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About Me:

Hi, I'm Ella and welcome to my kitchen. I'm a home cook, someone that finds cooking relaxing and fun. I love creating meals that my family (husband and three kids) enjoy. I love variety, I love trying new things all the time. This site is about the food I serve my family and friends. This is what I cook. This is my food diary.

I have a lot of cookbooks and I love the ones with pictures (I like to know what a meal should look like, before I begin). So I will flick through a book until I find what I feel like eating. Then cook it. Sometimes it is just the idea I get from a cookbook, like when I make birthday cakes, sometimes it is an entire recipe. The first time I try a recipe, I follow it as it is, then if it is a success, the second time I will tweak it if I think it needs it, to suit me and my family.

Most things I cook are simple. I'm not into a lot of fuss. And as I have a ridiculously small kitchen for someone who loves to cook, plating up is not my thing, no space for it really, I'm more put it on a platter in the centre of the table and help yourself.

Edit: I had a tiny kitchen for 15 years, I have since moved from my tiny kitchen where I now have two kitchens, but how I serve my food hasn't changed. I still love putting food in the centre of the table and we all share a meal together. Plating up is just not for me.

This site has tried and tested recipes which I have cooked for my family and friends, some are easy, some are a little more difficult, but in the end all are delicious.

A quick important note: "My oven is a fan forced oven, so all recipes are based on that. If you use a conventional oven, cooking temperatures and times may need to be adjusted. But in all honesty, just get to know your oven, it is a trial and error thing when you first try recipes, just try."