Showing posts from October, 2015

Ghoulish Eyeball Pasta With Blood Red Sauce

We don't make a huge deal of Halloween here but I do allow the kids to go Trick or Treating to a few neighbours houses. We'll also be tucking into this ghoulish eyeball pasta with blood red meatball sauce on Saturday evening whilst we watch the rugby. It's super easy to make, especially if you use ready made meatballs (I'm all for time saving) and if you can't find spinach tagliatelle just use plain pasta and stir in some pesto sauce to make it green. The spider is optional! *RELATED RECIPE - BLOOD SOUP WITH CHEESY WITCHES FINGERS * GHOULISH EYEBALL PASTA WITH BLOOD RED SAUCE Ghoulish Eyeball Pasta Pasta, Halloween Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Ghoulish Eyeball Pasta with Blood Red Sauce Ghoulish Eyeball Pasta with Blood Red Meatball Sauce prep time: 20 mins cook time: 25 mins total time: 45 mins ingredients: 1 Onion, chopped 1 Garlic Clove, chopped 4 rashers of Bacon, chopped


Halloween Gingerbread Men

Halloween Gingerbread Men decorated with ready to roll icing, to create spooky and creepy characters. These Halloween Gingerbread Men are a great Halloween project for the kids to get stuck into. I make up my usual gingerbread dough recipe, then spread the cooled, cooked gingerbread men with buttercream (you can make it yourself or buy it ready made in a tub) - this helps the icing stick. The kids then rolled out some ready to roll icing (Renshaws) and used a knife and gingerbread cutters to cut out the shapes they wanted. We made ghosts, zombies, witches and mummies....and they tasted yummy! Be as creative as you dare! Pin the recipe for later! Try this next! Blood Soup with Cheesy Witches Fingers Halloween Gingerbread Men Halloween American Yield: 20 Gingerbread Men Author: Beth Sachs Print With Image Without Image Halloween Gingerbread Men Prep time: 25 M Cook time: 12 M Total time: 37 M Halloween Gingerbread Men decorat


Yoghurt and Lemon Curd Fool

I've got another quick and easy dessert for you today - Yoghurt and Lemon Curd Fool! There is so much flavour in these little things and no culinary skills required in the making, unless you want to make your own lemon curd (I have my Mum). I was recently sent a Hansells  yoghurt maker to test out and I managed to make 1 litre of creamy natural yoghurt on my first attempt - it was ridiculously easy! There is only so much yoghurt you can dollop on your Muesli though so I decided to try and incorporate some into a super quick but tasty dessert. Natural yoghurt is quite tangy so pairing it with a buttery sweet lemon curd worked really well. The blackberries I grabbed from my garden but any berry would do - raspberries would be nice. For a bit of added crunch I sprinkled on some crushed ginger nut biscuits but if you had the time, some homemade shortbread would turn this simple dessert into something special. The fools can be made up to two days ahead and kept in the fridge u


Chicken Tikka Masala in theTefal Cook4Me

I love my slow cooker (REALLY love) so I met the Tefal Cook4Me with rather a lot of scepticism. It claimed to make delicious curries, chilli's and casseroles in 10 minutes and steam vegetables to perfection in ultra quick time. I honestly thought I'd be disappointed with the results - just another gadget to be consigned to the back of the cupboard. How wrong was I! The Tefal Cook4Me comes with 50 pre programmed recipes all ready in less than 15 minutes and guides you step by step to cook meals for up to 6 people (you have the option of 3 portion sizes). It has 5 cook settings - pressure cook (I've always been scared of pressure cookers and I still have the one my late grandmother bought me in its packaging), steam, brown, simmer and reheat. I thought I'd start with something pretty easy - a Chicken Tikka Masala. The recipe book that accompanies the Cook4Me lists the ingredients needed (or you can just refer to the digital screen), with amounts dependant


Honey and White Chocolate Traybake

These were meant to be blondies but weren't quite the right texture - definitely more traybake than blondie! Nevertheless, they turned out moist and moreish and were quickly gobbled up by the kids. I tried out Marriages Golden Wholemeal flour which gave the traybake a subtle nuttiness, a nice contrast to the sweet chocolate. Next time I may try drizzling melted white chocolate over the cooked traybake instead of putting chunks into the unbaked batter (a couple of pieces had burnt slightly) ...blueberries would be a good addition too. Options are endless and its a lovely basic recipe that you can play with. HONEY AND WHITE CHOCOLATE TRAYBAKE Honey and White Chocolate Traybake Yield: 16 squares Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Honey and White Chocolate Traybake A honey and white chocolate traybake recipe prep time: 10 mins cook time: 20 mins total time: 30 mins ingredients: 150g Butter 150g Set Honey 150g Golden Sy


Aged Havarti Cheese, Prosciutto and Rocket Pizza

Castello have recently launched a new cheese onto the UK market. Aged Havarti is based on an authentic Danish recipe dating back to 1952 and is matured for 12 months. Added cultures give the cheese a lovely crumbly texture and salt crystals (which I could definitely taste) provide a unique contrasting flavour. Stronger than the average cheddar - probably on a par with extra mature cheddar in terms of strength - Aged Havarti is now available in the UK at Waitrose. Castello kindly sent me some Aged Havarti to sample and I decided to try it out on a pizza. The cheese melted really well and complemented the salty prosciutto perfectly. It's a lovely punchy cheese and one I will be using a lot more of in the future (it's also great eaten in chunks with toasted fennel seeds!). Note that I make the pizza dough in my breadmaker and the quantities I give are for 3 medium pizza's. AGED HAVARTI CHEESE, PROSCIUTTO AND ROCKET PIZZA Pizza Yield: Makes 3 medium pizza&


Spiced Lamb Curry

Today marks the start of National Curry Week which runs from the 12th -18th October 2015. To celebrate, I've created this delicious lamb curry using diced shoulder of Welsh Lamb with heaps of fragrant Indian spices. A mild chicken korma is usually the preference in these parts as I know it's something the kids will eat it! It was therefore quite refreshing to try something a bit different with the spices notched up a peg or two. It's spicy but not hot  - I just served some natural yogurt alongside for the kids. If you do like your curry a little bit hotter though just add another red chilli to the equation. SPICED LAMB CURRY Spiced Lamb Curry Curry, Lamb Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Spiced Lamb Curry Spiced Lamb Curry made with diced shoulder of Welsh lamb. prep time: 15 mins cook time: 2 hour total time: 2 hours and 15 mins ingredients: 1kg Diced Shoulder of Lamb 2 Onions, chopped 25g Fr


Caramel Amaretti Cheesecake Cups

Happy Friday everyone - it's come around quick! If you're on the look out for a super easy dessert recipe to make this weekend then look no further. These Caramel Amaretti Cheesecake Cups are so simple (even my husband could manage it) but taste absolutely amazing. If you aren't keen on almond flavours then swap the amaretti for chocolate digestive biscuits instead. I've also cheated and used caramel from a tin, but if you had the time then why not have a go at making your own? The ingredients I give below make 4 teacup size cheesecakes - just double the recipe if you're serving a crowd. CARAMEL AMARETTI CHEESECAKE CUPS No Bake Caramel Amaretti Cheesecake Dessert Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Caramel Amaretti Cheesecake Cups No Bake Caramel Amaretti Cheesecakes served in tea cups. prep time: 15 mins cook time: total time: 15 mins ingredients: 100g Amaretti Biscuits, roughly broken 2 x 1