This pie has been in the planning for a while. To celebrate British Food Fortnight I knew I wanted to bake a traditional Derbyshire dish, ideally savory and with pasty. Inspiration came from the most random of places – the latest East Midlands National Trust […]
We’ve now taken down the Christmas tree. The cottage looks so empty without it, and the other decorations. After a day of the fire burning the cottage it has just about warmed up. As the cottage doesn’t have central heating we can’t set it so […]
A few weeks back on Something for the Weekend, Simon Rimmer made delicious looking Smoked Cheese and Leek Pies. This inspired me to get over my savory pastry fear and have a go at making my own individual pies without doing a Delia and resorting […]
I’m on my little lonesome for most dinners this week so have taken the opportunity to eat veggie and try out some new recipes, so expect a lot of updates this week! I’m renowned for eating badly when I’m cooking for 1 so I’ve planned […]
After last weeks disastrous Sunday Dinner I was determined to make this one better. In this months GFM it features a delicious looking Steak, Guinness & Cheese pie. I knew this was both something we would really enjoy. One problem we couldn’t eat a huge […]
I’ve been wanting to make a pie for a while, but never really got around to it. I fancied a pie that wasn’t your usual beef/chicken pie and came across a cauliflower cheese pie on the GFM website. To make it non-veggie for hubby I […]