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I love a challenge and Very gave me a fantastic opportunity to find some quick and easy recipes using my Air Fryer. Energy efficient cooking is really important at the moment, with the cost of living crisis, and so working smarter in the kitchen really helps with this. Not only are the below recipes quick and easy, they are healthy and reduce waste which is a win-win. My vegetarian Air Fryer recipes are also perfect for lunchtimes: vegetable soup and a cheats pizza. VIEW the POST

I just love getting creative and Halloween lends itself to a lot of chances for this. I made these yummy peanut butter and jam cupcakes using our household favourite SKIPPY® Peanut Butter. You can decorate them as spookily as you wish. VIEW the POST

Tala recently challenged Isla to bake scones and she jumped for joy. She loves scones and she loves baking. We filmed her baking and talking about the ingredients, Isla chose a fruit scone recipe. She does make me laugh with her funny actions with the spatula and silly voices. I think she was in her element. She might have found her calling: Baking with Isla. Check out my IGTV for Isla's baking video. VIEW the POST

To celebrate Independence Day in the UK, I couldn't think of a better way than to celebrate with the USA’s famous SKIPPY®Peanut Butter. We made an American themed lunch and incorporated it into our homeschooling. We have some good friends from America and we love discussing the different holidays celebrated in the USA and UK. We made our very own #SKIPPY4July. VIEW the POST

I am a huge fan of waffles but we've never had them at home before, as we didn't have a waffle maker - but now we have this fabulous VonShef rotating one, we will never look back. Breakfast at the weekends are now complete with waffles for all the family. Delicious. Here are our favourite waffle ideas from bank holiday weekend. VIEW the POST

I love this VonShef Boston Cocktail set, it's stylish in the brushed gold look and it comes with a recipe book that has some delicious cocktails in it. As Gin is my favourite tipple, I chose the Cucumber Cooler cocktail recipe and it is delicious. It's the perfect drink to rustle up on Mother's Day. VIEW the POST

Daddy has mastered the vegan gravy recipe by Jamie Oliver and this year he made a big batch up just before Christmas so that we could freeze it. It is the yummiest gravy I have ever tasted that I am confident even meat eaters would find it delicious. It's a win win as everyone can eat it. VIEW the POST

Vegan gravy for Christmas dinner - This is the most delicious vegan gravy, in fact gravy, I have ever eaten. You must try it! - onions, carrots, celery, dried porcini mushrooms, olive oil, bay leaves, rosemary, red wine / port, cranberry sauce, Plain flour, Marmite, Tomato puree, red wine vinegar, vegetable stock , Peel the onions, then roughly chop along with the carrots, celery and porcini. ; Place in a large pan over a medium heat with a splash of oil and the herbs. Fry for around 25 minutes, or until turning golden, stirring occasionally. ; Add the wine and cranberry sauce, and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes, or until sticky and caramelised. ; Stir in the flour, then add the Marmite, tomato purée and vinegar. ; Pour in the stock, then bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer for around 10 minutes, or until thickened and reduced.; Pass ...

Peanut butter and surprise jam centre cupcakes A yummy cupcake will a jam centre 250 g Self raising flour250 g caster sugar1/2 tsp Bicarb of soda 270 g unsalted soft butter (left at room temperature)4 Eggs (Beaten)100 g Skippy Peanut Butter (Extra crunchy or Creamy is good)2 tbsp Milk (I always use Full Fat)3/4 jar Jam (Strawberry jam works best)Topping (if you fancy a bit extra)1 tub Chocolate icing30 peanuts, blitzed into dust CupcakesPreheat oven to 170 degrees, gas mark 5.Add all dry ingrediebts into a bowl.Add the butter, eggs and sugar.Add the peanut butter and mix. Add the milk and mix for a further minute. Give the bowl a scrape to get all the mixture.Sprinkle a little brown sugar on top (adds a bit of crunch). ; Bake these for around 20 minutes. Yummy!Cut a whole in the top of the cake and add the jam. ToppingAdd pre-made chocolate icing and ...

Kebab sticks and vegetable burger - - Kebab Sticks: an onion (chopped into big chunks), pepper (chopping into big chunks), courgette (chopping into big chunks), mushrooms (quartered ), Vegetable burger: brioche bun, Halloumi, aubergine (about 1 cm thick), mushrooms (sliced), tomato, rocket, Kebab sticks: Cut the courgettes, peppers, mushrooms and onions in sizeable pieces ; Add to the kebab sticks and drizzle with olive oil and season with sea salt and cracked pepper and oregano ; Grill in the ultimate grill, on high, for a few minutes until golden brown; Vegetable burger: Slice the halloumi and aubergine into 1cm thick slices and drizzle with a little olive oil and season ; Slice the mushrooms; Grill the vegetables for a few minutes, on high, until golden brown; Grill the Halloumi, on high, for about 45 seconds; Grill the Brioche bun, on high, for about 20-30 seconds; Stack it up, adding tomato and ...

Andrew James has added a fabulous volcano waffle maker into his fabulous baking range. It literally makes the largest volcano shaped waffles, which are yummy! We love to break them up and cover them in fruit, syrup and cream. Delicious for breakfast and the maker is award winning, so why not tell the kids you're making an award winning breakfast?  VIEW the POST

This is a fabulous batter mix recipe, perfect for waffle makers or those making waffles a different way. It is yummy! VIEW the POST

As many of you know I am not very creative in the kitchen. If you said to me can you cook "cottage pie", I would be able to do it. If you said to me "can you cook dinner tonight", I would panic. I wouldn't be able to think about what recipe to choose, what goes well with each other. That's where HelloFresh comes in and their extensive range of recipes.  VIEW the POST

What better way to celebrate National Chocolate Cake Day (27th January) than to bake our very own chocolate cake. Inspired by Isla's love of Num  Noms. We received a hamper of goodies to decorate our cakes and a Series 4 deluxe pack of Num Noms. Isla was very, very excited. Below is Isla's creation (one vegetarian and one not):  VIEW the POST

Wayfair challenged me to spruce up my kitchen ready for Autumn. I love a challenge and especially ones like this where you get to make a real difference to a room. Trending colours for Autumn are orange and teal, two of my favourite colours and that inspired the products I chose. Great products at great prices. Don't forget to check out my family friendly recipes below too... VIEW the POST

Did you know that the government recommends we eat 30g of fibre a day? One way to do this easily is to up the intake of Whole Grain. I am a big fan of overindulging at breakfast time, when I do eat breakfast that is. When I came across this hot cross bun loaf, I just couldn't resist it. It's a great family friendly breakfast recipe too. It is really yummy with margarine at breakfast, or a nice dollop of Jam. Don't forget the cup of tea too! VIEW the POST

I was asked by belling.co.uk to think of a recipe that reflects my own unique cooking style. I love cooking recipes where it can be thrown into a stew pot or wok and left to simmer over hours, developing a tasty sauce that is perfect for dipping a tiger loaf into. So it didn't take me long to think about my new favourite vegetarian stew recipe, which you can put a Spring twist on too now that the weather is warming up a little.  VIEW the POST