Food

No-bake Mango Crumble recipe — Every week, our office celebrates ‘Pudding Wednesday’. We take turns to provide some kind of treat to enjoy at lunch. There are have been many delicious offerings from ice cream, to cheese, to cakes from the many bakeries in Nakhon Sawan, but I’ve been inviting my colleagues to sample whatever strange things I have […]

No-bake Mango Crumble

Iced lemon tea — Iced Lemon Tea (or Cha Manao as the Thais call it) is the perfect way to cool down on a hot day, and man are the days hot over here! And when I say lemon, what I mean is lime. We only have limes here but they call […]

Iced Lemon Tea or Cha Manao

Super simple no-bake treats — Fridge cake is a mummy M classic. Along with flapjacks and welsh cakes, it is a staple in the cake tin and hers is usually packed with raisins and cherries, with a little splash of brandy. The great thing about fridge cake is that you can just chuck […]

Fudging Fridge Cake

Simple no-bake flapjack recipe! — Ahh the humble flapjack. So often overlooked in favour over a double choc cookie but a brilliant companion to a good cuppa. I have always been a fan, perhaps because my mum has such a good recipe for them. These a not buttery baked flapjacks with a crunchy top. If […]

No-bake Flapjack

Vegan rice pudding recipe — This should really be ‘coconut rice pudding with rum soaked raisins’ but that didn’t sound so catchy! I like coconut. I like it shaved, desiccated, as coconut water, in a bounty… but most of all I love coconut milk. And there’s loads of it here in Thailand. […]

Rum ‘n’ Raisin Rice Pudding

Tasty vegan brekkie ... — When we moved to Thailand, I decided to become vegetarian. It was as easy as that, I eat delicious food and never crave meat or feel like I’m missing out by not eating it. (I’m sure it would be different back in the UK but for now I’m very […]

Vegan Banana Pancakes

Easy Peasy Fudge — About a month ago I went to a baking seminar with a friend and was given 11 tins of evaporated milk by the sponsor. To my knowledge I have never drunk or eaten evaporated milk and I’ve certainly never used it myself. I got it in my head that […]

Fudge

Great food in Penang! — I want to stay in Penang and eat Indian curry with my hands forever. Scrap that, I’m moving to India! After a morning of walking around Georgetown, we were hungry and in need of a good lunch. Pausing outside an Indian cafe, we were beckoned in and ordered […]

Penang: It’s all about the roti

The BEST welsh cakes I've tasted... — This is the only thing I remember my Nan baking or cooking but they are divine. Now also known as ‘Mum’s welsh cakes’ or ‘Aunty Carole’s welsh cakes’, they are a firm family favourite all year round. Because welsh cakes are cooked on the hob rather than […]

Nanny’s welsh cakes

Fantastic French Toast — Or something like that! French toast (or eggy bread) is up there with my favorite breakfasts (and I’m a girl who loves her breakfasts). I’m always amazed by the magic eggs and a splash of milk can do to a humble slice of bread. Frankly crispy bacon […]

Nutty French Soldiers

Shortbread2 — This was inspired the a surprisingly good rosemary shortbread. I’m not a huge biscuit fan but I do love shortbread so I decided to make a few variations. The flavours I went with were rosemary, earl grey and ‘nut and seed’ although I think lavender would also work very well. […]

Shortbread

Salted Caramel Cupcakes - to die for! — If you’re looking for a crowd pleaser, look no further. This is one of the very few things that Matt has ever baked and if he can do it, so can you!

Salted Caramel Cupcakes