Sharing / swopping your recipes with friends – made easier!

June 30th, 2011

Hopefully you have seen all the changes (aka hard work in the background) that we have been making to MyDish.  Well SO many people who I speak to think it’s such a great idea to have an easy way to share recipes with their friends (or their mum or gran!),
It’s easy -and here’s how you [...]

Decorating Chocolate Cupcakes

June 24th, 2011

I was lucky enough to spend a day with Shikita at Faircake and she showed me her tricks of the trade when it comes to decorating chocolate cupcakes. She is SO bubbly and passionate about what she does and her 2 assistants Jess and Jess where just as enthusiastic about what they were creating.  It [...]

Indian Cuisine Cordon Bleu Style

June 18th, 2011

I was invited to The Cooking Academy to be taught Indian Cuisine by Kumud Gandhi so that I could try and help her change the perception of Indian Cooking.
Before I share with you her tips and what I learnt let me plug her cooking course as an excellent gift if you are stuck for what [...]

My First proper party – as a parent

June 12th, 2011

I don’t know if this is what I am supposed to write about as I hate just writing for the sake of it and I tend to write about things that interest me that are somewhat connected to food , cooking, recipes and MyDish.
But this is just about me and my experience last night
My son [...]

Win £1000 worth of Garden Kit

June 10th, 2011

Win £1000 worth of garden kit with just by signing up for weekly recipe ideas and you will be automatically put into the draw to win

What’s in your fridge?

June 1st, 2011

Do you ever come home open the fridge door and think what can I make today that’s a little different?
Well we have a fab feature – I was going to say NEW feature but it has been around – just difficult to find.  Now the link is on the search page – on every page [...]

Myth Busters, & tips from my Thai Cooking Course

May 28th, 2011

I think the very best part of my job is reviewing cookery workshops – although I definitely have gained a size or 2 in the process as I really do have to taste everything!
I was invited to visit The Cooking Academy, Silverwood for a one day Thai cooking course.  Well it was So good that [...]

Your own personalised cookbook on-line

May 26th, 2011

OK I know I am probably stating the obvious but do you realise that you can find a recipe and the ones that you love you canclick on ” add to favourite” so that you can keep all your favourite recipes with your own comments in your personal profile space on MyDish?   In this way [...]

We have teamed up with Just Milk to give you the chance to win Kitchen things

May 21st, 2011

I love these types of competitions as someone has got to win ..or in this case a lot of people can win things for their kitchen such as a microwave, a dishwasher, a coffee machine, a toaster , a kettle and loads more.
Plus for the first 100 people who add their details they don’t have [...]

Veg in Season in May

May 12th, 2011

It’s so easy to walk into the major supermarkets and buy anything you want at any time of year nowadays, but it never tastes as good as the product locally grown at their true harvest time.
I am not going to rant about reducing our carbon footprint or about supporting our local farmers (as I think [...]