Melon Fruit Salad

One of our readers sent us this simple melon fruit salad recipe and for two people it only came to a cost of £1.26 Read more

Pancake recipe – how to make them

Pancakes are the ideal comfort food for the cold winter nights and are not really hard to make.

Creating a pancake batter involves eggs, milk and plain flour. It is the same basic batter you would use for making Yorkshire puddings.

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The Hairy Bikers – Mumknowsbest Recipes

Si King and Dave Myers, aka The Hairy Bikers,  seem to have yet another hit on their hands with their new six part series  - The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best.

In this series, the Hairy Bikers are sending out a call-to-arms for grandmothers, mums and daughters, from matriarchs to yummy mummies, to unlock their private recipe archives and share them with the nation. Read more

Hairy Bikers ask mum

The new Hairy Bikers series; Mums Know Best aired it’s first episode on BBC2 last night.

Si and Dave are  celebrating the best of home cooking in Britain and have toured the nation hunting out Britain’s lost family recipes.  Those flimsy pieces of paper in the front of mum’s cookbook that Gran noted down, fading with time and in danger of being lost.

Last night’s episode showed how one family had created variations on a “Beany Mince” recipe.  Simple and effective, the recipe could be made to easily suit children or spiced up with chilli for the adults.

The boys also showed how to easily make scrummy home made crumpets.
One of the Mum’s has even put together a list of simple equipment and ingredients to make a selection of home bake goodies for under £20.00.

As many of these recipes are created by mums and have been handed down over three or even four generations, one of the main features of their creations is value for money and ease of cooking.

Watch this series and learn some simple home cooking with the usual cheery banter from Si and Dave.

More information

The Hairy Biker’s new series; Mums know best on BBC2

The Hairy Bikers’ website

Rose Hips

Rose hips are the seed pods of roses, both wild and cultivated.  Once the flower petals fall, the hard green hips will swell until they start to ripen in October and November, turning a bright red or orange, depending on the variety.

The word “Hip” originally comes from the Middle English “hepe”. Among rose growers and specialists, the term is “Hep”. Read more

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