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An oven baked savoury minced beef cobbler with cheesy scone cobbles

A gorgeous peanut butter chicken curry made with a secret store cupboard ingredient peanut butter Long lists of ingredients often put me off making a curry, especially on busy weeknights when time is precious. However, this Peanutty Chicken Curry  is different! The ingredients list is small and most of the items you will already have in your store cupboard (peanut butter being one of them) or fridge. It's a fairly speedy recipe too and you can have it on the table in under 40 minutes (even with three children distracting you), which is always a bonus when you have hungry mouths to feed. I was sceptical whether peanut butter would work in a curry but it really does and gives the sauce a lovely smooth silky texture, as well as acting as a sauce thickener. This easy curry is now a staple in our house and features on our weekly meal plans regularly. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. TOP TIPS FOR MAKING PEANUTTY CHICKEN CURRY If you don't like your curry...

Oh my goodness these Chocolate Fudge Brownies are SO YUMMY...good enough to ditch the January diet for! Dense and fudgy, they will satisfy your sweet tooth cravings and then some! Hidden inside the chocolatey exterior are pieces of buttery fudge for an extra sweet hit. Feel free to leave the fudge out if you prefer, or swap it for some dried fruits and nuts instead (cranberries, sour cherries, and walnuts would be good) .... but I REALLY like the fudge! Put these on your baking list for the weekend and everyone in your family will love you forever. They are, in the words of my 9 year old, 'epic'. Let me know if you try them! TIPS FOR MAKING CHOCOLATE BROWNIES Make sure all the ingredients, especially the eggs are at room temperature. For a clean cut brownie, let them cool fully in the tin then place in the fridge overnight before cutting into slices. Clean the knife off with kitchen paper between each cut. Swap the fudge pieces for some sour cherries and walnuts fo...

A mild (suitable for kids) Slow Cooker Chilli Con Carne recipe. No browning required, so just chuck it all in your slow cooker and switch on. My slow cooker is my best friend on week days, especially when it's a recipe like this Chilli Con Carne, that requires NO pre browning of the meat.

An easy baked raspberry cheesecake recipe served with fresh raspberries and raspberry coulis. The cheesecake can be made ahead and frozen until needed.

Christmas Cinnamon Rolls flavoured with clementine zest and finished with a tangy cream cheese icing. Make the dough in your breadmaker for a super simple Christmas morning breakfast. To simplify things, you can prepare the dough for these cinnamon and clementine rolls using a breadmaker, though I've also provided instructions for making it manually. The assembly process is straightforward, leading to some of the most incredibly indulgent sticky buns you can imagine. You also have the option to prepare the dough the night before and keep it refrigerated (in a sizeable bowl, securely wrapped in cling film), ready for use the next day. A little kneading might be required before rolling it out. Typically, I'd use a basic icing sugar glaze. However, this time I experimented with a cream cheese icing, and it's an absolute game-changer. Remember to use salted butter for the cream cheese icing, as it truly enhances the flavour. Ingredients For the dough: 600g Strong...

There's nothing better than a soft squidgy slice of gingerbread cake at this time of year. Dark, fragrant and warming it's perfect with a cup of tea or for serving as part of a festive buffet at Christmas. You could even reheat slices and serve it with clotted cream or custard for a quick and easy pudding. It's definitely up there as one of my all time favourite cakes and it's so simple to make too. The gingerbread cake needs to be made a few days in advance of when you want to eat it to ensure a lovely sticky moist loaf. I also stash one away in the freezer which I can pull out at a moments notice for unexpected guests. You really can't go wrong with this recipe! TIPS FOR MAKING THE GINGERBREAD CAKE Gingerbread cake tastes better if left for a few days before eating. So once its cool, wrap it up in some baking paper and foil and store away in a dark place for up to 3 days. Make an easy orange icing for the cake by mixing sifted icing sugar with som...

A slow cooker Christmas spiced red cabbage recipe with mustard seeds and allspice. Ever had a cooker crisis on Christmas Day? I think we've all been there haven't we, with too many dishes and too little space. I try and make as much as I can ahead of time these day's  - I cook my meat the day before (and the gravy too), pre cook my sprouts, par boil the potatoes and make and cook the stuffing in a loaf tin. It all helps come Christmas morning and this year I've called on my slow cooker for help too. This slow cooker red cabbage dish is absolutely delicious. You just bung everything in the slow cooker before you go to bed on Christmas Eve and you wake up on Christmas morning to the most amazing festive fragrance imaginable. The red cabbage takes a good 8-10 hours to cook and you might want to give it a stir every now and then, but other than that you can just leave it to do its thing. Once it's cooked to your liking, just turn the slow cooker to the ...

Regular readers of the blog will know I'm a bit obsessed with chocolate tiffin and I have a fair few recipes on the blog already ( Malty Mini Egg Tiffin  Bars are still my all time favourite) . It's certainly not something I'd ever pass up when offered, that's for sure! Anyway I thought it was about time I gave my regular tiffin recipe a bit of a festive makeover with some shortbread, Christmas spiced fudge (from Copperpot), brazil nuts, orange zest and glace cherries. All my favourite flavours of Christmas in one bite. I'll warn you, they are very very rich so make sure you cut the slices on the smallish size, but they are real winners in taste. These no bake tiffin bars would make an ideal sweet treat on a Christmas buffet table and I'm sure Santa wouldn't mind exchanging a few mince pies for one of these bars either. It's just a shame one's waistline has to suffer for the privilege! TIPS FOR MAKING THE FESTIVE CHOCOLATE TIFFIN ...