After searching the internet for recipes for pizza dough, I tried this one by Anthony Worrall Thompson BBC - Food – Recipes – Perfect pizza dough, which was quite tasty. I made it with wholemeal stoneground flour, which gives a more filling base—although possibly not to everyone’s liking.

I have not quite perfected getting [...]

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I made some spicy lentil soup yesterday, which turned out reasonably well, so I thought I’d post the recipe here for posterity. It was loosely based around this recipe for spicy red lentil soup, although adjusted to what I had available (including the lack of scales).

Makes a pot for about 6, and takes about [...]

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Mmmmmm, I’ve just eaten about half a bar of Lindt’s new Dark Chocolate with Hazelnut, and it is absolutely delicious! The chocolate is dark and rich, without being overly bitter like the 70 or 85% cocoa chocolate is. Contained within this are roasted hazelnuts, and flakes of caramelised hazelnut (not sure quite how they do [...]

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