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Nigella Lawson Chocolate Brownies

June 7, 2015 By Gillian Thompson 21 Comments

Nigella Chocolate Brownies

 Nigella Lawson Chocolate Brownies Quite possibly the only brownie recipe you will ever need, Nigella Lawson Chocolate Brownies, from her gorgeous bake book, How to be a Domestic Goddess.   My kids ask for these every birthday, which is lucky for me as I’m pretty rubbish at fancy cake decorating, and means we have them at least four times a year….

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Filed Under: Biscuits and Bakes, Popular Tagged With: brownies, cakes, chocolate, chocolate brownies, easy, Hong Kong, kids, nigella, nigella lawson, popular

Bolognese Sauce

April 21, 2015 By Gillian Thompson Leave a Comment

Gillian's ragu alla bolognese

Bolognese Sauce Everyone has their own little twist on ragu alla Bolognese, most often referred to simply as Bolognese Sauce, unless, of course, you’re vegetarian!  And then I am sure they will have a perfectly lovely meat free version. The Student Bolognese Most students will cook a Bolognese sauce at some point of their student life as it…

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Filed Under: Dinners, Family Favourites, Recipes Tagged With: Bolognese, comfort food, crowd pleaser, Italian, kids, pasta, ragu, spaghetti

Maryland Style Crab Cakes

March 18, 2015 By Gillian Thompson 2 Comments

maryland style crab cakes cooked with corn lollypops

 Maryland Style Crab Cakes I used to make fish cakes with leftover mashed potato until I came across these Maryland Style Crab Cakes on hostthetoast.com.  They are less carb heavy and mostly made up of juicy crab meat with just a few breadcrumbs, using egg and mayonnaise to bind.   I didn’t change much from the original recipe other than I…

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Filed Under: Dinners Tagged With: easy, Hong Kong, recipe

Easy Chocolate Tart

March 11, 2015 By Gillian Thompson Leave a Comment

Easy Chocolate Tart ready

Easy Chocolate Tart There is no excuse, this really is an easy chocolate tart.  There is no pastry to make and no baking. The base is crumbled biscuits topped with a silky chocolate ganache.  Dressed with whipped cream, and a generous sprinkling of crumbled biscuit and chopped roasted hazelnuts. Decadent Easy Crunchy Silky I didn’t have quite…

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: chocolate, easy

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Hello! Thank you for stopping by. I'm Gillian, a Lancashire born, Yorkshire bred mum of four, currently living in Hong Kong. An obsessive foodie with a serious affliction of wanderlust. I love travelling, cooking and baking, food photography and hiking in the nearby jungly hills with our dog, George. Read More…

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