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Recipe from KITCHEN. Here we go lads, the first drink of the challenge. I’ve been wondering when this was going to happen, and thankfully it occurred during the very hot summer months. A blessing in thirst-quenching form. I’m not a beer fan if I’m honest, I usually drink wine, cocktails or spirits/mixers when out with…

Recipe from How to be a Domestic Goddess. I do love a trifle, and this deconstructed “plate trifle” was perfect for a summer pudding with my friends. The cake base is a separate recipe from the HTBADG book, a lemon syrup cake, which I made the night before. The syllabub (I think my new favourite…

Recipe from Simply Nigella. I’ve always been indifferent to chickpeas, never loved or hated them. I like hummus, I add them to curries and stews, but this is the first time I’ve used dried chickpeas, having normally sourced mine from jars and tins. Again it’s a very simple session in the kitchen as the chickpeas…

Recipe from Simply Nigella. The timing of this recipe was great as the weekend I would be making this, I would be staying in a house in the Welsh countryside with seven friends and four babies. Perfect for dipping whilst we sit around and chat and play games (for the adults, not the babies). The…

Recipe from How to be a Domestic Goddess. The second Christmas cake to come up on the Meal Wheel in under five months, this was made on a summer’s day and the smell of festive spices filling my kitchen made me wish I was in an Alpine lodge surrounded by pine trees and snow. I’m…

Recipe from Simply Nigella. Quick by name, very quick by nature. A case of toss the cut and sliced cucumbers with all remaining ingredients and leave for 20 minutes. Currently the simplest recipe from Simply Nigella that I’ve made thus far. I never used to like gherkins, or pickles, when younger. I’d remove them from…

Recipe from Nigella Express. I’ve mentioned before how I don’t have a fishmonger nearby (in fact it was during the last scallop recipe), and I had to get mine frozen from the supermarket. There is no way I’d find scallop shells from the market but thankfully was able to order some on the internet (an…

Recipe from At My Table. It’s always nice when a recipe appears on the Meal Wheel that’s one of the recipes Nigella has made on the television show, not only can you see the photo of what it should look like, but you also get the added bonus of watching her make it first. I…

Recipe from How to Eat. They say you are what you eat, so it makes sense we finally get to the tarts. The Jam Tarts from this book come from the section about cooking with children. I don’t have any myself but one of my friendship groups has over the last year had four new…

Recipe from Nigella Express. I’ve had Reindeer twice in before in my life, once salami style on top of a pizza in Norway, and once slow cooked served with Mash potatoes and a berry sauce in Helsinki. The latter was one of the best meals I have ever eaten. Now I don’t know the real…