Cooking Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/cooking/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:16:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Cooking Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/cooking/ 32 32 2696646 Air Fryers – Are they worth the hype? https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/01/air-fryers-are-the-worth-the-hype/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/01/air-fryers-are-the-worth-the-hype/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:15:30 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38596 Air Fryers seem to be all the rage at the moment. Most people who have them seem to rave about them but we were somewhat on the fence. The general selling points seem to be So, how do they actually stack up? Well, in the name of gadgetry goodliness, we got one for Christmas and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/01/air-fryers-are-the-worth-the-hype/feed/ 1 38596 Autumnal Antics https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/10/autumnal-antics/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/10/autumnal-antics/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:25:32 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=34657 After a busy few days at work, things were looking good for Saturday morning. Decent winds were forecast with a real taste of autumn. As has been the case since March we’ve been at home. I know most people seem to be going about their lives petty much business as usual. The only change for...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/12/christmas-lunch-in-a-box/feed/ 2 28188 Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/03/triple-chocolate-cheesecake-recipe/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/03/triple-chocolate-cheesecake-recipe/#comments Sun, 26 Mar 2017 09:48:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=23970 As it was Mother’s Day on Sunday we (Morgan and I – well, me really!) decided to make her a yummy triple chocolate cheesecake. I was going to go with Anna’s favourite, and our usual cheesecake recipe that we have perfected over the years. However, getting hold of chocolate Philadelphia would be difficult in Borth so...

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