My birthday was a pretty quiet affair this year. No-one could really afford to do much and I was still a bit ill with a cold I couldn’t shake.

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As we have loads of leeks in the garden at the moment I keep making this when I can’t think what to have for dinner. Quick, easy and very tasty.

Made these yesterday, modified the recipe for the Chocolate Melting Moments. Very gingery, very nice!

Made these the other day from Leiths Baking Bible, pretty lush!

I probably should have written this as soon as I got home, as I’ve since had a little sleepy and some lush foods (M&S Sweet Pumpkin and Amaretti Biscuit Ravioli, far nicer than it sounds), I feel less like ranting.

Been making these quite a bit recently. Ridiculously quick and easy to make, yet taste as good as any you could buy.

With my time off work this year I’ve really got back into my cooking and baking. I love cooking. Lots. My Mum has always baked cakes at least once a week ever since I can remember, so I must’ve got the baking gene from her. I probably also got the preserves/chutney/salsa gene from her too [...]