Malteser and Toblerone Chocolate Cake Recipe
You’ve never seen a pack of Malteser’s vanish before your very eyes at the cinema than when you are sat next to my dad. He would manage to get through a whole bag before the film had even begun. It’s…
Christmas Beef Wellington with Black Truffles Recipe
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas off with your family and friends. I’m going to share with you a very special recipe today. It started out probably about 9 years ago. My Dad aka. Captain Oddball isn’t a fan…
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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…
Zombie Cookies Recipe
BRRRRAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNSSSSS! Yep, it’s that time of year when everything is black and orange and I pretend I’m braver than I actually am. I’m a wuss. A total wuss who can’t deal with horror. I have overactive dreams for all the…
Pecan Pie Macarons with Maple Syrup Filling Recipe
Soufflés. Chocolate Fondants. Macarons. What do these have in common? At some point in a foodies baking career, they will weep, scream, lye in front of the oven, peek in the oven, consult multiple blogs and helplines whilst attempting these…
Homemade Maple Syrup Marshmallows Recipe
Winter came ever to my kitchen this weekend. There has been a heavy snowfall in my kitchen, with every surface covered in this fine powder. Ok, the powder is actually cornflour and icing sugar. That’s right, I made marshmallows again!…
Chocolate Mousse Recipe
Sorry for the delay since my last post, I’ve been crazy busy and was away last weekend in Paris, as you do. Coming up soon will be a guest post from my bro and my scampering report from Paris. Now…
Toffee Popcorn & Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Hope everyone had a great Bank Holiday! Hope you had a good one. I had a great time chilling with friends, catching up with family and visiting the amazing Wookey Hole Caves yesterday. There was even a witch and dinosaurs,…
Frozen Melon Daiquiri Cocktail Recipe
I’ve hit the wall this week. A wall that can only be broken down with something slightly boozy and something slightly naughty. I give you Frozen Melon Daiquiri consumed on a Thursday evening as the weekend is in sight. Super…
Homemade Coconut Ice Recipe
It all started a couple of years ago when I went away to Dorset with the FunBus Crew. We had hired a house for the Easter weekend and as ever I brought homemade sweet treats for everyone. It was quite…
Lemon Ricotta Cake with White Peaches Recipe
Recently there has been a lot of BBQ meat consumed. I mean A LOT of meat. Disgusting amounts. It was time for something lighter, fresher and less meat-like – unlike the Peanut Butter, Choc Chip and Bacon Cookies I made…
Panzanella Salad Recipe
This isn’t a recipe as such, more like an assembly of all things delicious. At my work, me and one of my colleagues has started to cook for the rest of the team. So far we’ve many slow cooked sous vide chilli con carne with chorizo, treacle and chocolate, Chinese broth with pork dumplings and chicken noodle salad. This dish has to be one of my favourites. It’s light, vibrant and darn tasty. So much so we ended up doing a huge tray of this salad to feed most of the factory workers too!
Homemade Elderflower Cordial Recipe
Sunshine has finally come to the UK – hurrah! Who would have thought we would actually be getting a proper summer? Not me. The Lions won test series and Andy Murray won Wimbledon and we have sunshine – perfect. On…
