Sweets for your Sweet
and a new recipe made easy.
Hello Friends
I hope you have had a good week. Finally, my week has gone to plan, which makes a change :) Last week's cold is gone (thank goodness it wasn’t one of those dreadful bugs that lasted for ages.) My physio was very happy with the range of movement I now have back in my wrist after its fracture, so I am able to do much more.
The new recipe I planned to share last week, Sausage and Apple Traybake is now published on Recipes Made Easy - It makes a great midweek meal as it is so quick to prepare.
I also managed to get a few jobs done at home and I’m even on track with this weekly email. I do hope you have had a good week too.
Tuesday is Valentine’s day. Grabbing a box of chocolates from the supermarket shelf is easy, but when you make them yourself you also give your time and love. Which makes them a much more special gift and will earn you some serious brownie points. So why not treat someone special (or yourself) with some homemade chocolates or candy?
Recipes
Sausage and Apple Traybake
Quick to prepare, making it perfect for a midweek family dinner.
It takes just a few minutes to prepare the potatoes, onions and apples then it’s just a case of combining them with seasoning and oil and placing the sausages on top. Then just pop into a roasting tin and let the oven do its thing.
Whilst baking, the potatoes and onion are cooked until tender with some crispy bits on top. The sausages are browned and cooked through, while the cider (or stock) reduces down to produce just enough delicious juices to stop the finished dish from being dry.
The end result with minimal effort is a sausage traybake that is delicious, filling and comforting. Baking the dish in one tin also means less washing up which has to be a bonus.
I've also updated my easy chilli recipe which is another great weeknight supper thats quick to make.
Easy Chilli
This simple version is packed with flavour and is as the name suggests very easy to make.
Sweets for your Sweet
White chocolate Baileys truffles
Made from just 3 ingredients these white chocolate Baileys truffles (Irish Cream liqueur), are rich, creamy and totally delicious.
Prosecco Truffles
If you enjoy a glass or two of Prosecco, you are going to love these Prosecco Truffles. A light Prosecco flavoured centre encased in creamy milk chocolate, these chocolate truffles are rich and luxurious and surprisingly easy to make.
White chocolate Raspberry cream
These homemade raspberry cream white chocolates are a real treat! The tempered white chocolate shell is filled with a raspberry cream ganache which is a pretty shade of pink and works well with the sweet white chocolate.
Or instead of chocolates, you could choose from a selection of Homemade fudge recipes.
The Best Fudge Recipes
Homemade fudge makes a delicious treat and a perfect gift . The flavours and additions are almost limitless. Only Crumbs Remain has gathered together nearly 20 of the best fudge recipes from some of the top UK food bloggers.
Crumbs
Other things I've been up to in the kitchen this week
I have been doing a bit of decluttering and I’m so pleased with my now much more organised spice drawer. I have also put a couple of racks in my pan cupboard so everything is much easier to get out. (If I was more on trend no doubt I would have made a Tic Tok about it!)
And yes the door is missing from my cupboard and quite a few of my cupboard doors are coming off the hinges. I bet you thought as a food writer, I would have the perfect kitchen. I wish! My kitchen is definitely a bit worn around the edges, as it has a hard life. But my planned refurbing of the kitchen is one of those things that has to remain on the back burner for a little longer. But at least these are now tidier.
That’s all for now until next time.
Have a delicious week.
