Beef Stew with Muffin Top
Serves 4 This dish may look ugly but this rich red wine stew topped with a cheesy muffin top tastes beautiful! I have always maintained that ugly food tastes the best, if you don't believe me, [Read More]
Cranberry and White Chocolate Cornflake Biscuits
With value added cranberries and white chocolate chips, this teatime treats are a delicious twist on the classic cornflake biscuit. These biscuits were in fact a happy accident. I planned to make a [Read More]
Curry Beef and Pea Pie
We just can't get enough of this pie packed full of meat and peas in a rich curried gravy and topped off with a puff pastry top. This pie combines two of my greatest food loves, curries and pies. [Read More]
Granny Barbara’s Coffee Sponge
This month's reader recipe is an absolute cracker! Louise has kindly shared her Granny Barbara's Coffee Cake and what a cake it is! Light coffee sponge, sandwiched together and topped with [Read More]
10 on 10 Photography Project – In My Kitchen August 2018
It's been a busy month on Planet Sam - the Christmas tree has been up, the heating has been on and the comfort food has been a-cooking! Even after 10 years, I'm still haven't gotten used to the [Read More]
How to Make the AWW Koala Cake
Making a Koala Cake is easy when you know how, and even easier when you have a template! Making a cake from the AWW Birthday Cake Book has been on my list of 101 Things to Do in 1001 Days for quite [Read More]
A Trip to Betty’s and How to Make Fat Rascals
On my recent trip to the motherland, I just couldn't get enough of the great British tearoom. We had such a jolly time in the North East but when Maureen, my mum-in-law suggested a day out in [Read More]
Denyse’s Lemon and Walnut Cake
It's time for this month's reader recipe and it's a cracker! This lemon cake is the business - a soft, buttery sponge, dotted with walnuts and finished off with a crunchy topping. Remember Denyse? [Read More]
Sticky Date Banana Bread
If a sticky date pudding and a banana bread had a bake baby, this loaf would be it. It's got all the dark, caramelly deliciousness of the sticky date pudding with that lovely moist dense texture [Read More]
4 Ingredient Jam Puffs
Makes 8 Delicious puff pastry triangles filled with your favourite jam and only four ingredients. What could be better? The older I get the more I hanker after the treats of yesteryear. What's [Read More]
