Baker & Foodie Content Creator
My name is Lee, welcome to my pages. I hope we can have fun together?
When I’m not developing recipes for others, writing guest blogs, writing my own blog, or even trying to learn how to paint, I’m usually spending time with the amazing Mr G (my husband) or with my lovely daughter or my lovely son (very proud mum).
What is this all about? Great question. This site is about real cooking and baking, real recipes and real mistakes.
No filters here, (although i’d love to find a filter that can take ten years worth of laugh lines away. Just me, whats happening, and whatever cameras or phone i have to hand .
There are many things that get under my bonnet and wiggle around, one of those is food waste. If i buy ingredients specifically for a recipe, and i only need a small amount of the ingredients, i want to be able to use the rest up and not have to throw them away. My mum used to say , “Waste not Want not” is that still a saying ?
For me, waste is not just about using up all the ingredients. What about leftover food? If i’m able , i hope to give ideas as to how to use up any leftovers too.
Be Brave
Cooking isn’t hard , neither is baking, its all about being brave and being ok with making mistakes
alented people broadcasting on Facebook live giving their favourite lunch recipes or other fab stuff just for Foodie Book Club.
After each live Facebook event, you can see the recordings on Foodie Book Club YouTube channel and the recipe right here on this page.
Lauren Shimmin cooking for Foodie Book Club Lockdown Lunches. This pie is straight from the menu of Alexander’s & Co and if your even in Northern ireland, go book a table.
Pea, Feta & Mint Risotto by Cas Shore from Dance Yer Tits Off
Cooking for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches Cas says, “I can look in the fridge and make a meal out of what i’ve got in there, which means i’m crap at following a recipe but love recipe books!”
“At the beginning of lockdown last year i was chatting to Nadia Sawalaha, she said she wanted to do ‘old fashioned’ aerobics and i said i could teach that (i hadn’t done it for over 20 years) but i could do a combination of aerobics and dancing to disco music. Thats basically how it started, and having had a double mastectomy through cancer, the name was very apt!
Cooking a risotto can be a serious business and it is , to an extent, but it’s an everyday occurrence for Sofia Gallo.
Cooking mushroom risotto for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches, Sofia showed Lizzie and I that when you put love into a dish, it adds to the flavour.
Gemma Austin Cooking rich and creamy Fish Chowder for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches.
After her recent appearance on Great British Menu, Gemma took time out of her restaurant to gift Foodie Book Club her time and recipe for this amazing fish chowder dish. Made from scratch using ingredients mosyt of us can easliy get from most supermarkets
Hot Cauliflower Curried Dip with Garlic & Coriander Flatbreads, on Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches series. The perfect accompaniment to a movie night in or drinks in the garden. This recipe takes advantage of the great flavour combo cauli and Indian spices have going on. It gives guacamole a run for it’s money in the ‘I’m a dip but I’m also one of your five a day’ stakes.
Felicity Spector - No cooking, Just Chat About Great British Food Awards and why she loves food for the Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches
Watch her on the Foodie Book Club YouTube channel
Gilly Smith cooking Banjaaan Borani for Foodie Book Club Lockdown Lunches. Watch again on the Foodie Book Club YouTube channel
Paul Cunningham cooking live for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches - Scallops with Wild Garlic Risotto & Brown Butter.
Kenny Atkinson, Chef Patron of Michelin Starred restaurant House of Tides cooked, Smoked Chicken Risotto with Peas, Wild Garlic & Parmesan, live for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches series.
Alex Webb MasterChef Champion 2020 cooks Garlic & Lemon Baked Lettuce, Chorizo, Pancetta & White Bean Cassoulet, Grilled Chicken Breast for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches
Sophie Hyam cooking Chicken Milanese with Sauce Vierge Crushed Potatoes & Roasted Tomatoes for todays Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches. Using pantry dishes to bustle up a lunch dies, Sophie, a private chef, shows us how easy it is to make this tasty dish.
Executive chef Dave J Critchley of Lu Ban, cooks live for Lee & The Sweet Life & Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches. Using pantry based ingredients , Dave cooks Egg Fried Rice for us. If you missed it live, find the full recipe here or watch again on Foodie Book Club YouTube channel.
I love Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches, partially because i like to eat and partially because i get to watch talented people do their thing.
This week is no exception with the executive chef of Griffin Inn, Sean Anthony Noonan, hustling up a light lunch of Salmon with Peas, Tomatoes and New Potatoes
Todays Foodie Book Club Lockdown Lunches was all about Mums, here or gone from us, it’s always nice to celebrate them. Paul Fogarty otherwise known as The Aperitif Guy, made three cocktails for us to do just that.
Ellen Manning creator of Eat with Ellen makes a super easy recipe for a nice warming, simple lunch for one for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches. “This may not be a 100% authentic Shakshuka but it’s my version and you can tailor it to your own taste, whether that’s adding more veg, pepping it up with more chilli or changing it in other ways.” Says Ellen
Cooking live for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches, and straight from their home kitchen.
A simple pantry Based dish by the Talented duo Shauna & Mark Froydenlund of Marcus Wareings flagship restaurant , Marcus. Watch them on Foodie Book Club YouTube channel for Lockdown Lunches.
Jason McCrellis Cooking Fridge Raid Frittata live for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches
Foodie Book Club latest Lockdown Lunched dish is fresh Orecchiette with Tomato Sauce, Basil and Mozzarella by the talented Chef Mark Reid. Made with semolina so its extra tasty. Watch how its done on Foodie Book Club YouTube Channel and see the full recipe on our Lockdown Lunches pages on Lee & The Sweet Life website, along with other amazing chefs and their recipes.
MasterChef champion Jane Devonshire cooks up a storm for Foodie Book Clubs Lockdown Lunches. Making Roasted Broccoli with Romesco Sauce and Roast Garlic Tahini, Jane answers questions about her cooking, passions and much more. As ambassador for the Coeliac society, Jane draws on her family to create amazing gluten free and vegetarian dishes. Watch her cook on Foodie Book Club YouTube Channel.and check out two of her books Hassle Free, Gluten Free and Vegetarian Hassle Free, Gluten Free which comes out December 24th 2020.
