coffee walnut tray bake

coffee walnut tray bake
Originally uploaded by nodwah
 
April 29th!!!
Can’t believe it!!
Where does the time go eh?
Anyhoo… this is a very tasty traybake from the Asda magazine:
225g dates, chopped
125g butter
200g golden caster sugar
3 eggs, beaten
225g self raising flour
 1/2tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp bicarb
2 tblsp instant coffee
 
100g chopped walnuts + some whole ones for decoration
 
soak the dates in [...]

chicken chorizo bake

chicken chorizo bake
Originally uploaded by nodwah

All my dinners look the same don’t they?
My friend – who has a lively social life unlike me – mentioned that she didn’t know what to make for her guests last weekend. I told her about this recipe which came from a diet website incredibly ( I mean that because [...]

Chestnut soup

Chestnut soup
Oooh eck, I sent this photo over from flickr and then forgot to go to the blog and add the post, what a scatter brain. I’ve been seduced by the easy charms of facebook and I’ve spent less time in blogland lately, I think I should stick here really as I’m not a people [...]

Just call me Goldmember!

Yes it’s true folks I am now a gold member (of Weightwatchers) – meaning I have reached my goal weight. Hooray!!
Actually I have reached the top end of the weight range but lets not quibble.
21 pounds, that’s what’s gone from me howzat? And what’s more it’s really really easy if you follow the WW core [...]

roast pumpkin soup

I’ve been looking for a real authentic American pumpkin soup recipe.
That’s some thing I didn’t grow up with coz as far as I’m concerned pumpkins weren’t invented til about 1988. I grew up on turnips – try carving them for Halloween! (I left a comment to that effect on someone else’s blog but I forget where).
So [...]

Gnocchi with pumpkin

I’m a big fan of recipes that you mix together and bung in the oven while you go and watch ‘Strictly – it takes two’ and this is one such, almost exactly not dissimilar to one from the recent WeightWatchers magazine.
Vague Gnocchi with pumpkin bake recipe
Chopped pumpkin/squash (about the size of one little gnoccho)
several garlic [...]

sausage and lentil bake

My Mum asked me to clear out her greenhouse. A task I gladly undertook as it yielded a huge number of tomatoes- I’d given Mum and Dad some of my Marmande plants this spring and they grew fantastically well even in this dreich summer. I reckon that we got 4 stone of toms off those plants this [...]

Greek lemon rice soup

This month’s “No croutons required” is about salads or soups using fruit. Well, I thought, “that’s not for me – west of scotland – no fruit here!!” .
Actually, I racked my brains and couldn’t think of anything except dates stuffed with cream cheese (MMM) or chillis stuffed with cream cheese (MMMM).
Bit ordinary really.
Then at work [...]

Chocolate crumble marble cake

MMMMMMM this is one tasty cake!
I’m clearing out my baking cupboard and i want to go through all the recipes ripped out of newspapers and magazines that I’ve never actually tried and this is one of them.
This is by Dan Lepard from the Guardian Weekend magazine (1/3/08). {edit – in looking for that link I’ve [...]

Cornflour fatless sponge

Cornflour fatless sponge
Originally uploaded by nodwah

Ok so this one I found on the Delia website forums.
2 eggs, separated,
3 oz cornflour
1 level tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp bicarb
3 oz caster sugar
1tsp plain flour
Sift flours and raising agents
In another bowl beat the egg whites til stiff and glossy then gradually add the sugar. Then add the beaten [...]