Rice Krispie Chicken
This is a recipe from Lisa Faulkner’s book: Recipes from my Mother for my Daughter. It is basically home-made chicken nuggets, but more exciting and can be done with the help of little people (children, not elves). Quick and healthy to make, they went down a treat, although my kids were slightly miffed that there was no snap, crackle and pop!
However, the second time I made them a few rogue coco pops had wriggled into the rice krispies so we had a little bit of fusion food…..chicken and chocolate. Reaction was mixed from ‘Hey! There’s a coco pop!’ to this face…..
All you need to do is dip strips of chicken in mayonnaise and then into crushed rice krispies and bake at 180ºC for about 20 minutes. For the exact recipe, please consult Lisa Faulkner’s book (which I hope you all have – it is very good).
I was going to post a photo but we ate them all before I remembered……next time!
The Glynde Food & Drink Festival
This year we are going to the Glynde Food & Drink Festival, set in the grounds of Glynde Place, East Sussex and the lovely organisers have agreed to let me chat to some of the chefs and blog about how marvellous it is!
I haven’t been before, but it promises to be an amazing day out and you can even take the kids as there are childrens’ cookery classes or a craft & creche area to keep them busy.

Celebrities already signed up to run demonstrations are John Torode, Dhruv Baker, Tim Anderson and Lisa Faulkner (if you don’t watch Masterchef you may be saying ‘Who?’ but trust me, they’re all fab!). I have signed my kids up for a junior masterclass and really wanted to sign up myself for a bit of one-to-one with Dhruv, but fear leaving Husband with the 3 kids for 1 hour+ would send him over the edge…
You can pre-book or turn up on the day, but there is a discount if you book ahead.
It’s just down the road from me so an easy excursion, but if you’re further afield I do think it will be a visit – A foodtastic and hopefully sunny day out all in celebration of local and wonderful food and drink!
I’m a Finalist!
Well, knock me down with a cheese string, I made it to the final 8 in the Tasty! category of the Britmums blogging awards (#bibs)!
How the hell did that happen?
As you can imagine I am chuffed to bits and have been tweeting my delight and then…..wait for it….I GOT A DIRECT MESSAGE FROM NIGELLA LAWSON CONGRATULATING ME!! (sorry for the cyber-shouting, but how exciting is that??!!) Look…
Now, to celebrate I might just have to fire up the kitchenaid and get baking! I am sure my son would appreciate a ‘didn’t Mummy do well chocolate cake’ and I did buy myself a new cake plate and server last week. I know…but I needed them! I was slightly irked it was a Kirstie Allsopp cake-server, but hey – it’s candy striped and pretty! Whatever I cook, it’s got to be Nigella and I’m going to blog about it!
Sausage Rolls
On my ‘Net Diary’ app I have worked out that it is 134 calories per sausage roll if you use the jus-rol light puff pastry sheet. Just in case you’re counting….!
Caption Day
It’s been a cookin’ Easter!
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After |
It never gets as much ‘press’ as Christmas but actually, on the cooking front, it is almost as busy really! A big fat roast, guests to entertain and feed plus egg hunts to organise.
I also broke my Lentian fast of ‘no wine in the week’ with the most gorgeous bottle of white burgundy. Heaven…
I hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend; shame about the weather!