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No-Bake SKIPPY® Peanut Butter Cheesecake

Peanut Butter Cheesecake

October 25, 2019 by Elizabeth

With a delicious, rich, creamy peanut butter filling, a crunchy double chocolate biscuit base and a milk chocolate ganache topping with a white chocolate spider web, this peanut butter cheesecake will be sure to impress at your Halloween dessert table! Prep Time: 15 minutes Chilling Time: 6 hours Difficulty: Easy Halloween – my favourite time …

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Low Calorie Quark Cheesecake

No Bake Lemon Quark Cheesecake

January 11, 2019 by Elizabeth

Super quick and easy to make, and with under 200 calories per serving, this dessert will satisfy that sweet tooth craving without blowing any New Year’s diet resolutions. Prep Time: 10 minutes Chilling Time: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy Happy New Year! I’m super excited to share this decadent, guilt-free, sweet dessert recipe with you this …

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Pumpkin spiced sticky toffee pudding with cream recipe

Self-Saucing Pumpkin Spice Sticky Toffee Pudding

October 25, 2018 by Elizabeth

The traditional sticky toffee pudding recipe is given an autumnal twist with some freshly cooked pumpkin and some warming pumpkin spice. This recipe has been created in collaboration with Panasonic, using their new combination microwave oven. I am a big fan of sticky toffee pudding. This time of year, when the days get shorter and …

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Three Ingredient Honey Roasted Walnuts

Three Ingredient Honey Roasted Walnuts

December 21, 2017 by Elizabeth

This quick and easy recipe makes for a perfect last-minute edible Christmas gift for a foodie! Make a batch and gift to a friend with a bottle of Provence Rosé to have with a cheese board. In collaboration with @ProvenceWinesUK.  Are you looking for a last minute Christmas gift idea? You’ve got that foodie to …

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Coconut Lime and Mint Ladoo East by West Cookery Book

Coconut, Lime & Mint Ladoo

November 22, 2017 by Elizabeth

A recipe from the cookery book East by West by Jasmine Hemsley. Cookbooks are such a wonderful creation, aren’t they? I mean, I know the internet is filled with creative recipe ideas and you simply need to search for a few ingredients to come up with recipes to make, but there’s something very satisfying with …

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Canadian Butter Tarts

Celebrate #Canada150 with Canadian Butter Tarts!

July 1, 2017 by Elizabeth

The perfect Canadian recipe to celebrate Canada Day! Today is Canada’s 150th birthday! To help celebrate, here’s a recipe from my handwritten notebook, a recipe I brought with me when I immigrated from Canada to Scotland in 1999. I have no idea where the original recipe came from, and, if I am to be honest, …

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Choux Pastry Swans

Chocolate Eclairs, Choux Pastry Swans and Crème Pâtissière: Lessons from a French Cookery Class

May 31, 2017 by Elizabeth

When I was around the age of 12 I first opened a cookery book and discovered the wonderful world of cooking. I am by no means professionally trained; bar a few summers working as an assistant cook at a children’s camp in Canada what I know comes from years of trial and error. I’ve only …

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Fruit Drop Travel Sweets

Fruit Drop Travel Sweets

February 17, 2017 by Elizabeth

Once you get the hang of it, making your own fruit drop travel sweets is remarkably easy. You can colour and flavour these treats with your favourite flavourings or just leave them plain. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy One key component of a road trip is that little tin of …

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Vanilla Protein Cheesecake

Vanilla Protein Cheesecake

March 26, 2016 by Elizabeth

This vanilla protein cheesecake features a nutty base of almonds, cashews, and cacao, complemented by a creamy filling of double cream, cream cheese, and vanilla protein powder. Topped with dark chocolate and fresh raspberries, it’s a decadent yet nutritious dessert option. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 6 hours Difficulty: Easy This vanilla protein cheesecake …

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Strawberry Rhubarb Compote

10 Ways with Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote

May 16, 2015 by Elizabeth

Fresh strawberries and home grown rhubarb can be very versatile! Well you’ve gone and done it. You’ve used up a glut of strawberries (known, these days, as buying a whole lot of them at the supermarket on special offer because they’re on their best before date), and you’ve ransacked the freezer for the remains of …

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How to make Dandelion Honey

April 23, 2012 by Elizabeth

Do you have an abundance of dandelions in your garden? Turn them into this tasty dandelion honey! It has an unusual but pleasant taste and it’s great on waffles, scones, pancakes, ice cream, or whatever your heart desires. Prep Time: 12 hours Cooking Time: 1 hour Difficulty: Easy One woman’s weeds, another woman’s ingredient The …

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