KUMPULAN MASTER BLOG

Every Sunday, my husband and I look through the following week's plans to see how many nights we need a quick dinner due to late meetings and things like that. We usually have a few slow cooker meals ready in the freezer, but it's handy to have a bank of quick-to-make dinners too. A favourite quick dinner of ours is Spicy Chicken Pasta. It only has a few ingredients and is great for using up left over chicken. If I get in late, it's great to be able to walk into the kitchen and knock something tasty like this up, in about 20 minutes. It's essentially a tomato, garlic and onion-based pasta sauce, with a good hit of chilli and some red pepper thrown in too. It has a lot of flavour and can be thrown together very quickly. It's a great way to use up left over roast chicken too, if you have any. If you're doing Slimming World, switch the oil for a low cal oil spray and switch the harissa paste for powder to keep it "syn" free.

Blueberry Duffins- soft, doughnut-style muffins laced with fresh blueberries. Delicious as a breakfast treat or with a cup of tea. Jump to recipe When I go out for a cuppa with friends, I always veer towards something chocolatey or cinnamony to go with it. Chocolate muffin, thumbs up, cinnamon swirl, I'm in. I hardly ever choose a blueberry muffin, but I don't know why as they are completely delicious! I made Blueberry doughnut muffins as the alternative option to lime and coconut cupcakes (recipe Lime and Coconut Cupcakes ) for colleagues last week. The blueberry ones disappeared very quickly, with only one coming home with me! I made them with lots of fresh blueberries. I'm sure that means that you could eat them for breakfast... fruit, yes? I would definitely make them again. The recipe is an easy adaptation of my strawberry duffin recipe.

Chocolate Orange Easter Nest Cake- a light yellow sponge cake filled with orange curd and covered in chocolate icing with Easter decoration on top. Cadbury's Flake and Cadbury's Mini Eggs are used for the cake decoration. Perfect to serve on Easter Sunday. Jump to recipe When Easter's coming up, the thing that gets me in the Easter mood is definitely Cadbury's mini Eggs. They are the perfect treat. Crack the shell with your teeth and crunch the pieces and then let the chocolate melt in your mouth- yum! I like them far more than Creme Eggs, which although nice, are sickly sweet and you have to eat the whole thing. I have vivid memories of my mum bringing home those little Cadbury Easter Nest cakes, that had vertical lines of buttercream inside and one Mini Egg on top and us eating them as an after-school treat. With that in mind, I have been determined all week to make a big Easter Nest Cake with Mini Eggs, and I really wanted it to be chocolate orange. My search for or

if you love citrus and tropical flavours, you're going to want to make these Lime and Coconut Cupcakes. I am a big fan of citrus. I love it. Lemon, lime, orange, even grapefruit. I love those flavours. Sometimes, I might love them a bit TOO much! I remember making lemon chicken for my dad once when I was still at school, and him saying "Yes that was nice. Might be a bit strong on the lemon for some people!". Don't worry though, these Lime and Coconut Cupcakes aren't too crazy on the citrus front. One of the great things about citrus flavours is how beautifully they go with other flavours: lemon and garlic, lime and coriander, orange and cardamom and so on. A hint of citrus makes something feel instantly tropical too, visions of sunloungers, sarongs and cocktails with umbrellas! As we're currently in a seriously cold spell with rumours of snow at Easter (!), I could do with a tropical vision or two. With that in mind, I whipped up a batch of these lime and coc

Creamy Slow Cooker Rice Pudding- a classic rice pudding dessert made in the slow cooker; rich creamy and delicious with jam or raisins. Jump to recipe When I haven't made anything desserty, my husband's go-to dessert is a tin of rice pudding. Now, he, like a lot of people, eats his rice pudding cold. In my opinion, this is madness! Why wouldn't you want it all warm and delicious, with some jam melting in the middle? Hot or cold, tinned rice pudding is absolutely nothing on home-made rice pudding. If you make it with your slow cooker, you can leave it be most of the time, you only need to stir it three times, just three! Double bonus- you can make a really big batch and eat it over a few days. This recipe is absolutely full of full-fat dairy products, which is why it tastes so amazing, so if you're watching the calories, step away now. Go on, don't look! Alternatively, you can swap out some of the ingredients- swap double cream for something like Elmlea and swap f

Rhubarb and Apple Crumble- a recipe for the traditional British dessert. A sharp tasting apple and rhubarb fruit layer topped off with a sweet, buttery crumble. It's easy winter dessert recipe, served with custard. Jump to recipe Today's recipe is for a classic rhubarb and apple crumble. I grew up in a dessert family. We had all the usual traditional puddings: syrup sponge, crumble and so on. These days, my mum only really makes dessert when we are all visiting, as my dad claims he doesn't like "sweet things"... Funny how "sweet things" go missing on a regular basis when only he's around though... A case for Miss. Marple! Rhubarb and apple crumble is one of my favourite desserts to make, especially in winter. It takes very little effort and is always a crowd pleaser, something about the contrast of the slightly sweet but sharp rhubarb and apple against the sweet crumble and custard. Mmmm!