Annie's Noms

Dessert with a sprinkle of beauty.

Peperonata with Chicken

I like to think that I’m pretty calm and laid back most of the time. Sure, there are times I lose it and get cross, but generally I’m pretty calm and light hearted.

Apple and Cinnamon Granola

I love granola. I’m going through one of my well known phases and I can’t seem to get enough granola with natural yoghurt on for breakfast. I’m allergic to nuts so have to spend ages down the cereal aisle reading all the ingredients of the granola’s they have.

The Best Chocolate Chunk Cookies Ever!

This is it. This is THE best cookie recipe ever in my opinion. I’ve been searching for “The One” for ages now, trying loads of different cookie recipes and gauging the response from my family. “Mmmm they’re nice” doesn’t quite cut it for me.

Hollandaise Sauce

I’m giving up with eBay. It’s ridiculous, I’ll buy stuff on there, but I’m not selling any more. Anyway, it’s definitely getting close to Christmas. All the good TV is starting up again, but it coincides with a very hectic Uni workload, so thank the Lord for Sky+. I’m sat writing this with one eye…

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Gnocchi

It’s my 100th blog post today!!! I can’t believe, it feels like only yesterday I started this blog with just a small idea to blog some of my favourite recipes, now I’ve had 10,000 page views and my 100th post in a week or so! It’s amazing and I really hope you enjoy the next…

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Orzo with Chicken in a Tomato Sauce

I don’t have time to be ill. I have a house to run. I have to clean the house, cook, research materials for model making, spend an age trying to get to grips with AutoCAD in 3D and somehow fit in some time to “do things I enjoy” as I’ve been told by my Doctor…

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Lemon Cake with Raspberry Curd Filling

It was my Mum’s birthday last week and I made her birthday cake. I decided to make a 4 layer lemon cake and fill it with a fresh raspberry curd. I also wanted to bake a heart into the centre of it. I found a tutorial online, but was sceptical of the process. I followed…

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Cherry and Vanilla Quick Bread and An Announcement…

Good Afternoon!!! I cannot believe I’m about to say this, but my little blog has received 10,000 page views!!!!! (Sorry for the exclamation overuse!) Thank you so much to everyone for your continued support and I really hope you enjoy my site and all my recipes as much as I enjoy sharing them with you.

Recent recipes

This Vegan Lemon Coconut Layer Cake combines a soft, flavourful lemon sponge, whipped coconut vanilla frosting and has a toasted coconut coating on the sides. It is the perfect cake for a birthday or Spring gathering.
This Vegan Lemon Drizzle Cake is as delicious as the regular version, super easy to make and perfect to devour with your afternoon coffee. You really would not know it's vegan!
This Festive Spiced Soda Bread is a Christmassy twist on a classic Irish soda bread. Full of currants, sultanas, raisins, mixed peel and cranberries, it's flavourful, soft and perfect with a good serving of butter!