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
Madarica cake , a traditional Croatian pastry layered dessert perfect for the festive season. Layers of light pastry with a chocolate layer thats not over sweet and a glaze that tips this dessert over the edge. Make for Christmas or any celebration and you’ll bring a smile to your household. Forget COVID-19, spend time in the kitchen with your family bubble.
Christmas isn’t Christmas without a layered Christmas pie. Layers of turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, onion and bacon all add to make this pie a family favourite. With a gin pastry using Ribble Valley gin, you’ll never have a soggy bottom again,
Slow Cooked Pork Carnitas with Sugar Snap Pea, Walnut & Spring Onion Pesto. Something to cook on a day you want something tasty that you can prepare before you go out for that long walk, come home and get right down to eating.
With an easy pesto that can be adapted to suit you, all on a wrap of your choice.
Foodie Book Club, Lee & The Sweet Life, Peachy Digital working in partnership with Booths having fun with a Facebook live filming on Saturday 21st November 2020. Make pomegranate ice cream the easy way, orange chicken and a batch of purple potato with Cox’s apple latke. Throw on a couple of runny eggs and you’re set for the day.
Making the perfect pie pastry for Christmas is easy with this amazing recipe using Ribble Gin. Ribble Valley Gin makes this apple pie the edge, with a pastry crust and base that is short, crisp and perfect for any celebration. Freeze before cooking or after, defrost and cook when you need it.
Oven cooked lamb with garlic, paprika and rosemary. The perfect slow cooked lamb to pop into the oven when you want to go out for a winter walk.
Christmas is time for food, family and fun. In my house we like a Turkey. This is the first recipe of many using just this one 5.10kg turkey. How many dishes can i make from this one bird? Not sure, but it’ll be fun fining out
Scrap Apple Cider Vinegar Recipe, perfect to use everyday and great for Christmas gifts and presents for birthdays and all occasions. Use all of your left over apple peels and cores , use all of your empty jam jars and used vinegar bottles.
Pumpkins are everywhere this autumn. With halloween, October and November coming up , pickle your pumpkins with red peppercorns, chilli fakes, bay leaves
Lots of layers of different sausages make up this multi-layered pie. The perfect pastry for a pie with black pudding , chilli and turkey sausage with layers of onion and egg. Yes please
