When I’m not developing recipes for others, writing blogs or cooking for the lovely Mr G, this is wha

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Hi.

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

Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic & Thyme

Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic & Thyme

This couldn’t be an easier recipe to make, and if there’s a BBQ happening, thrown the dish on the barbie and grab yourself a drink.

 Using multicolour on vine tomatoes not only look amazing, but the sweetness of the juices burst out, mix with the garlic flavour olive oil to produce a sauce perfect for giant hunks of crusty bread.

Go on, give it a go and enjoy your sweet life!

 What You Need

  •  750g On the Vine Cherry Tomatoes – See Tip Box

  • 250ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil

  • 6 Cloves of Garlic – Peeled

  • 4 Sprigs of Fresh Thyme

  • Malden Salt

 How It’s Done

  •  Heat the oven to 200c

  • Place the tomatoes, still on the vine, into an oven proof dish.

  • Pour over the olive oil.

  • Throw the peeled garlic cloves into the dish, and add the whole sprigs of the fresh thyme.

  • Place the dish in the hot oven for 10 minutes.

  • After 10 minutes, remove the dish from the oven and lower the temperature of the oven to 180c.

  • Cover the dish tightly with foil and replace back into the hot oven to bake until the tomatoes give up their juices – around 30 minutes – See Tip Box

  • Once some of the tomatoes have popped and the dish is fill with their juices, serve hot straight from the dish with hunks of bread.

 Tip Box

  • Tomatoes on the vine – Tomatoes on the vine are wonderful to use as they are full of flavour, but by no means are thy the only ones to use. If unable to get your hands in these, grab some multicolour cherry tomatoes.

  • Cooking time – All ovens vary so adjust the cooking time accordingly.

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