Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

When i first found this recipe i was very sceptical about how they would turn out, but i must say i was amazed and very pleasantly surprised!

If you think about it though, when you make a flourless cake you usually use a ground nut instead of flour, and as peanut butter is basically ground peanuts you have your flour substitute.

Not only did they look like a cookie, but they tasted amazing too, not too sweet and not at all dry, they are very moorish and the sprinkling of salt on the top is a nice touch, it adds an extra dimension........

We will be lucky if the batch i have made lasts till tomorrow!!!

Oh and did i say they are so easy to make, would be a great cookie to make with the kids!

Pre heat oven to 175c, 350f, gas mark 4

Makes about 28 cookies


1 cup of peanut butter (i used half smooth and half crunchy as that's all i had in the cupboard)
1 cup of soft brown sugar
1 large egg lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
course sea salt to sprinkle on top


Mix all the ingredients except the salt together.

Spoon dessert spoonfuls onto a ungreased tray about an inch apart, slightly flatten and using a fork make markings on the cookies, then sprinkle the salt on top.

Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Let cool on tray then transfer to a cooling rack.

Try not to eat them all at once........

Chocolate and Banana Cakes

I made these cakes for my sons celebration. You can make one big cake, but i decided to make individual cakes for everyone.

They were very moist and chocolaty.

You can get the cake cases i used from Sainsbury's supermarket.

You can top the cakes with anything you like, this time i used chocolate and vanilla marshmallows.


















Pre heat oven to 140c, 280f, gas mark 2

Makes 16 cakes.

100ml sunflower oil
175g caster sugar
175g self raising flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
4 tbsp cocoa powder
100g of chocolate chips or chunks
2 very ripe bananas
3 medium eggs 2 of them separated
50ml full fat milk


Sift the sugar, flour, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa powder into a bowl, stir in the chocolate chips or chunks.

In another bowl mash the bananas, stir in one whole egg and 2 egg yolks, followed by the oil and milk.

Whisk the egg whites until they are stiff.

Stir the wet and dry ingredients together then stir in ¼ of the egg whites to loosen the mixture, then gently fold in the rest of the egg white.

Fill the cases halfway up, and bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Let the cakes cool then spread over the ganache. Recipe follows.


Ganache Recipe.

100g milk chocolate
100ml sour cream

Melt the chocolate and sour cream together in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, don't let the bowl touch the water.
Put in the fridge till its cold and spreadable.

Cheese, Ham and Spring Onion Sandwich Pies

Again looking through my cooking magazines i found this recipe to use for my sons celebration.

They are so simple to make, but taste so good!!

They went down a storm at the celebration, everybody really enjoyed them and they didn't last long....

You can use any filling you like.

Basil, mozzarella, and sun dried tomatoes.

Turkey and cranberry stuffing. As suggested by my good friend Nic.

Bacon, sausage meat and egg.

The list goes on and on.........




















Makes 24 pies

Pre heat oven 180c, 350f, gas mark 5

1 packet bread mix
4 thick slices of ham diced
4 spring onions finely chopped
2 cups strong Cheddar
½ cup full fat cream cheese
2 tsp Dijon mustard

Make the bread mix at the packet instructions, up to the stage before letting it rise.

Mix all the other ingredients together.

Grease 2 muffin tins with olive oil.

Divide the dough into 24 pieces and roll into circles, put a tbsp of filling in each and form into a ball sealing the filling in.
Place in the muffin trays, cover with oiled cling film and leave to rise for at least 30 minutes in a warm room.

Bake for 20/25 minutes.

Strawberry Oat Traybake

Looking through one of my cooking magazines i came across this tray bake, and thought it would be perfect for my sons celebration.

Although they are a cake they are quite good for you too, as they have honey instead of sugar, and fruit, nuts and oats, and only a small amount of butter.

They aren't too sweet and to me they taste just like a crumble. Yummy!!!!!!





























Preheat oven 200c, 400f gas mark 6
Makes 16 slices

150g strawberries mashed
50g butter, plus extra for greasing
75g clear honey
200g rolled oats
50g ground almonds
½ tsp almond extract
pinch of salt

Grease a 26 x 16cm tray with butter, this was the perfect size for the amount of ingredients.

Melt the butter and honey with the pinch of salt.
Stir in the ground almonds, almond extract and oats.
Press half the mixture into the tray, spread over the mashed strawberries and sprinkle with the rest of the mixture.
Bake for 15/18 minutes.
Let cool in tray then cut into 16 slices.

Kedgeree Inspired By A Trip To Kent.

We have just been on holiday to Kent, and while we were there we visited a very pink little Cafe/Restaurant called Bebeached. Where i ordered their Kedgeree.

Up till then i could take or leave Kedgeree, but this one was GOOD!!!! It was so good i even ate the peas in it, and i hate peas, I'd normally spend 10 minutes picking them out of a dish!

So when we got home it went straight on my weekly menu, which pleased my husband, as he had been on at me for ages to make it.

I made a couple tweaks to a traditional kedgeree, i didn't use hard boiled eggs, i served it with a fried egg, I used salmon instead of the traditional smoked haddock, we like our food spicy so i made sure it had a good kick....

Needless to say it went down a treat it was thoroughly enjoyed by all!!





























Serves 2

2 8oz salmon fillets roasted in the oven at 200c for 9 minutes.
2 cups of cooked rice
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp ground nut oil
1 inch of fresh ginger grated
1 garlic clove grated
1 onion very finely chopped
2 tbsp curry powder i used a hot curry powder, so add to taste
2 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground coriander
Juice of one lemon
A small bunch of coriander leaves roughly chopped
Salt and pepper to season

2 fried or poached eggs to serve it with, and if like even more of a kick try it with some hot sauce!


Heat the butter and ground nut oil in a wok, then add the onion garlic and ginger and saute till softened.

Add the mustard seeds, curry powder, cumin and coriander saute for 30 seconds then add the rice, stir together, flake the salmon and stir into the rice, season with the lemon juice, salt and pepper and stir in the coriander.

Serve with a runny fried or poached egg and a sprinkling of hot sauce.