I'm still in a constant war with my weight, but I've finally begun to win more battles than I lose. You can probably tell by th...

I started this post with the pre-requisite "This Smoky Sausage and Beans.... yadayada" and got bored before the first punctuati...

I LOVE Hot Smoked Salmon. I have a hard time not eating it straight out of the fridge, with only my fingers for garnish. You can't di...

This Beef Rendang has been lightened up by omitting the cooking oil at the beginning. It's a recipe that I adapted to be slightly mor...

I'm just going to leave this here... and pretend that I have been updating this blog on a regular basis over the past three years, tha...

I am currently going through yet another "use up everything in the freezers" phase. It's only going to last long enough for...

Although I've always been on the voluptuous side of voluptuous, I have never really had a problem with my weight until I hit my forti...

Over the Christmas holidays I went to my oldest BFF - Kerry's house, for dinner. It was just the two us (tres romantic) and we stuffe...

Just recently I tried the 5:2 fasting diet, where I could eat normally (hah...) for five days and only eat 500 calories for two days... ...

A few months back, Meena at Elephants and The Coconut Trees asked me to do a Guest Post, and I jumped at the chance... of course, I al...

I bought some Spicy Mexican Cheddar a few days back, with the the full intention of grating it over the top of some enchiladas and someho...

I'm not a fan of meat on the bone, any meat... but most especially chicken. I want to eat my food, not play with it, struggle with ...

This celeriac and potato mash came about because I had rather a large celeriac to use up, that I bought on a whim and I didn't fanc...

I have another new favourite soup, and it's this one. This Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Soup is getting it's own bank account, it...

These ham and cheese croissants are a quick and simple snack idea for lunch or supper. They take 10 minutes to throw together - if that -...

On Sunday we decided to steal a march on the Christmas shoppers and not go Christmas shopping at all. Read it again. It makes complete se...

I have a beautiful brand new hard back copy of Michel Roux's Cook Book - Eggs , to give away to one lucky reader. And by beautiful.....

I acquired a bag of apples about a week ago and I've been "umming and aahing" over what to do with them ever since ( a w...

I made these Chocolate Zucchini Brownies three times before I felt they were good enough to share... with real touchable people as well a...

I've been going through all of my kitchen cupboards doing a bit of cleaning and re-arranging, so that I can see better what food I ha...