a copy of the 1992...
The Great British Sunday – we know what you’re ALL doing…
It always makes me smile that this is how our ‘Most Visited Posts’ page looks most Sundays… A nation of Sunday Comfort Food cooks, perchance? (by the way, if you’re looking for the deliciously yummy recipes you remember from your school days, you can see them here – School Dinners Recipes)
FREE Food. Yes – we said FREE.
What are we going to DO with all those apples? Ah. Well… Obviously some will be for pies/crumble/ Worlds Best Apple Cakes EVER… But most of them will be meeting a far messier end…
Sunday Recipe – Super lush coleslaw with raisins
With the barbecue season upon us, I’m going to share my staple BBQ-gift food. Again, it’s another of those recipes which isn’t really a recipe, just something that my mother taught me, and which I make as a foolproof “ooh, that’s delicious” dish to share (and keep a large tub on the go in the fridge all summer). It IS the ultimate Barbecue accompaniment, but it’s also fab with salads,...
Sunday Baking – Laura’s Family Fruit Cake Recipe
After the stressful week we’ve had, we felt seriously in need of some comfort baking. And actually, there’s only one recipe I reach for when I’m having one of *those* days weeks. It’s an old classic – a family fruit cake – which I’ve tweaked a bit over the years. Dead simple to throw together, no fancy schmancy ingredients I don’t already have in the cupboard (totally essential for Lazy...