Incorporating more meat-free meals into your diet is a popular new year’s resolution. Whilst it is relatively easy to have a vegan breakfast/dinner (by using nut milk over your cereal, and replacing the beef mince […]
National Popcorn Day
National Popcorn day is celebrated annually on the 19th January and provides the perfect opportunity to reflect and appreciate such a timeless snack. It is believed that popcorn has been around as early as 3600 […]
Warming Winter Recipes
Soups are one of the best ways to continue getting enough nutrients in winter, when salads and lighter vegetable dishes lose their appeal in favour of warm, hearty meals. The grid below offers thousands of […]
Chocolate Yule Log Recipe
This oozing chocolate desert cake is the perfect thing to enjoy this Christmas! Complete with a spiced buttercream filling and covered in double chocolate ganache this calorific delight certainly requires a spot on your table. […]
Recipe – Pandoro filled with mascarpone cream
Ingredients: 1 pandoro 500g mascarpone 4 eggs 100g sugar 1 tsp rum extract Chocolate chips Method: Tip: before starting making the cream, it is recommendable to keep the mascarpone and the eggs in ambient temperature. […]
Recipe: The Christmas Yule log that will put Nigella to shame
The build-up to Christmas usually means that a ridiculous amount of cooking specials are broadcast on the TV back home. Nigella Lawson, Jamie Oliver, The Great Christmas Bake-Off, all showing off delicious-looking food that’s nearly […]
Boxing Day Pie
A traditional Thanksgiving meal is made up of some very hit-and-miss dishes, such as pumpkin pie – not as disgusting as it sounds and, if made right, tastes like heaven. Their combination of turkey, stuffing […]
Recipe: Mum’s leek and potato soup
Mum’s leek and potato soup My mum’s Leek and potato soup recipe is unbelievably cheap, and easy to replicate so long as you have some kind of blender. 2 medium-sized leeks 1 large baking potato […]
Recipe: Autumn Apple and Cinnamon Flapjack
If you remember one recipe from year 8 food tech that isn’t spag bol from a jar, it’s probably flapjack. You already had most of the ingredients in your house, so you didn’t have to […]
Food – Staying in vs Going out
Leeds is a city that caters to all tastes. Literally. Whatever your appetite, whatever your budget, the labyrinth of backstreet cafes, big name bistros, and bizarre bars will provide. But univesity isn’t all about splashing […]