Hazelnut and Chocolate Baklava Recipe

At this time of year, certain food hit our shelves to celebrate the festive season, some more popular than others. Christmas cake with its golden layer of nutty marzipan and snowy icing crown is the marmite of Christmas. I love…

Nanny’s Christmas Pudding Recipe

This Sunday is traditionally known as Stir Up Sunday. The Sunday before the beginning of Advent when plum puddings were made at home to allow enough time to be matured ready for Christmas. All the family members take it in turn to…

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Working as a Food Technologist, through my blog I take my love for all things food through to my travels to discover new cultures, recipe development in my kitchen and sharing restaurant reviews.

Passionfruit Crumb Bars Recipe

These golden bars have been on my to make list for a while. I first had a lemon bar square in San Francisco in a small bakery and since then really wanted to recreate them with passion fruit juice rather…

Maple and Dulce de Leche Baked Cheesecake with Pretzel Base and Dark …

When Russell Hobbs got in contact to see whether I would like to try out their recently launched the Aura 6-in-1 Hand Blender (RRP of £64.99), which can be used to create entire recipes just by using this one nifty…

Greedy Girl Ice Cream Sundae Recipe

It may be getting colder out there but you know what, I have an addiction to eating cold things when there’s a frost in the air as it means that there’s even more excuse to snuggle up under blankets whilst…

Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies Recipe

Today is my last day at a job that I’ve been in for the last four years, fresh from university. I’m not sure how I feel about it all yet, to be honest. Sad and nervous to leave good friends,…

Twin Peaks Cherry Pie Recipe

There has been a recent announcement which has gotten me and my family very excited.Check out the video below to see what I’m talking about.   TWIN PEAKS IS RETURNING!!!!!!!!! That’s right, the amazing tv series with a backwards-talking dwarf,…

Portuguese Custard Tarts Recipe

On a Monday morning, I resort back to a grizzly bear trying to pull themselves from the depths of hibernation. It’s not really a successful process, resulting in a lot of grunting and mumbling but no raw salmon eating although……

Baklava Macarons with Honey and Cinnamon Buttercream Recipe

What do you get when you take a classic French patisserie with the flavours of a Middle Eastern desert? Baklava Macarons with Honey and Cinnamon Buttercream of course! You may think I may have gone a tad mad but I’m…

New York Baked Cheesecake Recipe

Recently I’ve been doing a lot of travel reminiscing. I think this is due to the fact that I haven’t got a big travel adventure planned any time soon. It really doesn’t help having blown up travel photos adorning my…

Toasted Marshmallow Topped Key Lime Pie Recipe

Happy 4th July to all my American readers! Hope you’re having a grand day with plenty of amazing food and fireworks. Over the years I’ve embraced plenty of American things; love of TV series like Breaking Bad, Twin Peaks, Arrested…

White Choc Croissant Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe

This weekend I was in charge of arranging all the food and drink for my sister in laws hen party. Not a small task at all. But saying that I of course in my full feeder state made sure there…

Pecan Pie & Maple Syrup Baklava Recipe

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you’ve had a wonderful couple of days with your families and friends. It’s fair to say we ate well in the FoodNerd home, having an epic Beef Wellington for our main Christmas meal instead of the…

Pecan Pie Recipe

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Even though I am a very cold girl in the UK wearing many knitted wear layers, today I am channelling a sun golden Cali babe.  Wow, you can’t tell I hate winter in the UK at all, can…


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