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About Emily Davenport, Head of Dairy Diary

Head of Dairy Diary; I'm passionate about producing high quality products that our customers will cherish. I'm also a mum of three and I enjoy cooking, walking, gardening and painting with my family, as well as printmaking (when I find the time!)

3 Gorgeous Bread Recipes for Real Bread Week

20 – 28 February 2021 is #RealBreadWeek!

 

Celebrated by baking your own loaves at home, whilst encouraging the whole family to get involved.

Real Bread Week was first established in 2009, to celebrate real bread, and the people who bake it. Although it is a little different this year, with many not able to access local bakeries.

For those of us that are tasked with home-schooling, this creates a great opportunity – to teach children how to bake the most delicious home-made bread (and occupy them for at least an hour or two!)

One of my favourite memories in particular is proving dough amongst towels in the boiler cupboard with my Dad, I expect it was not as glamourous as you’d envisage this process to be in a bakery.

With these three easy and scrumptious recipes, and the scent of freshly baked bread wafting through your home, you won’t want to purchase a mass-produced loaf again!

 

Homemade Bread

 

Onion Rolls

Onion Rolls

 

Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread

 

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Emily Davenport

Emily Davenport

I post a blog every week featuring food, family and fun. There are lots of useful household tips, crafty ideas, giveaways and delicious recipes that I think you will find irresistible.

3 Scrumptious Pancake Recipes

3 Scrumptious Pancake Recipes

The first Dairy Book of Home Cookery was published over 50 years ago, and people have been feeding their families from it ever since.

This cookery ‘bible’ has all those essentials in it that we turn to time-after-time.

The pancake recipe must have been used hundreds of thousands, if not millions of times.

I like to think about the fun had by so many families when cooking this recipe – the glee from the children allowed pancakes mid-week, the giggles shared when attempting to toss a pancake, the debates about which toppings are best.

Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, so get whisking and treat yourself to a chuckle trying to flip your pancakes.

 

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We would love to hear from you!

 

Here’s that classic pancake recipe for you to enjoy, and three more scrumptious pancake recipes that are a little more adventurous than lemon and sugar.

Mushroom Pancakes

Chicken, Broccoli & Cheese Pancake Bake

Crépes with Brandy Marmalade Sauce

 

 

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Emily Davenport

Emily Davenport

I post a blog every week featuring food, family and fun. There are lots of useful household tips, crafty ideas, giveaways and delicious recipes that I think you will find irresistible.

Your Top 5 Recipes of 2020

Your Top 5 Recipes of 2020

Here are your
Top 5 Recipes of 2020

We get thousands of visitors to our website, and in particular the recipe collections, but an astonishing 66,000 people viewed the Boiled Fruit Cake recipe! It just goes to show how good it is.

66,000 people viewed the
Boiled Fruit Cake recipe!

This particular recipe features with plenty more favourites in our Dairy Diary Favourites cookbook; a compendium of the most-requested recipes of all time.

Here is that very fruit cake recipe, as well as the others that appeared in the top 5 recipes of 2020.

I have to say, you all have very good taste and I wish I could come round for tea as these are all absolutely delish!

What would your top 5 recipes of 2020 be?

Please let us know in the comments below.

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Boiled Fruit Cake

“I’ve been making this cake since the early eighties from my ‘Dairy Diary’. I’m thrilled I’ve found it again, it’s a totally gorgeous cake! Love it ! ”
Bernadette

Recipe taken from the Dairy Diary Favourites cookbook.

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Speedy Chocolate Sponge Puddings

Delectable Chocolate Sponge Puddings smothered with a rich dark chocolate sauce.

Totally irresistible.

A Dairy Diary recipe.

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Pineapple, Coconut & Fruit Loaf

One of our favourite recipes too!

It’s super-simple yet packed with flavour and texture. You must try it!

CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE

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Yogurt Cake

It’s yummy, but I think its appeal is down to its simplicity. It’s incredibly quick to make.

Give it a try, you won’t believe how speedy it is.

A Dairy Diary recipe.

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Gooseberry & Ginger Jam

I think this Gooseberry & Ginger Jam is my favourite jam of all time.

Yum!

A Dairy Diary Recipe.

CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE

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Dairy Diary Favourites CookbookDairy Diary Favourites

Enjoy Boiled Fruit Cake plus 99 more of the best recipes from 35 years of the Dairy Diary, including at least one from each edition.

