Sopa de ajo

The weekend has arrived at last and brings an opportunity for me to rest. Today for me has mainly consisted of lazing around in bed and on the sofa catching up on Eastenders, The Good Wife, In the Line of Duty, The A word and Empire, while my husband is out working. Even though I…

Roasted sweet garlic, bread and almond soup

And so my love of cooking and baking never waivers. This morning I woke up thinking that I would like to cook a Spanish dish for my Spanish husband. Easier said than done. We had purchased a Spanish recipe book a few years back but have been quite lazy in making recipes. So I though…

Eye’s Down Christmas Cake (aka encounters at the supermarket checkout)

So it started out as two lonely ripe bananas on desk on Friday evening. I took them home and left them on the counter to fend for themselves. But they were crying out for a home. So out came the phone and three minutes later Google offered me Jamie Oliver’s Banana Baileys bread and butter pud….