Chocolate Chip Cookies

Many years ago I saw this recipe on 'This Morning' (ITV {British} daytime TV show) for a 4th of July programme. I was sooooooooooooooooooooooooo impressed that the cookies were made without eggs as I always thought they contained eggs !!!!!!! So that was one recipe I was going to try 🙂 Then a couple of...

Vegan Spaghetti Balls

The way I came to this recipe, was to try something new/different than the normal spaghetti. My father loves Spaghetti and I wanted to make it whilst they were staying with us, one spring a few years ago. Growing up we used to have spaghetti with a basic potato curry!! That was normal for us...

Wabi ~ Sabi

Wabi ~ Sabi ( Japanese) :- A way of Living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of Life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.... This is a saying which best describes what we have been up to and our absence from the blogging world. Life was such that we...

Valentine’s / Mother’s Day Meal

Sorry for the short break, a few things have changed in our routine hence the delay in posting the next recipe/post. So for Valentine's / Mother's day I was treated to a candle lit lovely 3 course meal 🙂 by the wonderful men in my life. They put alot of effort into the meal and...

We are back !!!!!!!!!!!!! Chocolate Fudge Cake

After a very long time off from the blog we are BACK ! Well what can I say, many of you have asked WHY ??  the absence, wondering if I have stopped cooking ???? Never, it has just been a tricky few years and my editor (husband) was very busy, so there have not been...

Golden Triangles

I came up with this recipe as I really wanted to incorporate some dried fruit with a normal / traditional barfi. I also wanted to try and make a healthy sweet, using natural sugars from the fruit and very little ghee. Traditionally Indian sweets are full of calories because of the amount of sugar and...

Weetabix Barfi

We made Weetabix Barfi for my son's Diwali & Eid party at school. Making food should be fun, especially when doing it with children. I love recipes where my son can enjoy making it and at the same time he is learning all the time yet he thinks it is fun, because for a change...

Kesar Mani

I came across this sweet dish about 4 to 5 years back. The name was very unusual for a sweet dish -  Kesar means saffron and Mani in Sanskrit means gem. The taste was a combination of a few traditional sweets, a crunchy yet melt in the mouth texture all at the same time. Ever...