Spicy Roasted Pumpkin Soup

This soup is superb comfort eating in this warm roasted pumpkin soup with a spice kick.

Wholemeal Honey Rye bread

This appealing light rye bread has a sweet flavour with a chewy texture and is perfect for Danish open sandwiches with topping such as cheese, salmon and avocado.

Guinness Wholemeal and Currant Scones

These sweet beer scones have fine nutty flavours and are excellent for afternoon tea.

Gluten Free Chocolate Brownies

These gluten free dense delicious brownies are even better with added chocolate chips.

Milk Ciabatta

Ciabatta al latte has a softer texture than plain Ciabatta and is made containing milk instead of some of the water. This special technique of mixing is defined as a double mix using all the ingredients with the exclusion of the extra yeast and liquid. The ingredients are mixed in a machine called the first mix. In the second mix the yeast and the remaining liquid are added. The second mixing time is identical to the first. This technique guarantees a greater development of gluten.

Spicy Roasted Butternut Pumpkin Soup

Butternut pumpkins are pear shaped with dry dense sweet flesh and are the most adaptable pumpkin for cooking. Roasting the vegetables before making the dish brings additional flavours to this Asian style soup.

Orange Guava and Mango Floating Angel

This is an absolute scrumptious cool summer cocktail and is also a great mocktail without the vodka.

Artisan Ciabatta Bread

The Italian elongated flat Ciabatta (also known as the slipper bread) is made with white flour and yeast. It has a crisp crust with soft light spongy texture. The white Ciabatta has been popular since the middle 80’s. This bread can be made with wholemeal flour and is called ciabatta integrale. The bread is often seasoned with ingredients such as olive oil, marjoram and sea salt. If milk is added to the dough it is called ciabatta al latte.

Spinach and Cheese Sausage Rolls

These vegetable and cheese sausage rolls are great as snacks anytime of the day and excellent for parties as smaller size sausage rolls.

Cheese and Chives Scones

These great savoury scones are perfect with a bowl of soup or eaten alone.

Vegetable Curry Baked Eggs

Simple to make baked eggs on vegetable curry with toasted sourdough bread is ideal for Sunday brunch.

Oatmeal and Chocolate Chip Cookies

These oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with the well-known taste of brown sugar and chocolate acquire a refined nutty flavour from sesame oil and oats.

Rustic Ciabatta Bread

These classic Italian country style loaves are filled with asymmetrical holes and are easy to bake at home. Make a few superb crunchy sandwiches by cutting the Ciabatta lengthwise and lightly toast the bread before applying the spreads of your choice such as tomato, Mozzarella cheese and basil.

Champagne Cocktail

This is a classic champagne cocktail and it is really worth using a top quality champagne.

Roasted Jap Pumpkin Soup

Jap pumpkins are also known as Kent pumpkins which have a yellow orange flesh that is soft and dry with a nutty flavour. Jap is short for Japanese pumpkin or kabocha and this pumpkin cuts easily which can then be grilled, roasted or steamed. Pumpkins contain a high level of beta carotene, this important antioxidant is transformed to vitamin A by our bodies and helps to prevent degenerative disease.

Perfect Square White Bread

This classic soft white loaf is baked in a Pullman tin and is excellent for sandwiches and superb for toast. A Pullman tin is used to produce a loaf with equal square sides resembling a Pullman railway coach and is made in a mixture of sizes. The tin has a lid to make the bread bake in the square confined space delivering a bread with firm fine texture and a soft crust.

Cheese Spring Onion and Caraway Scones

These great savoury scones are remarkable with the cheese and caraway flavour bringing it all together for a full savoury scone experience.

Mexican Pineapple Wedding Cake

This easy to make enjoyable moist tropical cake with pineapple and pecan is a great sweet slice for afternoon tea.

Milk Pullman Bread

This soft white loaf baked in a Pullman tin (pain de mie tin) is superb for lunch sandwiches and great for toast. A Pullman tin is used to produce a loaf with equal square sides resembling a Pullman railway coach and is made in a mixture of sizes. The tin has a lid to make the bread bake in the square confined space delivering a bread with firm fine texture and a soft crust. I am using a 10 x 28 cm Pullman tin in this recipe.

Chicken and Spinach Bake

This easy healthy chicken and spinach bake delivers appetizing tender chicken with a slight heat from the seasoning. The chicken breasts are baked on a bed of spinach in chicken stock topped with tomato and spring onion.

Pimm’s no.1 Cocktail

This is a very cool and refreshing cocktail to enjoy on any hot summer afternoon.

Roasted Butternut Pumpkin Soup

Roasting pumpkin before making the soup really brings extra flavours to this healthy warming soup.

Honey and Oat Pain de Mie

This moist sandwich loaf with a hint of sweetness from honey and nutty flavour from the oats is baked in a Pullman loaf tin (pain de mie).

Buttermilk Oat and Currant Scones

These scones have nutty and fruity flavours by means of using oats and currants.

Bananarama Cake

This excellent tropical banana cake is great for afternoon tea or as a dessert.

Easy Cheese Focaccia

This is definitely an easy bread to make and the simple method is basically the same as mixing a cake.

Creamy Lemon Thyme Chicken

This great slow cooked chicken dish is packed full of flavours and a little heat from the mustard.

Nerds Cocktail

This is a lovely sweet chilly turquoise cocktail for any summer afternoon.

Spinach Soup

This soup tastes great and is packed with too many vitamins and goodness for the body to list here.

Easy Tin Bread

This is an unbelievable simple artisan style bread to make and is perfect for everyone. All you have to do is mix the ingredients together in a bowl and leave the dough to develop, shape the dough, bake and enjoy an outstanding home made delicious bread.

Buttermilk Lime and Coriander Scones

Fresh lime and coriander with buttermilk gives these scones an extraordinary refreshing flavour.