Gifts

Easy peasy Oat M&M cookies are just that perfect treat with a glass of milk or to dunk into a cuppa! Actually to be honest I’m neither of those type of people I don’t like milk and definitely hate dunking … Read More

Somehow it’s turned into a little tradition now, where by I make Jam for teachers at the end of the school year. This year I decided to make a mixed fruit jam with some seasonal fruit including pineapple, peach, plum, … Read More

 do love making home and hand made Christmas presents for teachers, so with the theme of the past few years and trying to stay creative like my Cookie Jar DIY gifts,  Brownie in a Jar, Mug Cake Mix or my … Read More

Making home-made gifts for people is such a satisfying experience. We going over for dinner to a neighbour’s house and didn’t want to go with just the normal cliche of Wine and Flowers, so I decided to make this Large … Read More

Food gifts are usually something that everyone loves, specially when they are homemade. This year for end of school year, I decided to make fruit butters ( please see earlier posts Pineapple Mango Fruit Butter, Mango Plum Fruit Butter and … Read More

I do enjoy making Cookie Mix in a jar where by all the dry ingredient are in the jar and all that needs to be added is the wet. These little mini jars make perfect Mug Cake or Cookie Gifts … Read More

Out of all the summer Fruit butters I’ve made this year, this one is my favourite. Mango and Pineapple just seem to taste so perfect together. On toast, in yogurt or even drizzled over a cheesecake! Fruit butters make brilliant … Read More

Plum and Mango fruit butter is a lovely complementing flavour with the rich sweetness from the mango and tart sweetness from the plums. This is a pectin free form of jam. I’ve not seen this combination before, so thought I … Read More

Fruit Butter has no butter, it is a sweet spread made of fruit and sugar cooked to a paste, similar to jam, preserve and jelly. Fruit butters usually come in wide-mouthed jars. I decided to use fresh pineapple and plum … Read More

When you start seeing bags of fresh cranberries for £1 you know it’s getting closer to Christmas and time to make some chutney! I love Christmas season, as you have yummy foods like cranberry chutney with cheese and biscuits or … Read More