Almond milk is a tasty, low calorie alternative to dairy or soy milk that is delicious in cereals, oatmeal, smoothies or just by itself. Almonds are also packed with heart helping nutrition, antioxidants and more. Read on and see just how easy this is to make, drink, and if you like mix with your favorite spirit!

Having just picked apples from our very small orchard, it’s hard sometimes to find new and more unusual uses for the windfalls other than chutneys and apple pies – both with eaters and cookers – so I was impressed when I found this delicious recipe online.

It makes enough for a 6 person dinner party and would be wonderful with cream or ice cream.

I think most of us have at some stage made or eaten a bog standard chocolate cake based on the basic recipe of fat, flour, sugar, cocoa powder and eggs, but this one is just a tad more indulgent. It takes a bit more effort to prepare than a normal chocolate sponge but, every now and again, one has to indulge doesn't one!!!