Another busy week has rushed by and as I write this the house smells delicious with gingerbread cooking and cranberries simmering ready for sauce. Our wreath and entertaining workshop went really well and I was so impressed with my first ever attempt which looks amazing on the front door. We talked through lots of savoury canapés, healthy too – avoiding pastry, bread and lots of frying, also plenty of time saving tips. I served a turkey wellington and winter salad for lunch a

I have been looking at what I think is ‘the thing’ this Christmas, for ‘foodies’ that is… and in my opinion its the ‘How to make’ kit… I have never seen so many on the market you really can buy a kit to make everything and anything, or so it seems. Make your own bread and cakes are always in the supermarket year round but even ‘Delicious Magazine’ had a few on their ‘top gift ideas’ for this Christmas. 30-minute fudge a top present for a teenager, DIY Delicious-ness with a Ch

A busy week for me.  I have been working on my Halloween cookery and practising a few ‘pink’ recipes for the Cancer Research day I have in the half term at Reigate Grammar School. Tuesday, I spent the day experimenting with a couple of healthy recipes with low sugar, no gluten or fat – cakes made with chocolate and avocado you can see how I got on here: Alive with Flavour – Avocado and Chocolate Cake Experiments This week has been CHOCOLATE WEEK and its finishing this weekend