To paraphrase a well-known and favourite Friend “What’s not to like – chocolate gooooood, orange gooooood, cake gooooood”! You’ve got to love Joey’s thinking when it comes to food. This is a real favourite of mine because for some reason the flavours of chocolate and orange together just scream “Christmas”…
Oven Baked
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Brownies are probably one of the most popular sweet treats around but I’ve always found them to be the opposite of what I expect and want. They are dry and crumbly when they should be moist and gooey, and dark and bitter when they should be sweet and chocolatey. I…
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As the name suggests, I can’t take credit for this one sadly. One day a little while ago I was suffering badly with dizziness and having a grump about it. Kieran told me I had to eat, I said I didn’t want anything, there was pouting and sulking….it was ugly.…
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The actress Hedy Lamarr reportedly said “Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.” Absolutely right – I live near a bakery but they don’t sell cheesecakes so I make my own. Not too often, mind you because it’s not exactly diet food…
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Cheese muffins are one of the first things I learned to bake by myself. Of course, they weren’t anything like these – they were just simple plain muffins with a bit of paprika and some cheddar cheese. To be perfectly honest, I would probably be about 100 stone lighter today…
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Meet one of my favourite sides! This is soooo good. Yes, it has gnocchi and mozzarella and parmesan cheeses in it but it also has fresh cherry tomatoes, spinach and butter/cannellini beans so it both tastes and feels pretty good and virtuous to eat! We tend to serve this with…