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Interesting read and quite timely as my blog last week was questioning the future of our cookery skills.  Waitrose Weekend newspaper –...
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Jo Banks
May 5, 2017
Summer 2017 – Crockham Hill – Cookery Camp August
This time we will be making some summer recipes : picnic ideas, preparing seasonal fruit and vegetables and summery sweets! “Cookery is a...
Jo Banks
May 5, 2017
Summer 2017 Crockham Hill – Cookery Camp
This time we will be making some summer recipes : picnic ideas, preparing seasonal fruit and vegetables and summery sweets! Date:...
Jo Banks
Mar 24, 2017
International Food Exhibition – London 2017
Another busy week in the food world with Wednesday taking me up to the London Excel for the International Food Exhibition. As always lots...
Jo Banks
Mar 2, 2017
Easter 2017 Cookery Camp at Crockham Hill School
Wednesday 5th April – Crockham Hill School, Crockham Hill, TN8 6RP After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas...
Jo Banks
Jan 26, 2017
Healthier Flapjacks
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...
Jo Banks
Jan 20, 2017
Back to January
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...
Jo Banks
Jan 20, 2017
Chocolate Flapjacks
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...
Jo Banks
Jan 20, 2017
Banana Flapjacks
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...
Jo Banks
Jan 18, 2017
Tasty Bread Tartlets
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...
Jo Banks
Jan 13, 2017
Lean Leftovers
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...
Jo Banks
Jan 13, 2017
Crockham Hill School ‘Valentines’ Cookery Camp
Thursday 16th February 2017 – Crockham Hill Primary School After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas...
Jo Banks
Dec 16, 2016
Last Friday Foodie Blog for 2016
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...
Jo Banks
Dec 2, 2016
Christmas Shopping
Hopefully Christmas cake is made and pudding too, if you make it from scratch. Â I have also made homemade mincemeat this year which I...
Jo Banks
Nov 25, 2016
Thanksgiving this side of the pond
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...
Jo Banks
Nov 13, 2016
Baked Camembert or Brie Recipes
These work for any round cheese brie or camembert. Chilli-Pecan Camembert Ingredients: 50 g pecan halves, coarsely chopped 1 fresh...
Jo Banks
Nov 5, 2016
Canapes and first mincepie for the year!
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...
Jo Banks
Oct 28, 2016
Beetroot Chocolate Loaf
Ingredients: 2-3 vacumn packed beetroot 2 ripe bananas 120ml cooking oil 160g coconut cream 275g plain flour 50g cocoa powder 1 tsp...
Jo Banks
Oct 28, 2016
Beetroot and Cheese Scones
Ingredients: 175 g unbleached plain flour 2 and ¼ tsp baking powder 3/4 tsp salt 25 g cold butter, small dice 75 g strong cheddar cheese...
Jo Banks
Oct 28, 2016
A Pink Halloween!
It’s been a busy half term with Halloween cookery classes and ‘batty’ baking sessions. We have made ‘mummy sausages’ and spider webb...
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