Recipes

How's your January going? Fear not, pay day is just the 96 days away. (It certainly feels like it) One way to save a few quid and also use up leftover veg is to make soup. This used to scare me for some reason, although watching the other half make it last week showed me just how straight forward … [Read more...] about Veg Soup – Waste not want not

Some things in life will always be cool - Walkmans, Hi-tops, cars you wanted when you were 12, and when it comes to food - a well constructed Prawn Cocktail. It's a simple starter that can be made ahead of time, and as long as you get the pink sauce right, it tastes great. This dish dates back to … [Read more...] about You Can’t Beat a Classic Prawn Cocktail

We've got the Peruvians to thank for the humble potato - they first domesticated them about 6000 years ago and the world hasn't looked back since. There are over 1000 different varieties out there, and probably as many ways to do stuff with them. We're going to get proper cheffy today, and thrice … [Read more...] about The Natty Tattie

Serves 2 as a side      Prep time: 20-30 minsIngredients:Sprouts - enough for 2 as a side2 Rashers Bacon 50ml left over white wine / Prosecco (No, I don't know what that is either)100g / half a tub soft cheeseLemon Juice, if you have it I might set up a Brussel Sprout … [Read more...] about The Sprout Thing

Giant cookies are fab. Naughty, but oh so nice. We're massive fans here at Cater For You, so it made sense to source decent packaging for them. What better way to test them than with some home baked cookies? There's nothing complicated about the process (especially if you cheat like me and buy a … [Read more...] about That takes the biscuit…

As Autumn is in full swing, we have been clearing up the garden and small veg patch ready for the rigours of winter and retrieved some sorry looking stragglers of vegetables. We normally have enough to use in roast dinners or other meals at this time of year, but this was a more eclectic mix so … [Read more...] about Autumn Vegetable Tray Bake Soup

On our (amateur chef's) small vegetable patch we have a rhubarb plant that over the years has come to dominate the area.  Whilst it disguises itself as a small leafless crown during the Winter, in Summer it overtakes and covers everything else in its sight. So to keep it pared back and provide light … [Read more...] about Rhubarb Cream Fools

As part of National Baking Week, the amateur Cater For You chef (with help from the Junior Amateur chef) thought we'd have a go at the classic Victoria sponge.  As we like to make things nice and simple, we also grabbed a pack of the Tala Cake Tin liners.  These are siliconised and oven safe up to … [Read more...] about Victoria Sponge with Tala Cake Tin Liners

The Cater For You amateur chef had another outing over the bank holiday weekend, looking to use up some over ripe bananas.  Normally we would use our silicone loaf moulds but we have an older version which doesn't have rigid sides and the loaf ends up much wider than it should be.  So we decided to … [Read more...] about Banana Loaf Cake