Home & Garden
Thanksgiving Recipe: Herb Roasted Turkey
This turkey is roasted with a mixture of herbs and olive oil under the skin and all over the bird. Use small amounts of dried...
How to wrap your Christmas presents
Wrapping gifts is one of the most fun parts of Christmas, but somehow making it just right can leave many of us in a...
Recipe: Pea and courgette soup with cheese straws
Pea and courgette soup with cheese straws. Try this simple, delicious and nutritious homemade vegetable soup for the chilliest autumn days. INGREDIENTS (4 serves) 2 tbsp...
Baby Mop: turn your crawling baby into a cleaning machine
An enterprising designer has come up with a unique way to get children involved with the housework: by turning crawling babies into cleaning machines. The...
Halloween cupcakes
The great pumpkin cakes Preparation: 50 min. Bake: 15 min. + cooling Yield: 12 Servings Ingredients • 1 package yellow cake mix or cake mix of your choice (regular...
Halloween cookies: Bones & Blood
Bones & Blood Halloween cookies Preparation: 45 min. Bake: 25 min./batch + cooling Yield: 40 Servings Ingredients: • 5 egg whites • 1/2 cup cake flour • 1/2 cup ground...
Ten tips for a perfect jack-o’-lantern
Ten easy tips for storing pumpkins before carving, simple carving tips, jack-o'-lantern ideas and more… 1. Never carry your pumpkin by the stem. It's part...
How to make a Halloween ghost
Halloween ghost Step 1: Tie pillowcase Tie string about 4 inches from each corner on the closed end of pillowcase to make the "ears." Step 2: Cut...
How to carve a pumpkin for Halloween
Pumpkin carving: What you need: • Pumpkin • Pumpkin-carving tools • Flat-edged ice-cream scoop or scraper scoop • Paring knife • Masking tape • Ballpoint pen • Pushpins, corsage pins, or straight...
Recipe: Oat pancakes with fruit and vanilla yogurt
Oat pancakes with fruit and vanilla yogurt INGREDIENTS (4 serves) • 1 large apple • 1/2 cinnamon stick • 1 star anise • 3 cloves • pinch grated nutmeg • 200...
Pippa Middleton party planning book: Celebrate. A Year of Festivities for Family and Friends
Pippa Middleton is the younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge whose derriere became the surprise star of last year’s Royal Wedding. Now – in her new...
Recipe: Creamy leek and potato soup with crispy pancetta
Try this simple, delicious and nutritious homemade vegetable soup for the chilliest autumn days. Creamy leek and potato soup with crispy pancetta (4 serves). INGREDIENTS 50 g...
Recipe: Chocolate mousse layer cake
Chocolate mousse layer cake (8-12 serves) INGREDIENTS • 100 g (3½ oz) butter, plus extra for greasing • 8 eggs • 300 g (10½ oz) caster sugar • 200...
Recipe: Roasted sweet corn soup with salmon
Roasted sweet corn soup with salmon (4 serves) INGREDIENTS 6 large sweet corn cobs 70 g (2½ oz) butter, melted 6 spring onions, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1...
Recipe: Lemon and tarragon roast chicken
Lemon and tarragon roast chicken INGREDIENTS 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) free-range chicken 4 sprigs of fresh tarragon 55 g (2 oz) lightly salted butter, softened 1 large...
Recipe: Marmalade steamed pudding
Marmalade steamed pudding (8-10 serves) INGREDIENTS • 200 g (7 oz) butter, softened • 200 g (7 oz) caster sugar • 3 eggs, lightly beaten • 250 g (9...
Recipe: Spiced pumpkin soup with Pecorino Crisps
Try this simple, delicious and nutritious homemade vegetable soup for the chilliest autumn days. INGREDIENTS 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cut...
Bye Bye Laundry hanger works as a powerful odor eliminator
The good news for undomesticated goddesses is that now you don't have to do laundry, thanks to the Bye Bye Laundry hanger. This innovative new...
Recipe: Rose water pistachio cupcakes
Rose water pistachio cupcakes INGREDIENTS • 150 g (5½ oz) butter • 150 g (5½ oz) caster sugar • 2 eggs • 1 tbsp rose water • 200 ml (7...
Recipe: Caramelized pear upside-down cake
Caramelized pear upside-down cake INGREDIENTS • 75 g (2¾ oz) butter • 125 g (4½ oz) brown sugar • 4 pears, about 375 g (13 oz) • 150 g...
Recipe: Salad and garlic toasts
Salad and garlic toasts INGREDIENTS • 1 French stick • 300 ml (½ pt) good rapeseed oil • 2 tsp dried Herbes de Provence (from supermarkets) • Maldon sea...
Recipe: Spicy tofu with ginger and peppers
INGREDIENTS • 1-2 tbsp sesame or sunflower oil • 350 g (12 oz) pack firm tofu, cubed • 4 tbsp light soy sauce • 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar •...
Recipe: Steak with roast vegetables
Healthy can be mouthwateringly tasty too, as these delicious dishes crammed with broccoli, spinach, beetroot and tofu prove. INGREDIENTS • 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut...
Recipe: Cherry and dark chocolate brownies
Try this simple dish baked in a single tray that will feed the whole family. INGREDIENTS 175 g (6 oz) unsalted butter 175 g (6 oz) dark...
Insurers advise UK homeowners to buy flood insurance
Insurance policies covering flood damages become essential as flood warnings have been issued across the U.K. The British insurance companies caution homeowners that separate flood...
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