I think Spring is such an exciting time particularly in the food world. Along with lots of new seasonal ingredients to choose from, all...

Back from my holidays but friends are still sending me beautiful photos from Greece, Spain, Portugal, and the South of France. Not...

Interesting read and quite timely as my blog last week was questioning the future of our cookery skills.  Waitrose Weekend newspaper –...

List of events in the diary, constantly being added and amended. So check back frequently. **** Date: Wednesday 4th October Event:...

This time we will be making some summer recipes : picnic ideas, preparing seasonal fruit and vegetables and summery sweets! “Cookery is a...

This time we will be making some summer recipes : picnic ideas, preparing seasonal fruit and vegetables and summery sweets! Date:...

Thursday 6th April 2017  – Crockham Hill Primary School, Hall and Kitchen After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative...

Thursday 19th April – Hazelwood School, Art Room After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas together through...

Ingredients: 275g cooked beetroot 250g dark chocolate, broken into pieces 250g butter 3 eggs 200g golden caster sugar 1 teaspoon...

Another week has whizzed past, sticking with no alcohol and watching the calories, who said this was a good idea? I have had to look...

We made these at my after school club with the children and they were all voted ‘very yummy’ by the children and all the Mums and Dads...

So January is quite a dull month. Short of money as we are paying off credit cards and Christmas expenses, weather is very cold and then...

Again a non refined sugar recipe, perfect for after school. These are easy as they are no bake but still good for lunchboxes as there are...

These are more banana bars or banana cake slices but with the oats and being baked they sort of classify a flapjack. They are really...

Ingredients: A little butter 4 slices of bread 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons milk a handful of fresh mint leaves 2 handfuls of frozen peas or...

How was Christmas? it already seems a long time ago… It was a flurry of food and family for me but no snow until now! Generally it was a...

Thursday 16th February 2017 – Crockham Hill Primary School After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas...

I love this recipe as its a throw in one pot and pop in the oven. You add the sliced pieces of smoked salmon to serve with a little fresh...

So today the girls break up from school and the routine all changes as we have a couple of weeks of well earned holidays. Last night we...

Christmas Muffins Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground allspice ½ cup light brown sugar 1...