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PIMM’s Summer Fruit Cupcakes

PIMM’s Summer Fruit Cupcakes

Summer is here! There’s food and music festivals galore. This week has seen the close of the legendary Glastonbury festival and of course the Wimbledon Tennis Championships commence. There is so much excitement this year about Andy Murray teaming up with Serena Williams in the…

Review of Burger Bhais Manchester

A halal burger joint with an Asian twist specialising in tea and masala spiced fries. We were kindly invited down here for a bloggers night and I was SO chuffed. With or without the invite we knew we would be heading down soon. I had seen the burgers of…

Valentine’s Day Bacon Roses

Valentine’s Day Bacon Roses

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Whether you love it or loathe it, I hope you’ve all had a fantastic day…. Ok, Ok, so this post is a little bit late! But please bare with me as these these are really great to treat a loved one…

Bailey’s Chocolate Cookies

Bailey’s Chocolate Cookies

Totally chocolaty, Baileys laced milk and white chocolate chunk chewy cookies with boozy Baileys hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and grated chocolate. The perfect combination for a cold wintry night. These cookies are very sinful indeed, not only are they loaded with chocolate chips, chocolate chunks and rich…

Italian Style Sugar Drop Tomato Bruschetta

Italian Style Sugar Drop Tomato Bruschetta

This is a great little snack for when you’re hungry and want to reminisce of brunching on a sunny holiday or even as a starter to a three course meal. Thick slices of grilled ciabatta bread drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, rubbed with a…

Double Chocolate Strawberry and Malteser Cake

Double Chocolate Strawberry and Malteser Cake

A delicious strawberry and Malteser chocolate cake. Double chocolate sponge cake filled with sweet strawberry jam, layered with fresh sliced strawberries and filled with rich chocolate ganache. All covered in chocolate buttercream frosting, drizzled with chocolate glaze and garnished with juicy fresh strawberries and plenty…

Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Topped Rice Cakes

Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Topped Rice Cakes

Slightly salted, crisp rice cakes smothered with creamy garlic and chive low fat cream cheese topped with layers of oak smoked salmon, slithers of red onion, a squeeze of lemon, a few salty capers and a sprinkle of chopped dill all garnished with slices of…

Thai Red Spiced Pumpkin Soup

Thai Red Spiced Pumpkin Soup

So here we are in the middle of January, in the middle of the week on a very wet and cold day in Manchester… But hey, it’s not all that bad! I still have an excuse to wear my comfies and eat my way through…

Winter Camping at Dacre Lakes

Winter Camping at Dacre Lakes

So, this winter we had our very first camping pod experience, also known these days as ‘glamping’. I was so excited for this as my extent of camping has been only to music festivals, where in my experience, you buy the cheapest tent, fill it…

Roast Pumpkin Cheese Fondue

Roast Pumpkin Cheese Fondue

This is the ultimate recipe for a creamy, gooey, garlicky and very cheesy fondue. A whole roasted sweet pumpkin layered with Gruyere, mature cheddar and red Leicester cheese, creme fraiche, chopped shallot, grated garlic and a few good glugs of white wine. All complete with…