Further down the list of festive preparations, however, I cannot find a purple tractor for my 5 year old nephew, every other colour, the...

Date: Saturday 9th December 2017 Time: 11:30-2.30pm Venue: Crockham Hill Village Hall, TN8 6RP Come and get all ready for...

Date: Thursday 9th November Time: 7pm – 9.30pm Venue: The Little Bull, Brenchley, Kent Cost: £19.95 Tickets available by contacting The...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Adapted from Delia’s Happy Christmas recipe book. Ingredients: 450g cooking apples, cored and peeled and chopped small 225g shredded suet...

Hopefully Christmas cake is made and pudding too, if you make it from scratch.  I have also made homemade mincemeat this year which I...

Our teenage daughter was born in the states, Tennessee to be precise so we used to celebrate Thanksgiving in a big way. It was a good...

A few years ago I went on a course to learn how to master macaroons. It is not an easy skill and quite time consuming but if you have...

It’s official the John Lewis Christmas ad is out… back in to London with BBC Good Food show today and feeling thoroughly festive. The...

A quick easy, one pot risotto made in the microwave. I use a stone dish but any microwave proof bowl or serving dish would work. 175g...

Saturday 3rd December 2016 – Crockham Hill Primary School After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas together...

This was an extremely busy week. Back to normal after half term, and Halloween on a school night, which I can never remember! It didn’t...

It’s been a busy half term with Halloween cookery classes and ‘batty’ baking sessions. We have made ‘mummy sausages’ and spider webb...

These are delicious for a picnic, snack or as an accompaniement with other things for lunch. I made these with half a red pepper which I...