Posts in the cooking category

Benefits of cooking with kids Cooking with kids – from toddlers to teenagers – has a lot of benefits. As well as being fun, cooking with your child: gives you the chance to introduce them to fresh, healthy food helps them learn about how different foods look and where they come from helps them develop healthy eating habits because they're more likely to try healthy food that they have helped to cook helps them learn about family traditions, recipes and foods prepares them for cooking for themselves self or the family in later years helps build their maths skills – for example, when they measure liquid in a jug helps...

This simple and delicious cornbread is also Gluten Free. It makes a perfect accompaniment to winter soups or stews. Ingredients and method Beat together: ¼ cup honey 1 cup buttermilk (or milk with a small amount of lemon juice or yoghurt added) 1 egg Mix in: 1 cup of cornmeal I cup brown rice flour (or wholemeal/white flour - note: the bread would no longer be gluten-free) 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp bicarb soda ½ tsp salt 3 Tbsp melted butter or olive oil Spread into 8 inch square pan or loaf tin and bake for 20 minutes at...