From speedy weekday meals to tested crowd-pleasers, there is something for everyone in this beautiful cookbook.

In stock £8.25

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Emily Davenport
Emily Davenport
I post a blog every week featuring food, family and fun. There are lots of useful household tips, crafty ideas, giveaways and delicious recipes that I think you will find irresistible.

Bring a little joy every day

Discover new walks

Even for the most optimistic among us, it’s been challenging to remain cheerful over the past few months

 

There are ways however, to bring a little joy into our lives each day – tiny things we can do to add some colour and relieve the monotony of lockdown.

 

  1. Wear your wardrobe

Not all at once, obviously! Work your way through your wardrobe from right to left (or left to right if you prefer) wearing a different outfit every day. Obviously summer clothes are not ideal right now so place them at the other end, but otherwise enjoy everything that you own.

Try new outfit combinations, wear a glam dress with thick tights and boots; have fun with what you wear rather than reaching for the same old jeans and jumper. I have given myself the challenge of buying no new clothes for a whole year (this is a HUGE challenge for me!) and have found that this method helps me to love what I own all over again.

 

  1. Discover new walks

It’s all too easy to fall into the routine of the same walking route every day. But even in your own corner of Britain, there’s bound to be a new route to be discovered. Dust off an old Ordnance Survey map and take a look at what public footpaths surround you, or visit walking-routes.co.uk or walkingbritain.co.uk for new ideas.

When out walking, notice nature – listen to birdsong, watch the ducks on the pond, or look out for crocus and snowdrops as they begin to appear. This mindful activity helps to focus the mind on positive things, rather than negative.

Take time to love the sunset

  1. Connect with your local community

Join your local Facebook group and share uplifting photographs of the walks you have enjoyed or snippets of local history that you think locals may enjoy. Or make a batch of marmalade and put it in a basket in front of your home for passers by to help themselves.

 

  1. Put on your favourite lipstick

Be the most glamorous in town when you go on your daily wanderings (avoid this when shopping though – lipstick and a face mask are not the best combination!) And smile at everyone you pass. A cheerful ‘hello’ can mean a lot to someone who may not have conversed with anyone that day.

 

  1. Phone/Whatsapp/Facetime a friend

A catch-up and a good laugh, reminiscing about good times, is a wonderful tonic, and proven to lower stress levels.

 

You may even want to nominate your friend to receive a beautiful bouquet; we’re giving one away this month

Take a look at our Facebook page for more info.

 

Emily Davenport
Emily Davenport
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Make the Perfect Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate Brownies

Comfort food is a must in the current times

I, for one, have vowed to no more ‘New-Year-new-me’ declarations, which usually involves depriving myself of the things I love (which roughly translates to no chocolate).

Chocolate Brownies are one of
my absolute favourite treats.

This recipe from Fantastic Food For Less is foolproof; whenever I bake them the result is gorgeous, rich, gooey brownies. Perfectly served with classic vanilla ice cream.

They are relatively low in calories per portion too, so win-win!

CHOCOLATE BROWNIES RECIPE

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And for a very limited time only, with every Fantastic Food for Less you get a gorgeous Dairy Diary shopping bag worth £6.99 – completely free!

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For more feel-good food take a look at our recipe collection here.

Emma Snow

Emma Snow

I am the Brand Executive for Dairy Diary. A passionate foodie (with a very sweet-tooth). Who likes to blog about all things DIY & scrumptious recipes.

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Burns Night Haggis Samosas

Haggis Samosas

It’s Burns Night this evening, which gives us (Scottish or not) the excuse to enjoy haggis

 

I have the confess that I didn’t actually try haggis until last year. What a revelation! I can’t believe I have been missing out all these years.

In this Dairy Diary recipe, the haggis is mixed with carrot and rice and encased in filo pastry to make these delicious samosas.

A twist on a classic – but a delicious one.

“Some hae meat and canna eat,
 And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.”

 

Haggis SamosasBurns Night
Haggis Samosas

A Dairy Diary recipe.

 

 

Burns Night celebrates the life and poetry of the Scottish poet Robert Burns.

 

 

Emily Davenport
Emily Davenport

I post a blog every week featuring food, family and fun. There are lots of useful household tips, crafty ideas, giveaways and delicious recipes that I think you will find irresistible.

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