BBC Good Food

03 December 2011

"re healthy claim - of course its not great, biscuits need fat and sugar to be biscuits, but I've just compared these to our fave oaty biscuits, the blueberry and pecan ones on this site, and these are much better. Mind you, I make far smaller biscuits and find thats also a big help and our usual recipe we split in two logs and freeze one for later. Anyway, I'm giving these a go, cranberry and orange with a pinch of cinnamon to make it christmassy. "

23 September 2011

"Add a tablespoon of milk to the choc cake mixes if its a bit thick to make up for addition of extra dry ingredient ie cocoa, more if it still doesnt resemble other cake mix. And for my friend (and others) who feel the need to point out how bad for you cake is, fat sugar etc - all that reduced fat/sugar stuff you eat instead - full of chemicals to make up for it. I'd rather know what I'm eating is real food and only have it occasionally. I'm fed up of people pointing out the obvious, I have the ingredients list and I can read just fine, everything in moderation I say;)) Oh, this is a very nice cake, I'm not a fan of choc cake this is good because its not all choc. I only used half ganache to cover cake and rolled the edges in nuts as they're good for you:D "

12 September 2011

"Made my own flaky pastry with addition of some parmesan thru a couple of the layers and sprinkled top with poppy seeds. Great non meat dish. "

07 September 2011

"Had trouble getting hold of haricot, still having trouble tbh, so used cannelini too as always have them in and some leftover pancetta. Worked fine, tasty quick one pot - I upped the mustard and added pinch of chilli flakes to suit our taste. Served with home-made bread. Great store cupboard recipe and easy to add stuff to. Going to try with spicy pork meatballs instead of sausages next. "

05 September 2011

"Added garlic and a red chilli and upped the cumin, we're used to fairly strong flavours so it needed it for us. This is a really good soup though with minimum ingredients which I would usually have in anyway, though was I struggling to get tinned black beans so I used dried which takes a bit more planning. However I've now cooked a packet and measured off into amounts equivalent to a tin and popped in bags in freezer so I'm ready to go! 280g btw, is about what you'd get out of a tin, drained weight beans in case anyone else is having same problem. "