Call me crazy, but I’ll go for a smoothie bowl any season of the year. Quite often I’ll go to the gym first thing in the morning, so I find that a delicious bowl of yumminess not only cools me down, but also rehydrates me and fuels me up for the morning. Continue reading →

We’re all such busy bees, it seems. We rush around, trying to give 110% to our jobs, our friends, our families. Now if you were hoping I’d tell you that I’ve discovered how to stop time I’m sadly going to have to disappoint you, but I may have just found the next best thing. Continue reading →

Monet had his waterlilies. Mozart his symphonies. And the Spice Girls had ‘Wannabe’. But these are probably my finest work. That’s a big claim to make, I know, especially if you’ve tried my six ingredient chocolate fudge flapjacks, my gooey walnut brownies or my chocolate covered hobnobs. I suppose the beauty of life is that tastes and opinions are subjective, otherwise how boring would that be, but I think you may just agree with me regarding these. Continue reading →

Halloween is fast approaching, and with it hoards of children will be getting ready to trick or treat. I don’t know about where you live in my area it goes a bit nuts. As much as I want to keep baby H off the sugar for as long as possible I know that sometimes it just isn’t feasible and I would rather have her have fun (and a good relationship with food) than miss out.  Continue reading →

Last year for Thanksgiving I made my very first pumpkin pie. Not that we’re American or anything, but you know, any excuse to eat dessert. So this year I felt it was time to step it up a notch and give my pumpkin pie a little Mrs H twist. And what could be more ‘me’ than chocolatifying it? One of the things I love most about pumpkin pie is how the pumpkin gives it this amazingly smooth and silky texture, without making it too rich. Continue reading →

Someone asked me once – does the recipe come first or the story behind it? I’d have to say it’s definitely a mixture, I love storytelling, but I also love creating things and sometimes I just can’t remember which comes first. I actually can’t remember much at the moment, but I guess that’s #mumlife for you. Continue reading →

Nothing says celebration like a good old dessert. So when the lovely people at Fyffes bananas asked me to create a recipe to celebrate their 130 year anniversary on 20th September I knew just what to make. If you’ve not heard of them, Fyffes have been bringing responsibly sourced bananas into Britain for 130 years now and they supply many of our supermarkets with delicious Fairtrade bananas. They began as a family business, and passing down a love of bananas from generation to generation is totally what they are about. Continue reading →

Recently my lovely friend gave me a whole load of delicious apples from the apple tree in her garden. It coincided also with me being sent the most delicious parcel from the lovely people at Nush Foods, which included their new almond ‘cream cheeses’.

As someone who previously used to be a little bit obsessed with cream cheese frosting I knew I had to give a dairy free version a go. Continue reading →

No matter how many times I tried to convince her growing up, there was no way my mum was falling for the ‘toffee crisp has puffed rice in it so it’s basically a cereal bar’ line. When it came to after school snacks it was well and truly off limits. Continue reading →