Recipes

I have numerous recipe books, some new and some that have been handed down to me. My favourite, though falling apart through 60 plus years of use is a recipe book my mum gave me last year, that was hers when she first got married. I love it. I also have folders of recipes given to me by family and friends, each paper with the recipe on it, has the date I was given the recipe and who gave me it.

I have favourites, ones that are used over and over again, I have recipes that I’ve changed slightly. One of these is Nigella Lawsons crab and macaroni, I keep to the recipe, but I had jumbo prawns to it. Very tasty.

Christmas is my favourite time of the year, just in case you hadn’t worked that out yet. The 30th November I make loads of mincepies, ready to eat with a glass of sherry as we decorate the house. Christmas Eve is always a buffet, that way we can watch Christmas films, ie The Snowman and The Polar Express and nibble away.

My buffet normally consists of homemade sausage rolls, (refuse to buy them) lasagne, chicken bits, cold meats, pate, a tiny bit of salad (we are not very good eating the green stuff lol) fresh bread rolls. The Christmas cake is always there along with homemade cupcakes, homemade biscuits and my daughters favourite puff pastry shapes covered in sugar.

My mum makes an amazing paella and in 2006 she gave me her recipe its expensive so we only have it occasionally, I also have a lovely St Helenian tomato paste recipe from my dear friend Robbie George. Tomato paste for sandwiches may sound weird, but seriously the saints have made this and its incredibly tasty. I will ask Robbie for his permission to put his recipe on here at a later date.

Have a happy, fun day xxx