Fresh recipes
Basic sponge cake
This basic cake is a breeze to prepare with a food processor. If baked in a tin, the result is a cake that can be decorated any way you wish. If baked in a muffin pan or in individual cake paper cups, the outcome is a batch of cupcakes to decorate to suit any theme.
Four bean salad with tuna
Warm weather does not mean we say good bye to healthy beans and pulses. Cooked beans make excellent salads.
Papas arrugadas
Boiled potatoes Canary Islands style. Serve with mojo colorado, mojo verde, mojo picón, or a dip of your choice.
Mojo colorado
A red, thick, and flavorful sauce from the Canary Islands usually served with boiled potatoes or meats.
Apple chutney with extra chili
Serve this apple chutney with baked ham or other pork roast. Beautiful!
Mulled wine
Serve warm mulled wine to your guests as they arrive or serve it later with mince pies.
Mincemeat
This inviting recipe for home made mincemeat has a lovely rich taste that improves with time, making it perfect for home canning, or to give as home made Holiday present, and, no doubt, as filling for mince pies.
Tomato sauce
Prepared tomato sauce is really convenient. The problem most of them come seasoned with Italian herbs, great for pasta dishes, but not suited to other dishes - basil is not our favorite herb for fish, as an example. This home made basic tomato sauce can become Italian, by adding basil and oregano; French cuisine, by adding herbs the Provence and capers; good for game, by adding thyme and rosemary; good for fish, adding bay leaf and white wine.
Diabetic stuffed green peppers
A very low sugar recipe, suitable for a diabetic diet and also for aweight loss diet.