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The ultimate hot toddy

The ultimate hot toddy

  • Servings: 1
  • Difficulty: easy
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I swear by this hot toddy each winter

Feeling a bit cold? Runny nose? Get your schnauzer into this!

Ingredients

  • Juice of one orange
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 2 teaspoons of honey (add as much or as little to taste)
  • 2 tablespoons of either rum, whiskey or brandy (again as much or as little to taste)
  • Boiled hot water

Directions

  1. Boil a kettle and whilst that’s boiling, juice a lemon and an orange.
  2. Add the juices, whiskey and honey into a large mug that will hold at least a pint of liquid.
  3. Top up with boiling water and stir until the honey has melted and is dissolved.

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Sunday Night Supper Club with Nicky Patrick at BBC Surrey – Autumn Edition

We were invited back onto the Sunday Night Supper Club with the most awesome Nicky Patrick to discuss food, cooking on a budget, halloween and what’s happening at the allotment.

Sit back and enjoy!

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Paprika potato wedges

Paprika potato wedges

  • Servings: 3
  • Difficulty: easy
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Crunchy, fragrant Paprika baked potato wedges from plot to plate.

Comment below if you think these potato wedges are shop bought or homemade?

I was absolutely amazed at how well these came out, and I’m definitely going to make them again soon to make sure it’s not a fluke.

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Minted potato salad

Minted potato salad

  • Servings: 2
  • Difficulty: easy
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An easy potato salad recipe with only 4 ingredients

BBQ season is well and truly underway and this is the last potato salad recipe you’ll ever need…Probably…

This is a great way to use up tiny, marble like potatoes that you often find when you dig up potatoes – otherwise known as Fingerlings.

This really is one of those recipes that you adjust to suit your own tastes, so if you require more mint, simple add some more to the sauce, and likewise with the salad creme and mayonnaise.

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Platzki – Grated potato pancakes

I discovered this dish in Poland and they are comfort food personified.

Platzki - Grated potato pancakes

  • Servings: 8 - 10
  • Difficulty: easy
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Grated and fried potato pancakes

Hash brown, rosti, platzki, call these what you will. This is one of those dishes that appear across the world in one shape or another.

They’re so easy to make and they are a real treat.

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Sunday Night Supper Club with Nicky Patrick at BBC Surrey

You may have remembered that not so long ago we were invited by Nicky Patrick to join her at BBC Surrey for her Sunday Night Supper club. Well, this week we were invited back.

We spoke about cooking lasagne with fresh pasta, Spanish chicken bake, salads and what we would cook if we were on Come Dine With Me.

Sit back and enjoy!

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