You may have read that I taught myself how to make pesto. This is my recipe. Once the pesto was made I needed something to go with it. And as the lovely people from Grana Padano had not only invited me to enter their bloggers competition, they'd also supplied various ingredients, I had the ideal excuse to whip something up for a mid-week ...
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How To Make Pesto
Confession time. I have never made pesto. Until today that is. I know. Unforgivable. But now rectified. (As you know, I'm not one to judge, it may be you too have never made pesto. No need for a show of hands. But just in case you don't know how to make pesto (as I didn't), here's how. I guarantee its super simple. If I can do it, so can ...
Vegetable Loaded Spaghetti Bolognese
My sincere apologies Guys - this post is 2 days late. I started typing it up Friday morning, to be finished later that day once my No Waste Tastes Great recipe was cooked. Unfortunately at 2.30pm I became ill and unable to finish the post! It's Food Waste Friday Guys. It's not my week to host. It's the original founder - Kristen's. Please do head on ...
Emergency Mid-Week Meal | Pasta Bake
It's Friday Guys. Food Waste Friday. This week Kristen (The Frugal Girl) is officially hosting so head on over to hers at the bottom of this post. Today's Friday photo is a rare glimpse of the outside of our fridge. Inside it's stocked with food items, as I had to do a grocery shop yesterday (Thursday). I'm all out of routine this week. My No Waste ...
Time For A Picnic
Did you know there are 21 Wednesdays until Christmas? And there are just 9 more school holidays until my youngest child turns 16. Each summer holiday we schedule the holidays to ensure we maximise the time we have. 9 more school holidays aren't that many. Are they? Click here to read how we scheduled last years summer holiday from school. But this ...
Cheese, Onion & Potato Topless Pie Recipe
The plan was to post this recipe tomorrow. Then I remembered I am already a post behind, and had promised to update on the £600 Challenge this Sunday. So as there's no time like the present, let me present: Simply Being Mum's Cheese, Onion & Potato Topless Pie Recipe (completely made up off the cuff based on a handful of ingredients I picked up ...
Time To Bake A Birthday Cake
When I first started blogging it was intended that it be a way to share my home-spun recipes with family and friends. Although it evolved into something so much more. One of my most popular posts is still, Making It - A Simple Birthday Cake. Most days I am within the top 5 results on Google in the UK for 'how to make a birthday cake'. ...
Not On A Diet Simple Paleo Fish Finger Recipe
First things first. I'm not on a Paleo diet. (What diet could I be on where alcohol is prohibited? Whaaaat?) I'm not a fan of specific or 'labelled' diets. Although I totally advocate losing weight when needed, and using the time-proven formula of: CALORIES CONSUMED - ENERGY BURNED = WEIGHT LOSS About 7lbs is what I need to lose. The combination of ...
How To Make The Perfect Pancake
Let's clear this up before we get started. I know, and you know, there is no such thing as perfect. (Remember my Good Enough Chocolate Fudge Cake?) It just made a great title. Not to detract from how good home-made pancakes are though. We love pancakes made from scratch at Chez Wright. I also love photographing pancakes. Simple pleasures right? ...
Missing My Favourite Recipes
I've started watching 10000BC on Channel 5. Always intrigued by these type of social experiments (I was gripped by Living In The Past in the 70's) it's fascinating to see specifically what a decent meal means to us humans. Until something is taken away, it's sometimes hard to fully appreciate how much we truly would miss something were it not ...