Easy Smoked Mackerel Pate
This is so easy, you can whip up a batch in the morning and leave in the fridge for an afternoon snack or spoon into individual ramekins and put one…
Gingey Bites
Slow Cooker Caribbean Seafood Pepperpot
Since getting home from my recent holiday to the Bahamas, I’ve been dreaming of Caribbean food. This spicy ‘pepperpot’ broth comes from Jamaica and can be made with meat or…
Ugly Muffins and Grummy Granola
On Saturday we headed over to Leicester’s Highcross to check out the Small Business Challenge pop up shop. Its a very cool idea – the SBC gave 10 small local…
Hairy Dieter: chilli lemon tuna spaghetti
When the Hairy Bikers brought out their ‘dieters’ cookbook following the TV show I wasn’t sure it was really for me. I enjoy their shows and use their pie book…
Launch: Turtle Bay, Leicester
Last week we joined fellow food blogger Emily from Recipes and Reviews and her other half, for the launch party of the new Turtle Bay restaurant and bar which was…
An Egg Custard Challenge
I’ve joined the army of bakers, bloggers and everyone in between who seem to be taking over twitter at the moment with their efforts at the Great British Bake Off…
Beefeater at The Observatory, Leicester
I remember the Observatory in Leicester – an ex of mine used to gig there. Sticky, swirly carpets and uninspiring artwork were the order of the day. So, when I…
Cheese & Onion Rarebit Topped Fish
This isn’t very glamorous and my pictures aren’t the best but I wanted to put a quick post up about this nice and easy weeknight supper from BBC Good Food.…
Guinea Pig night at The Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves
*ARCHIVE POST – Sadly The Woodhouse is no longer open* If you’re local to Loughborough and want to try something off the wall and completely different, I would suggest you…