#whatsthestory Food, Glorious Food!

I know, I know, more food porn! If you follow me on twitter or Facebook you'll see ALOT of pictures of food. I can't help it, I appreciate food when it's beautifully presented or tastes especially good and I want to share - it's a shame the internet doesn't have a scratch and sniff facility!

Recipe used for a dinner
party

For the same dinner party!

When I have a rare quiet moment to flick through a magazine, I get ridiculously excited if there's a recipe or meal idea feature and immediately want to rush off and try making it - many of my dinner parties have been based on menu ideas from magazines.

Sometimes, it's just one recipe that I'll add to a lunch or dinner party because the photo makes it look mouth-watering.

Dessert for an Easter dinner party

I have a file in my cookbook cupboard of recipes I've cut out from magazines over the years (yes, I'm a bit "Monica-from-Friends" about my organisation!) and I regularly use the some of the same recipes over and over again. I still use a mince pie recipe I cut out 10 years ago every Christmas!

For the Queen's Jubilee

DD3's birthday cake

Dad's favourite!

Any family gathering planned and I have to bake a cake - if it's a birthday celebration then the chosen cake will be one I know the birthday boy/girl likes; chocolate fudge cake for Grandad and DD1, raspberry and mascarpone for DD2 and DH, Victoria sponge for DD3 and DD, carrot cake for my eldest brother.............you get the picture!

Just a small selection!

Picking up this month's free magazine from Tesco, I came across the recipe at the top for Raspberry and White Chocolate Parfait which, not only looks fabulous in the picture, but with a quick peruse of the method found it's relatively simple, plus I can make it ahead of time. We're having lunch at my mum's in a couple of weeks and I thought it'd be the perfect summer pudding - texting her a quick piccie she agreed it looked awesome and that my grandmother would be proud (mum's mum was an amazing cook, making everything from scratch with ingredients grown herself in her beautiful garden - post war it was the cheapest way of eating well) so I'm looking forward to having a go.

I'll make sure I take some photos of my efforts to share with you, hopefully it'll look as good as Tesco's photo!