Gifts for Men Made Easy As Christmas comes closer, it can be a struggle to find presents for the men in your life. So, to help get yourself organised and order something your partner (or any other man in your life) would love, here are some handy ideas on gifts for men. Guys love gadgets […]
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Making your own Christmas Crackers
Recently the lovely folks at CartridgeSave have produced a great range of ‘How To’ guides to help you get crafty this Christmas. Head over here to find instructions and templates for making your own Christmas crackers or angels, tree decorations or wreaths and see what you can rustle up with the kids now school is […]
How to make the best caramelised red onion & cranberry chutney
Today – The best caramelised red onion chutney recipe using cranberries and caramelised red onions This lovely recipe for Red Onion and Cranberry Chutney comes from the same Marks & Spencer’s Christmas book as the chilli jam recipe I made last week and is another fab gift that you can make in advance. This recipe […]
How to Make Super Hot Homemade Thai Chilli Jam
Spicy Foods are always mouth watering. If you’re a spicy food lover then you can try out a homemade Thai chilli jam recipe, a hot chilli sauce that’s super spicy! Thai Chili Jam is a recipe I found in a M&S Christmas book a few years ago and I make some as presents most year. It’s […]
Christmas Wreath Biscuits
I recently saw some Christmas Wreath Biscuits made with the ‘stained glass’ method of crushed boiled sweets in cut outs in the biscuits. I thought they looked lovely but might be better for decorations rather than for eating so came up with a different way of getting the same look by layering two biscuits with […]
Raspberry and Coconut Snowball Biscuits
These easy, tasty biscuits are the first of my Christmas treats for the year and kids will have fun getting involved making them. The same principle would work with any plain/vanilla biscuit base but I like to use a simple one I found a while ago on the BBC good food website. Biscuits 250g butter […]