Gluten Free Milkshakes

Frijj Milkshakes

I've been drinking Frijj milkshakes on and off since the 90's, they're always a lovely treat to have. It's only been in the last week that I've actually thought about writing about them though, one of the flavours in particular has prompted this.

Well Yesterday Was A Bit Special

Magical Sweets

As a child who had nothing more than Meg and Mog and The Worst Witch to fuel my love of all things magical back then, my inner child was spoilt rotten yesterday. Kids of today seriously don't know how good they've got it thanks to writers who let themselves get carried away with magic and monsters, I could only have dreamt about these stories when I was a kid.

How To Use A Stovetop Smoker

Since the introduction of the stovetop smoker into our home we've used it time and time again, have played around with six different wood chip flavours (both alone and in combinations) and are constantly coming up with new ideas of things to smoke. Not only does it cook great, it gives amazing flavours, is very easy to use and best of all, it's really fun experimenting with it.

Here's a really simple step by step guide with photos to show just how easy it is to use a stovetop smoker.

Smoked Cheesy Chicken Bacon Bites

Bacon Bites

No shellfish?! Nope, more bacon!  This is a really quick and easy take on the bacon bombs and let me tell you, they are amazing!!! I had nothing to do with the creation of these, the Cheesy Chicken Bacon Bites are 100% my OH's invention and they're seriously good.

You of course don't have to smoke these, you could pop them under the grill, but they won't be anywhere near as nice. The smokiness is what really gives these the edge, they're delicious! Well done to my Man :)

Little FFG Update

The Bacon Bomb was a success! However my lovely photographer has the photos (plus many others for posts) and wants to do some kind of wizardry to them before they are deemed worthy for publishing. If you like chilli, you will really like this Bacon Bomb, it was a bit indulgent. Post coming next week.

How To Devein Raw Prawns

Raw Prawn

I watch lots of cooking shows and there's always one thing that infuriates me; when people use pink, ready cooked prawns in a recipe that requires cooking. Why?! Why would you do that?! To cook a prawn from raw takes a couple of minutes tops, or else it gets over cooked and rubbery. Why on earth would you then put a pre-cooked prawn into a recipe that requires it to be cooked again?!

I don't know, some people. That was my little rant for today :)

Deveining raw prawns is really easy, we get ours from a little Oriental shop down the road, they come ready peeled so there's not much effort required in prepping them.

Current Experiment Underway

Not Too Hard To Tell What This Is

I'm a bit excited about this, there's another Bacon Bomb coming and this one I think is up there in true Triple D style. Chilli, cheese, sushi rice and bacon. Chilli is on the hob simmering, sushi rice is cooling, all I need now is to put it all together. If I manage to get decent photos I'll be sharing the result tomorrow. Yum!

(Come home cute photographer, my photos are pants)

How To Prepare Winkles

Fresh Winkles

I do believe that I deserve the title of Shellfish Queen due to these recent posts! There's been a lot huh? Sorry if you hate shellfish :(

Anyway, back to the winkles for the shellfish lovers out there! Winkles are lovely, there's a flavour about then that is almost buttery. Only problem with winkles is that you do have to put the work in for very little reward, a pint ends up as nothing more than a little pile on a saucer but it is worth it for the flavour.

This is a guide for pre-cooked winkles, the way in which I always buy them.

Weekend Eats 10 - Shellfish Free!

It's been a while since there's been a weekend eats post, mainly due to the fact that I've been posting the recipes of everything that we've been eating pretty much straight away due to having the photos ready, but also because we don't just share gluten free meals on weekends now, we eat gluten free together every day so there's lot more experiments going on during the week.

This weekend however, there were a couple of meals that weren't documented for stand alone posts, but I wanted to share them anyway as they were just so lovely that I wanted to relive eating them!

How To Prepare Whelks

Whelks AKA Sea Snails

Usually you will find that whelks are cooked and taken out of their shells when you buy them, there's only a tiny amount of preparation that needs to be done to serve these.