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I recently added Eric Lanlard’s Home Bake to my ever expanding collection of baking books and have been enjoying experimenting with some of his ideas. One of the recipes is for Malteser Squares which I thought was a fun twist on the traditional tiffin! I have used Eric’s idea with my own tiffin recipe as I thought the one in the book was a little light on the sugar! It’s such a simple recipe that it’s ideal for making with little ones.
Ingredients:
100g unsalted butter
250g milk chocolate
4 tbsp golden syrup
4 tbsp …

I’m a simple cook. I hate following complex recipes and quite frankly I’m crap at baking. I tend to take a brief look at a recipe and then make things up as I go along.
This is one of my favourite ‘easy and quick’ dinners at the moment.

Ingredients
Serves 2
Pork medallions
One leek
2 cloves garlic
Single cream
Brandy or white wine *Optional
1/2 pint of chicken stock
Olive oil
Tsp wholegrain mustard
Sea salt and pepper
1. Sear the pork medallions (season and coat in olive oil first) on either side until they’re caramelised. …

1. Melt in the Middle Chocolate Pudding with Chantilly Cream and Malibu Syrup
This is served at the restaurant I work in. It is the ultimate desert and if there’s any going spare I’m first in the fist fight to grab it. It’s a possibility for desert at this year’s Christmas dinner (what? nobody else planning christmas dinner yet?)

2. Frangelico
Another gem unearthed at work. I love tia maria and Franchellico kind of reminds me of it, its a liquer made from hazelnuts, quite strong but the perfect accompaniment …

The growing season began in March, I was so keen I started in February, deciding initially to start with a few pots (next year I hope to progress to raised beds and then a small greenhouse).? So far we’ve harvested (with mixed success) lettuce, chives, parsley, strawberries, rosemary and basil.
Lettuce
I used wooden trough and sowed a ‘mixed bowl’ variety.? I’ve managed about three salads but think I’ll hold off growing again until I get a greenhouse as I found the leaves easily drown especially during a downpour – and this …

I love walnut bread, but at ?1.19 for a small loaf it’s pretty expensive and I therefore have to ensure that when I do splurge I use every morsel….and because it’s yummy and I can’t bear to leave a crumb!
1. Simply sliced and eaten with quality butter, I like Lurpack.
2. Toasted with a little quality cheese.
3. Blended and used as breadcrumbs to top pies/pasta bakes.
4. Chopped chunky and dipped in olive oil and balsamic (I like raspberry vinegar too.)
5. Sliced and used for an open …

In a recent post I suggested that the popular entrepreneurial venture of a lemonade stand was a good activity that was free, yes, I know the lemons and sugar will cost but you will make that back when you sell the lemonade!
Here’s a recipe I found (Juliet Moxley book again!), I haven’t tried this recipe so don’t blame me if it’s foul and you don’t make any money – only kidding, how foul can it be, it’s just lemonade!
Lemonade
You need;
4 Lemons
4 tbsp castor sugar
Water
A Pint Jug
1. Cut the lemons …