When I visited the Good Food Show last November I picked up one of these spice kits from Bit Spicy to make an Indonesian Korma. My Mum and I tested basically every sample they had and bought a selection for my Dad but I wanted one for myself and I love a good korma.

It's relatively easy to make but it does take some time. I'm not going to go through the whole method with you but you would need approximately 2 hours to make it and you cook the chicken separately then add it to the sauce. 

The flavour of this korma is like no korma I've had before! It's not mild at all and has a very good kick of spice to it and it has a more yellow colour than your normal curry. I had mine with chicken but it also suggests prawns which I would love to try! 

As I was browsing their website I noticed they do spices for other foods as well, not just curry so I'm keen to try their Mexican range, we all love some good fajitas now don't we!

I'm going to the Good Food Eat Well Show in a few weeks so hopefully they will be there again so I can pick up a few more spice packs!

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Cookie Crumbles Awesome Wholesome Brownies

I recently went to the Good Food Show in London and it was so great! My mum and I enjoyed the wine samples a lot!

Anyway, I was looking for some new things to try and found this Brownie Mix. It looked great from the start, I absolutely love the packaging, and it looks so great and is very original!

To make it even better, it is made with wholemeal flour and you use oil as the fat in it. The process to make it is so quick and easy; you put everything into a bowl (the mix, oil, water and eggs) and mix it all together so that it is well combined. Grease and line the tray you want to use with greaseproof paper and pour the mixture into it.

Bake the brownies for 20 minutes and remove from the oven to enjoy.

They were so well received by my work colleagues, they’re asking for more already!

There’s also a little fact on the back of the packaging: “Did you know…that wholemeal flour is an important source of protein and fibre and is also an amazing source of vitamins and minerals?”

These are aimed at children, as it is an easy way for them to learn how to bake.

I would so recommend them, even if you’re a big kid like I am, they’re still really good and they taste so great!

Snowman Cupcakes!

Today I’m going to share some super cute Snowman Cupcakes ready for the festive season! They are easy to make and no doubt your friends and family will love them. This recipe makes 12 cupcakes.

Recipe:

Cupcakes -

6 oz self raising flour

6 oz butter

6 oz sugar

3 eggs

A splash of vanilla essence

Icing –

5 oz butter

10 oz icing sugar

1 – 2 tbsp milk

Decoration –

Snowflake sprinkles

White marshmallows

Black and Red/Orange Writing Icing

Method:

Start by making the basic cake recipe, if you have a mixer you can chuck all the ingredients together.

But for all of you in similar situations to me without one, cream the sugar and butter together. Followed by beating in the eggs then folding in the flour.

Divide between 12 cupcake cases and bake in the oven at 170C for 15 – 20 minutes. Then allow to cool.

First cream the butter till it is smooth, and then slowly adds in the icing sugar making sure that it is all blended together. Then add in the milk. Whisk it all together until it is thoroughly blended together then pour into a piping bag to pipe onto the cakes.

For the decoration take one white marshmallow and place it on top of the buttercream icing in the centre. Take your black writing icing and draw on the eyes and mouth and using your red or orange icing, draw on the nose. Then draw on some buttons onto the buttercream icing and some arms.

Ta-dah! Your snowman cupcakes!

How cute is he?!

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Beef Stew

This is the ultimate comfort food. It is often said to serve it with mashed potato but I think a bowl of this on its own is plenty enough. It is definitely my go to recipe in the winter.

Ingredients:

Stew -

400g Diced beef

2 Celery sticks

2 Carrots

1 Onion

2 garlic cloves

1 leek

3 potatoes

1 tbsp Oil

Herbs

1 tbsp Butter

2 tbsp plain flour

2 tbsp tomato puree

2 beef stock cubes

Dumplings –

125g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

60g suet

Water, to bring together the dough

Method:

Put the kettle on, put the celery, carrots, onion and herbs in the pot with the oil and butter. Soften for 10 minutes, then stir in the flour until it doesn’t look dusty anymore. Then stir in the tomato puree and stock cubes.

Gradually stir in 600ml of hot water, then add the beef and bring to a gentle simmer. Let it simmer for 2 hours.

Make the dumplings by sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the suet and water to make a thick dough. Roll spoonfuls of dough into balls and coat in flour.

After two hours, add the dumplings and cook for a further 20 minutes.

I'm asking for a slow cooker for Christmas, lame I know! But I definitely think some of my recipes will improve if I cook them in the slow cooker!

Apple and Blackberry Crumble

I've had these ingredients just sat around for a while and I love to have blackberries in a crumble! This is such a great dessert for this time of year!

Ingredients:

Filling -

4 apples

1 tbsp water

3 tbsp sugar

225g blackberries

Crumble Top –

170g plain flour

75g butter

75g sugar

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180C. Put the apple chunks, water and sugar into a saucepan over a low heat and cook until the apples are soft, for roughly 10 minutes. Stir every so often so that it doesn’t stick. Taste and add sugar to see if it needs more.

Transfer the apples to a dish and add in the blackberries.

How cute are these ramekins my mum gave me?

I used my mums homegrown blackberries! And she just happened to have a few raspberries so I thought I would add them in too!

To make the crumble top, rub the butter into the flour to resemble breadcrumbs and add the sugar.

Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the filling mixture and cook in the oven for 30 – 45 minutes for larger crumbles and around 15 minutes for smaller, individual crumbles.

Serve with ice cream or cream!

It was delicious if I may say so myself!