I think soup is one of the best types of comfort food, warming, satisfying and usually they are good for us as they are often packed with healthy vegetables

They are also great at this time of year as they can be batch cooked and used throughout the week!

Served with a chunk of bread and butter – there is nothing better!

TOP 5 COMFORTING SOUPS

Katy Hackforth

I look after communications and marketing at Dairy Diary. I’m a busy mum and love home baking and cooking for my family. In my spare time I enjoy visiting the theatre, eating out with friends and exploring the great outdoors!

Over the past two years many of us have missed out on holidays – travelling abroad has been especially tricky with all the uncertainty, extra costs and restrictions

Hopefully, 2022 will be better and our wanderlust – or at least a desire for some holiday sunshine can be satisfied!

Armchair travel is learning about the world in as many ways as possible without actually visiting.

Here are a few ways you can invoke the sights, smells and mindset of travel without actually leaving home!

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Try this Italian Style Salmon Pasta recipe

Katy Hackforth

I look after communications and marketing at Dairy Diary. I’m a busy mum and love home baking and cooking for my family. In my spare time I enjoy visiting the theatre, eating out with friends and exploring the great outdoors!

Pride of the north and an essential accompaniment to the most British of meals – the Sunday Roast – the Yorkshire pudding is one of my ultimate comfort foods

The first recorded recipe of the Yorkshire Pudding date back to the 18th century. In the 1737 book called The Whole Duty of a Woman, reference was made to “dripping puddings” as they were originally made from the dripping that fell from the meat as it was roasted on the open fire.

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Don’t miss our fabulous Toad in the Hole recipe!

Katy Hackforth

I look after communications and marketing at Dairy Diary. I’m a busy mum and love home baking and cooking for my family. In my spare time I enjoy visiting the theatre, eating out with friends and exploring the great outdoors!

Try these Speedy Chocolate Sponge Puddings

These delectable Chocolate Sponge Puddings are taken from the Dairy Diary.

Here’s a quick video to help you.

Burns Night is celebrated annually on 25 January to commemorate the life of the Scottish poet Robert Burns whose hundreds of writings include the world-famous Auld Lang Syne

The first Burns Night is said to have occurred back in July 1801 when Burns’ friends gathered together to mark the fifth anniversary of his death. They ate haggis and performed his work. The night was a great success and his friends decided to keep up the traditional yearly, to celebrate his birth. From this, the Burns Night we celebrate today was born.

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Celebrate with Haggis with Scallops, Apple and Whiskey Sauce