You never know where inspiration, for a blog post, will come from. (Actually it is my daughter's 9th birthday, but I hadn't planned on blogging about that). Then, I received an e-mail from a reader. As I e-mailed back - inspiration struck. ...
Simple Baking
Simple Gingerbread House Biscuits Recipe
Let's get this out of the way first. We didn't win the Sykes Cottages Gingerbread house competition :( This fantastic entry by The Brick Castle did instead! I don't mind of course...it was great fun! Just dreading telling the kids...but it will be a great opportunity to sprout off (I'm seeing how many random Christmassy words I can get in my posts before ...
Using Up Stale Bread – Spiced Apple Pudding Recipe
Today is the start of Zero Waste Week 2013. What better way to kick it off than with a tasty, frugal recipe that uses up potential waste. Typically stale bread at Chez Wright would be whizzed in the food processor to make breadcrumbs - which would then be frozen. This week, however, I'm using up rather than freezing where I can. I already have a container ...
Back2School Chocolate Cake Recipe
We're just over half way through the summer holidays in the UK. An advocate of creating memories and developing traditions, I thought I'd share something that we enjoy on the first day back at school at Chez Wright. Posting this halfway through the hols means should you fancy giving it a try you have enough time to get the ingredients in! Back2School ...
Super Simple Homemade Chicken Nuggets
What kid doesn't like chicken nuggets? I haven't yet met one that's refused them. (I know there will be children who don't like them, and there will be vegetarians that do not eat them - but I needed a strong first line for this post ;-) so went with a blanket statement) But do you, as the parent, ever wonder what is in the processed ones you buy? It ...
How To Bake The Perfect Cupcake
I'm not one to advocate calling anything 'perfect' because nothing ever can be. But I didn't want to title this recipe 'How To Bake A Good Enough Cupcake', because they truthfully will be way better than 'good enough'. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, check out my Good Enough Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe) The Perfect Cupcake Recipe - Makes ...
No Wait Easy Peasy Deep Dish Pizza Recipe
I'm not particularly known for my patience in the kitchen. Coupled with the fact I can be a little disorganised - it's a good idea to have a fall back plan. Countless times I have promised the Kids pizza and then forgotten to leave enough time to prove the dough. Therefore I got rather excited when I spotted a recipe, in an old copy of Easy Food, for pizza ...
“Good Enough” Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe
They say perfect is the enemy of good. My chocolate fudge cake recipe is good enough, it's not perfect. It isn't the Nigella recipe that I have followed countless times over the years. (Can you see the chocolate smudges? That's the sign of a good cookbook - actual food remnants on the page.) These days, as my confidence in the kitchen and culinary ...
Sticky Bottom Raspberry Cupcake Recipe
**Things are a little chaotic at my IRL home at the moment, so rather than neglect my virtual home (this blog) completely I'm re-posting a recipe that appeared over at Jo-Jo Bakes last year. Enjoy!** (Originally posted 25 July 2012) Sticky-Bottomed Raspberry Cupcakes – Makes 12 (Want to know why they’re called sticky-bottomed? Try them and find ...
Banana & Sultana Bran Loaf Recipe
Banana & Sultana Bran Loaf Recipe - Approx. 10 slices You will need: Equipment Large Bowl Scales Metal spoon Blender Tea Towel Small Loaf Tin Butter and flour for greasing loaf tin (or use cake release) Ingredients (Please check US Cup measurement as I used a converter - the amounts look sensible to me) 170g (6oz or 3 US Cups) Bran ...