Easy-peasy Maltesers Kit Kat birthday cake — by Lucy on Sunday, 25 January 2015

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It was three birthdays at once: a seven-year-old, ten-year-old, and 29-year-old. And whilst my nieces and husband are the best of ...

No-shopping-required vegetable cobbler — by Lucy on Monday, 1 December 2014

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The fridge was almost empty this evening - tomorrow the FJ takes its first Abel & Cole veg box delivery and there was no way I ...

Chocolate Smarties cake — by Lucy on Thursday, 11 September 2014

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It's been a while. We inhabitants of the Finchley Kitchen went to western Canada for a month this summer, where the scenery wa...

Easy peasy banana cake — by Lucy on Saturday, 14 June 2014

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No ingredient screams out for attention more than the over-ripe banana. A bunch of the once-yellow, now-blackening fruits were lolling ...

Veggie burgers (with mushroom, quinoa and kale) — by Lucy on Monday, 9 June 2014

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  After a day of steaming sunshine, it started raining harder than an elephant's wee around about the same time as I realised th...

Posh Pot Noodle — by Lucy on Friday, 30 May 2014

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Meat, meat, meat: the menu during a long weekend trip to France on the last May bank holiday. I love a steak as much as the next perso...

Millionaire's shortbread — by Lucy on Monday, 19 May 2014

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Sometimes when I'm going round the supermarket, I buy random ingredients, sub-consciously challenging myself to make something d...

Flakey, buttery cheese straws — by Lucy on Monday, 19 May 2014

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Unitards, scrunchies and legwarmers might be best left in the 80s, but cheese twists are a worthy revival.  That was my verdict...

Jammie Dodgers — by Lucy on Friday, 16 May 2014

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It was family tea time at ours on Sunday, and since I knew I'd be making a big birthday cake on the morning, and Saturday was f...