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Apple and White Bean Cake

I searched for this in my recipe file, see I first made it 12 years ago. I remember being quite pleased with it but my aunt, who’d come...

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Brownies

The main reason to make these is because, I think, they taste great. The second reason is that they use beans instead of flour so contain...

Fruit Leather

We’re well into blackberry and apple season now. Fruit leather is a lovely way to preserve these fruits and an easy recipe to make with...

Flapjack

I've made three batches of flapjack since we started school, with three pack lunches to sort out each day it doesn’t last long. Luckily...

Eating Mindfully

Many of us tend to eat too quickly, and often with distractions, hardly paying attention to what we are eating. But eating this way is...

Do you ever make Bread Pudding?

We had bread pudding so often growing up I can’t believe I only made it for the first time recently! Maybe because we rarely get leftover...

Chocolate and Caramel Mini Cakes

A recipe from Nourish Cakes: Baking with a healthy twist by Marianne Stewart. The butternut squash ensures these are deliciously moist....

Easy Suppers: Leek, Potato and Celeriac Soup with Hemp

We have a soup night once a week during the colder months. It's great to prepare for when we get in after swimming, the kids are...

Easy Suppers: Smokey chickpea burgers

I also call these chorizo burgers as even my carnivorous husband enjoyed these commenting that they had a bit of chorizo flavour, all...

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