Pumpkin scones

It’s that spooky time of year. Hallowe’en! But it’s going to be a bit different this year with all the COVID restrictions!

This recipe can be made with the big pumpkins that you get at this time of year, but they taste much better with culinary squash or butternut.

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Oat biscuits

Hobnobs are truly one of my top 2 favourite biscuits of all time. Only beaten by custard creams. So you can imagine my joy when I discovered just how tasty these oaty biscuits are.

If you like your biscuits crunchy, cook them for longer; if you like them more cookie like, then simply reduce the cooking time. Both taste excellent.

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Custard creams

Hands up if you love a custard cream. me, me, me, me!

I love them. They are the perfect biscuit if you are looking for a sweet treat with a cuppa.

Did you know you can make them yourself? Here we go

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Courgette cakes

I love vegetables in cakes, but it’s not just carrot cake. Courgette cakes and parsnip cakes are just as good. And don’t get me started on Beetroot brownies.

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No churn 3 ingredient ice cream

Thanks to the good folks over at BBC Good Food I have homemade ice cream in the freezer. Want to have a go yourself? It’s so simple.

Mini Christmas cakes

When Louloo was a toddler, I took her to some Surestart cooking classes. It was these classes that pushed me into starting my own cooking classes. In one of them, we made fruit cakes and baked the mixture in an empty tuna tin. I was thinking about this while I was making my Christmas cakes this morning, and it got me wondering whether it would work for mini Christmas cakes.

The recipe I use is my favourite Christmas cake recipe. It’s the one I have used for the past 20 years, and it really is so easy that even the children can make them.

So here we go – the perfect mini Christmas cakes. Guess what my teacher gifts are going to be this year.

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How to meal plan

Do you meal plan? Do you know how to meal plan? Are you one of those people who can conjure something out of nothing every night? Or do you despair as soon as it comes time to prepare dinner?

It’s not so bad at the moment with me at home most of the day, but when I am working, getting a meal on the table isn’t always top of my list of priorities. And apparently I have to feed them EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

So a while ago, I started to meal plan to stop the rut of having the same meal on the same day of the week, every week, for months on end.

So, where do I start?

  1. Print a blank calendar page. I get mine from blank calendar pages.com.
November-2020-calendar-b18.jpg printable calendar

2. Fill in any special occasions (birthdays, anniversaries etc.)

3. Add in any regular clubs that your family attends, that will impact family meals (I know that seems cruel at the moment, given that putting the bins out is a highlight of the week, but zoom meetings still count).

4. Add in regular food nights that you may enjoy as a family. Midweek roast or Taco Tuesday.

5. Fill in the remaining blanks, by mixing up proteins or alternating meat and meat-free meals.

And that’s all there is to it. Now, all you have to do is check your fridge, freezer and cupboards to organise your shopping list.

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