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Summer 2017 – Crockham Hill – Cookery Camp August

May 5, 2017
1 min

Summer 2017 – Crockham Hill – Cookery Camp August

This time we will be making some summer recipes : picnic ideas, preparing seasonal fruit and vegetables and summery sweets! “Cookery is a life skill and a subject I feel very passionate about! I have two daughters and I feel the more children can be involved in preparing food – from the beginning – the more likely they will enjoy eating and exploring adventurous tastes and flavours.” Date: Friday 25th August 2017 Time: 10-3pm Cost: £40 includes all ingredients and lunch Age

Back to January

Jan 20, 2017
2 min

Back to January

So January is quite a dull month. Short of money as we are paying off credit cards and Christmas expenses, weather is very cold and then in this country very wet… and certainly in our house we are trying to be good with cutting back on sugary, fatty snacks and its the 19th and I have not had one glass of wine, which has to be a record… With this I have had a busy week of looking at healthier after school snack options. Both of my daughters come in starving after school and of

Tasty Bread Tartlets

Jan 18, 2017
1 min

Tasty Bread Tartlets

Ingredients: A little butter 4 slices of bread 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons milk a handful of fresh mint leaves 2 handfuls of frozen peas or corn kernels small handful of cheddar or parmesan cheese Turn the oven on to 375F (190C) Gas 5. Put a little butter on a piece of paper towel and rub it inside 4 of the holes in the muffin pan to grease it. Lay a piece of bread on chopping board and use the round cutter to cut out a circle of bread. Press it into the muffin pan. Do the same

Lean Leftovers

Jan 13, 2017
3 min

Lean Leftovers

How was Christmas? it already seems a long time ago… It was a flurry of food and family for me but no snow until now! Generally it was a good one for us as a family. Boxing Day meal went very well with ham, quiches and salads which I had tried to prep in advance, and yes it was a relatively relaxed event. I did over cater which is better than under catering. I boiled two hams and we only used and needed one so New Years Eve we had the other ham, which actually worked out well

Dec 2, 2016
1 min

Christmas Muffins

Christmas Muffins Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground allspice ½ cup light brown sugar 1 cup fruit mincemeat 1 egg, lightly beaten ½ cup (4oz) butter, melted ¾ cup buttermilk 1 tablespoon milk 2 teaspoons Demerara sugar Preheat oven to 400F / 200C Mix the flour, baking powder, allspice, and brown sugar together in a large bowl. Melt your butter and mix together the mincemeat, egg, melted butter, buttermilk, and milk. Add the wet i

Baked Camembert or Brie Recipes

Nov 13, 2016
2 min

Baked Camembert or Brie Recipes

These work for any round cheese brie or camembert. Chilli-Pecan Camembert Ingredients: 50 g pecan halves, coarsely chopped 1 fresh jalapeño chilli (or other fresh green chilli), seeded and finely chopped 70 g apricot jam 1 round (250 g) Camembert cheese (about 10-11 cm in diameter) 1/2 large French baguette (about 200-225 g total weight) Olive oil Directions: Preheat oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/Gas 5. Coarsely chop pecans. Finely chop jalapeño using Food Chopper. In small bowl, c

The Christmas lights are on!

Nov 11, 2016
2 min

The Christmas lights are on!

It’s official the John Lewis Christmas ad is out… back in to London with BBC Good Food show today and feeling thoroughly festive. The Christmas lights are on in Oxford Street and I already sense it seems busier, how many shopping days till the day? I have been busy with more Christmas canapés this time beetroot, dill and goat’s cheese cups (yes I know the beetroot is still featuring on my menu!) and Thursday evening my first drinks party for Christmas. My homemade marmalade

Rhubarb & Apple Jam

Sep 9, 2016
2 min

Rhubarb & Apple Jam

So I am no jam expert, always sounds quite a laborious task. I have however, made marmalade a couple of times, my Mum and I have done it together – but yes over a good day of chopping Seville Oranges and boiling up a huge batch to last the families a good year! I think February is the perfect time to do that, when the oranges are in season and you fancy warming up the kitchen on a cold wet day! I do love the smell of the fruit cooking. This year I have so many apples from the

Student Survival Lesson 1

Aug 2, 2016
1 min

Student Survival Lesson 1

Wednesday 14th September 2016 – Westerham Village Hall “Living on pot noodle is an option but not a good one!” Come and spend the day learning the basics in a fun, relaxed way! You will learn to peel and chop and mash and stir – and will go home with techniques and tips that you can trust and refer to time and again. Cooking on a budget, nutritious and fuss-free meals! Talking about storage, budget, cooking for one or for 10 – you will be the most popular student around! Over

An Introduction to Freezer Workshops

May 23, 2016
1 min

An Introduction to Freezer Workshops

Aimed at busy Mums, working ladies or just to get ahead of the game for a few nights! Sri Racha Stir Fry – ready for the freezer Over the course of 2 hours you prepare 4 family sized and family friendly meals for you to take home and pop in your freezer. This just makes life so much easier once,twice a week when you need to grab something already ready to put in the oven and cook. Instead of spending hours on a Sunday night doing this ‘batch’ style cooking which can be boring

Miniscoff – Organic Food For Children

May 17, 2016
3 min

Miniscoff – Organic Food For Children

Founded in 2001 by father of three, Angus Olipant, Miniscoff is aimed at busy mums like me. From the beginning, I will say I wish I had known about this company back in 2001/2002 as my children and I too, were denied! Always promising that I would be home to make every meal from scratch and give our children (two daughters) ‘home-cooked’ with the best ingredients….. Frozen meals have never been on the menu! So here we are, I guess ten years later. My eldest is fourteen and yo