A Cornish Food Blog | Jam and Clotted Cream

If you're a fan of chocolate and orange, then you're in for a treat with this chocolate orange biscuit cake . This decadent no bake dessert combines the rich flavour of chocolate with the tangy sweetness of orange to create a delicious and indulgent treat that's perfect for any occasion.

A light blueberry and white chocolate muffin recipe. Perfect for picnics and snacks.

These are fantastic for popping into the kids lunchboxes and are tasty whether eaten straight out of the oven or at room temperature. I happen to prefer them when they have cooled right down but my husband gobbles them up straight out of the oven. The 7 month old has also taken a fancy to them so I make a couple without the ham and onion mixture. Sweetcorn would be a lovely addition, but I have a fusspot (not the kids btw!) who doesn't like it...apparently it's too sweet. *RELATED RECIPE - HAM & CHEESE SAVOURY MUFFINS * MINI HAM AND CHEDDAR QUICHES Mini Ham & Cheddar Quiches Picnic, Lunchbox Yield: 24 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Mini Ham and Cheddar Quiches Mini Ham and Cheddar Quiches perfect for lunchboxes and picnics prep time: 20 mins cook time: 15 mins total time: 35 mins ingredients: For the pastry 280g Plain Flour 140g Cold Butter, cubed 8 TBSP Water For the filling 2 small Onions, chopp...

Sweetcorn and Cheddar Fritters. A great recipe for baby led weaning. I've been making these easy sweetcorn and cheese fritters for what seems like decades, and seeing as my eldest is 13, I pretty much have! These fritters are so simple to make, and great for baby led weaning. They are very easy for babies and small children to handle, and soft to eat. Even my 10 year old still loves them....with a big dollop of ketchup on the side. TOP TIPS FOR MAKING FRITTERS The fritters freeze really well, so why not make a double batch and freeze half for another day. I'm all for time saving! Just freeze between layers of greaseproof paper in a Tupperware container. Add some grated carrot to the batter, or finely chopped spring onions if your kids are a bit older. A teaspoon of dried herbs is nice too. I usually use grated cheddar in these fritters, but red Leicester would also work well. I like to serve these for lunch with some carrot, cucumber and celery sticks on the si...

This is a lovely quick pasta recipe from the new Silver Spoon Quick and Easy Italian Recipes cook book (I'll be giving one away in a competition soon). The whole family enjoyed it and it was gobbled up without complaint in super quick time. It really is a perfect mid week meal. The key (I think) is to cut the broccoli into really small florets so its nice and soft - the kids seem to prefer it like that. I might add some peas next time to up the vegetables but it's delicious as it is. *RELATED RECIPE - BACON, BROCCOLI AND CHEDDAR PASTA BAKE * BROCCOLI AND PANCETTA SPAGHETTI Broccoli and Pancetta Pasta Pasta Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Broccoli and Pancetta Spaghetti An easy broccoli and pancetta pasta recipe prep time: 5 mins cook time: 15 mins total time: 20 mins ingredients: 120g Diced Pancetta or Thick Cut Bacon 1 Clove Garlic, chopped 1 Head of Broccoli cut into small florets 1 TB...

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 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...

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...

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...