Autumn has arrived and you can really feel the change in temperature today. Its such an exciting time foodie wise, literally everything...

Sipping my frothy coffee and munching my toasted, homemade hot cross buns… The Spring sunshine is quite warm flooding in by the window....

If you have met me or we have eaten together, you know I am not a vegetarian. I enjoy the occasional roast dinner, juicy steak and cook...

Back from my holidays but friends are still sending me beautiful photos from Greece, Spain, Portugal, and the South of France. Not...

Interesting read and quite timely as my blog last week was questioning the future of our cookery skills.  Waitrose Weekend newspaper –...

Ingredients: 275g cooked beetroot 250g dark chocolate, broken into pieces 250g butter 3 eggs 200g golden caster sugar 1 teaspoon...

Another week has whizzed past, sticking with no alcohol and watching the calories, who said this was a good idea? I have had to look...

Thursday 16th February 2017 – Crockham Hill Primary School After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas...

This was an extremely busy week. Back to normal after half term, and Halloween on a school night, which I can never remember! It didn’t...

These rich chocolate flavour cupcakes with beetroot added have a moist, fluffy light texture and a fresh raspberry hidden inside....

Ingredients: 2-3 vacumn packed beetroot 2 ripe bananas 120ml cooking oil 160g coconut cream 275g plain flour 50g cocoa powder 1 tsp...

Ingredients: 175 g unbleached plain flour 2 and ¼ tsp baking powder 3/4 tsp salt 25 g cold butter, small dice 75 g strong cheddar cheese...

yield: 16 cookies Ingredients: 440g plain flour 220g unsalted butter at room temperature 1/4 teaspoon salt 110g caster sugar 220g icing...