“Don’t have a christ-mess and overdo the turkey this year, there’s nothing worse than the star of the show being overdone and dry. My recipe below will help you make a foolproof centrepiece for your Christmas spread. That way, you can sit back after a successful meal and celebrate with a few cheeky drinks and Gin-gle all the way.” IngredientsTurkey crown(I used a 2.5kg one, … Continue reading The Best Christmas Turkey
“Now the turkey’s sorted, it’s time to make a couple of sides to really get the feast going. I get asked all the time how I get my roasties so crispy on the outside yet fluffy and soft in the centre. As well as this recipe being vegan (using no animal fats) there’s also a special ingredient – read on to find out.” IngredientsLarge bag … Continue reading Super Crispy Roast Potatoes
This one reminds me of my Nan and all the time we’d go round and have celebratory hot pots for all sort of different occasions. Served with her fav side dish mushy peas or ‘shirt lifters’ (because peas make you fart) as she used to call them! 😂 Ingredients 1 large glass of red wine 500ml beef stock 1 teaspoon beef gravy granules 2 large … Continue reading Nana’s Lancashire Hot Pot
These are absolutely brilliant to entertain with, have as a midweek treat or go all out as a weekend winner. Trout is such a wonderful tasting fish and head to head against something like Salmon I feel it taste better and has a nicer texture, plus it’s waaaay cheaper. This particular dish has a special coating using nachos and that adds so much depth and … Continue reading Trout Fish Tacos
If you’re like me recently you will have been feeling a bit guilty about the amount of red meat you consume or any meat for that fact. I’ve been reading a lot into meat production and it effect on the environment as well as watching some fab documentaries on Netflix about living a more meat free life style. However! I love mince meat and I … Continue reading Meatfree Spag Bol
Ingredients 200g of caster sugar 6 Apples 50ml water Half teaspoon of vinegar 4 tablespoons of golden syrup Popping candy Rainbow sprinkles Wooden sticks Greaseproof paper Method Put the sugar and water in a pan and start to boil, when boiling add the vinegar and syrup. You then need this to reach 150c in temperature, if you have a cooking thermometer use that if not … Continue reading Firework Toffee Apples
Ingredients Miniature pumpkins 500g mince Tin of Plum tomatoes Beef stock 500ml Chicken stock 200ml 1 large onion 2 crushed cloves of garlic Thyme Chorizo chunks Knob of butter Tortilla wrap Method Cut the tops off your pumpkins to create a lid for your bowls, now scoop out the seeds carefully. Once done scoop out the flesh of the pumpkin to create a big round … Continue reading Pumpkin Mince Stew in Pumpkin Pots with crispy critter hands
Ingredients Pre-made puff pastry Ketchup Sunflower Seeds Mozzarella sticks Egg Method For the Witches Fingers, take a mozzarella stick and place in the middle of the rectangle and put a squirt of ketchup alongside. Fold over the edges and pinch together to seal. Do the same at both the top and bottom. Now make one end more triangular and in that place a pumpkin seed … Continue reading Cheesy Witches Fingers
Ingredients Tin of hotdogs Pre-made puff pastry Mayo Ketchup Method Take your hotdogs out of the can and dry. Then get the puff pastry and roll out sheets into 16 thin strips for the Hog Dog mummies Separately wrap two of the thin strips of pastry around each hot dog to resemble bandages, make sure to leave a gap at the top so we can … Continue reading Evil Hot Dog Mummies
Ingredients Apples Pears Kiwi Strawberries Pack of Trail mix seeds Strawberry jam Method Slice the apples into quarters, the pears just need the bottoms cutting off and the kiwis need to be cut in half. Next using a shard knife (kids to be supervised by an adult) cut out wedges from each fruit segment to create a mouth shape, try to make this a big … Continue reading Blood Thirsty Fruit Monsters
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