Food & Recipes

I find it easier to keep to my weekly family food budget by creating a meal plan a week (sometimes even two or three depending on how busy we will be) in advance, and also by ordering our grocery shopping on-line for added convenience.

I post my meal plans on my blog to keep track, and maybe even to give others inspiration for their own family meals, and take part in Mrs M's weekly #mealplanningmonday blog hop. You can take a look through our meal plans by clicking here.

I love to bake and cook and love to share my favourite recipes here on the blog. If you would like to have a look through them please follow this link to see our favourite family recipes.

I have also shared lots of pictures of my cakes & other culinary delights that I have baked over the years. I was taught to bake by my Nan & Mum alongside my sisters when we were small and so I have been baking and cooking with my children since they were young also, to carry on the tradition. If you would like to take a look, please click here, and enjoy!

If there is something specific that you are looking for, I have listed them all here for you.

Savoury Recipes

- Spanish Pork recipe.
- Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef recipe.
- Cumin roasted Sweet Potatoes recipe.
- Caribbean Lamb recipe.
- Tomato & Herb Couscous recipe.
- Cheese Biscuits recipe.
- Quiche Lorraine recipe.

{mexican}
- Mexican Lasagne recipe.
- Chicken Chimichangas recipe.
- Spanish Rice recipe.

{pies}
- Cottage Pie recipe.
- Cheese & Onion Pie recipe.
- Bacon & Vegetable Pie recipe.

{pasta}
- Baked Bean Lasagne recipe.
- Cheesy Cauliflower Pasta recipe.
- Baked Cannelloni recipe.
- Rigatoni alla Amatriciana recipe.
- Macaroni Cheese with Broccoli recipe.
- Cheesy Broccoli & Penne Bake recipe.
- Spaghetti Bolognese recipe.

{chicken}
- Mustard Chicken recipe.
- Chicken Cacciatore recipe.
- Sticky Chicken recipe.
- Crock Pot Barbecue Chicken recipe.
- Cajun Chicken with Spicy Potato Wedges & Coleslaw recipe.


Sweet Recipes

{cakes & cupcakes}
- Sweetheart Shortbread recipe.
- Lemon & Poppy Seed tray bake recipe.
- Vanilla Sponge tray bake recipe.
- Orange Honey Muffins.
- Chocolate Easter Cake recipe.

{biscuits}
- Vanilla Butter Biscuits recipe.
- Christmas Spice Biscuits recipe.
- Gingerbread Man recipe.
- Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies recipe.

{fudge}
- Nigella's Christmas Rocky Road recipe.
- Peanut Butter Fudge recipe.
- White Chocolate & Cranberry Fudge recipe.

{sweet treats}
- Cherry & Cinnamon Flapjack recipe.
- Jamie Oliver's Pancake recipe.
- Easy Meringue recipe.
- Chocolate Bark recipe.
- Snowman Soup.
- Mars Bar Cake recipe.
- Pain au Chocolat & Orange Pudding recipe.
- Ghanaian Chin Chin recipe.

{fruity treats}
- Apple Crumble recipe.
- Caramelised Bananas recipe.
- Fruity Fro-Yo Lollies recipe.
- Toffee Apples recipe.
- Lemon Brownies (Lemonies) recipe.
- Eton Mess recipe.