se7en

A week or two back I posted a post: How Se7en Make Pizza in Se7en Steps…

and a little bit about our friend the bread machine.

Well did a whole lot of you send me emails and ask me about the bread machine? So I thought I would post a post on a a basic loaf [...]

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It’s that time of year. Time for really simple, quick recipes, yet they must still be fun! We make fortune cookies for our New Year Party every year. This is what you are aiming for:

Meet the Players:
You need some strips of paper…

You need some puff pastry, and yes I just buy it. I keep [...]

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So in the days and nights of December dashing to and fro… sometimes you need to just eat regular food… here it is:

So how do we do it?
Well meet my friend: the bread machine…

Now the father person wanted this forever and I just couldn’t stand the thought. Just another thing on the already overcrowded [...]

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If you have friends over for pizza and Eton Mess on a Saturday evening… then you are going to be left with a significant number of egg yolks. I could make Creme Brulee and really impress the father person. Or I could really impress the whole family making classic ice-cream from egg custard.

This is [...]

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This is a great salad at this time of year when you have a heap of visitors coming over… You can make this hours in advance and simply forget about it. The longer you leave it resting the better. And you can use whatever ingredients you have lying around… no specifics apart from the couscous! [...]

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This recipe is fabulous and makes an enormous amount of cookies - perfect for us! It fills the house with a heavenly smell of honey and spices. All very Festive and Christmassy.

We first made it a few years ago when we tried to make a gingerbread house - that was a disaster with [...]

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A couple of weeks ago I posted Basic Window Cookies in Se7en Steps. And I realize that this is the season that you need to know more…
Here is a quick recap of the recipe:

 
So now that you have a lump of cookie dough, let’s go:

Strictly sprinkles: These are the easiest, roll your cookies, cut your [...]

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