I was watching “Willie’s Chocolate Revolution” on TV recently when I saw a chocolate soufflé and realised I’d never made one before.  Sure, I’ve made soufflés before, but never a chocolate one. No matter how much I tried to ignore it, I couldn’t stop thinking of it.  I just had to make one.

Easy Chocolate Soufflé

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I’ve had my eye on the stinging nettles near where I take the dog for a walk for a while now; nettles are one of natures great freebies and I really needed to grab some before it was too late (fresh young leaves are the best, so March / April are the best times). I’ve tried Nettle Soup before, which is fantastic, but never ventured further than that; now I can happily report that Nettle Pesto is delicious too.

A “fool” is a great and traditional way of showcasing in season fruit. You can try and be fancy (I’ve tried many different recipes before) but I’ve yet to find anything which beats the simplicity of stewed fruit folded into whipped cream.Confusingly, rhubarb is actually a vegetable, but that doesn’t stop it being right at the top of my list of seasonal foods, and my favourite for deserts such as this. Give it a go with gooseberries or raspberries too – it works just as well.

I’m happy to announce that I have the opportunity to give away a free “Mayan Magic” Chocolate Making Kit to one lucky blog reader.
In short, the kit allows you to make your own chocolate from home and contains all the essentials: cacao powder and  butter, natural sweetener, you get the idea.
I’ve not tried it and [...]

Easter is a big deal in Poland, a country where 90% of the population are Roman Catholic. The end of lent is marked by feasting throughout the Easter weekend, and this cake “Babka Cytrynowa” (literally translated as “lemon Grandma cake”) is just one of the many traditional dishesthat is used to mark the occasion.

So here’s the story.  I was joking around with this rather “large” guy at work the other week about his fondness of pies (I’ve never seen him eating one.  It’s a light-hearted joke about his weight) and saying how I should blog a pie recipe just for him.  The same weekend I saw the “Two [...]

And it brings me great pleasure to introduce the winner of our recent free cookbook giveaway…R. Carradine, come on down and collect your prizes (Traditional Puddings and Desserts and Supper for Friends by Mary Berry)!

The parsnip.  Not a very exciting vegetable on its own and certainly one that always seems to be left lurking when my vegetable box is almost empty, but one which works incredibly well with other flavours.  A curried parsnip soup is one way of using this vegetable which is becoming pretty well known, so [...]

Before I start rambling let me just tell you the purpose of this little post.  Basically a few weeks ago I invited food bloggers from around the world to join in with our challenge “In the Bag”, whereby dishes must be cooked using a group of pre-chosen seasonal ingredients – white chocolate, pomegranates, and passion [...]

No time to blog today (damn this eternal degree) but certainly time to give away a couple of free cookbooks. Hands up who wants ‘em?