Instant mint choc chip mousse

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I just love a bit of mint choc chip – it’s sweet but also refreshing with a perfect chocolately crunch –  and for that reason it’s always been one of my favourite flavour combinations. It was definitely my ice cream cone flavour of choice when I was younger, and my tastes don’t seem to have changed very much since! But of course nowadays seeing as I don’t eat dairy or refined sugar the traditional ice cream version tends to be off the cards, so I wanted to create something healthy and guilt free that also combines the minty and chocolatey flavours that seem to go so well together. Continue reading →

Vegetable biryani

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One pot dishes are just the best things ever, especially if like me you love a bit of batch cooking. So often it gets to Sunday night and I realise that there’s nothing in the fridge, I don’t fancy a takeaway but at the same time I can’t really be bothered to cook. Luckily for me (and Mr H) I’ve got into a bit of a habit of cooking massive amounts of food and freezing the leftovers for such occasions, and I’ll tell you it’s a real lifesaver sometimes (not to mention a money-saver too)! Continue reading →

Blueberry coconut slices

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I’ve been trying to have a bit of a kitchen clear out recently, as there just seems to be so much stuff everywhere and it had gotten to the point where everything was a bit higgeldy-piggeldy (a phrase you just don’t hear enough these days) and it was really beginning to annoy me, so I started tackling it bit by bit. So, while baby H napped soundly, I got my cupboards in order, reshuffled the cabinets and then set to work on the freezer.  Continue reading →

Six ingredient fig rolls 

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I was making my Christmas granola, and as I sprinkled in the figs at the end I realised that in all my time creating healthy recipes I’ve kind of neglected them as a fruit! So this recipe is effectively my apology to all the figs out there, although for all I know, they probably don’t even give a fig. Right then, obligatory fig pun out of the way let’s forget it ever happened and cut to the chase shall we?  Continue reading →

White chocolate snow ball truffles 

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Is it going to be a white Christmas? Probably not – it seems to only ever snow at weird times like March these days, never in December when I swear it’s supposed to, and when I’m sure it used to. I can’t wait to take baby H out in the snow for the first time, but I reckon we’ve got a few months to wait before that happens. Worst comes to worst we are going skiing with Mr H’s family in Feb, so fingers crossed that’ll be snowy otherwise it’ll be a bit of a wasted trip! Continue reading →

Christmas granola

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I’ve decided to try and make most of my Christmas presents this year, as I feel like I’m so often just buying people more ‘stuff’ that they may not necessarily want or need and I just wanted to do something a bit more personal.

Plus with baby H around leisurely perusing (be it online or in-store) for thoughtful gifts is pretty much a thing of the past, but on the flip side I do have a lot more time on my hands (during nap times at least) to get creative at home. Continue reading →

Gingerbread cupcakes with vanilla frosting 

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Ginger makes me think of a lot of lovely people;

1) my grandpa, who used to use it by the tonne in his vegetable soups (they were delicious but boy did they make my nose run)

2) my mum, who loves those boxes you get of dark chocolate covered crystallised gingers

3) my dad, who always has a lemon and ginger tea when he comes over and the kettle’s on; and

4) my lovely husband, who also uses it by the shedload when he makes us juices in the morning (yep, he’s a keeper) Continue reading →

Jacket sweet potatoes with smokey baked beans

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There’s no denying that a baked potato covered with baked beans is just the ultimate in easy, simple comfort foods. It’s the classic university student staple as it doesn’t require much in the way of culinary genius and it’s a really inexpensive (but still filling) meal. Although it’s certainly not the worst thing you could eat, along with most dishes favoured by those making their first foray into the kitchen it’s not the healthiest thing ever as tinned baked beans tend to be full of sugar (and other unfavourables) and potatoes can be very starchy and therefore quite stodgy. Continue reading →