Christmas puddings can be expensive to buy, and rather a heavy prospect at the end of a festive meal. A tray of baklava is a suitably sweet and sticky treat, and there’s no pressure to eat it straight after your main course … in fact, a plate of little baklava nibbles might last all through Christmas afternoon… This vegan dessert recipe for Mincemeat Baklava has been kindly donated to London…
Strapped for cash Brits could avoid a costly Christmas this year by making easy and simple swaps, according to the UK’s leading vegan charity, The Vegan Society.On average, a traditional Christmas dinner with a Christmas pudding and custard dessert, picked up from one of the UK’s leading supermarkets, could set you back around £35.47. However, a similar feast for up to six people, made…
Zombie Brains is a spooky twist on the classic zombie cocktail recipe is the perfect one to try at home this Halloween. As the name suggests, this drink is quite extra and is made up of a variety of scaringly good juicy ingredients. Check it out!
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Prep time: 5 Minutes
Nutrition: 371 Calories
Servings: 1
INGREDIENTS for one Zombie Brains cocktail
60ml pomegranate…
Pumpkin Martini has to be the most traditional Halloween cocktail recipe. Forget pumpkin spice lattes – it’s all about pumpkin martinis this spooky season! What’s more, this cocktail is just so delicious, you’ll definitely be partial to two – or ten!
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Serves: 2
Prep time: 2 Minutes
Nutrition: 116 Calories
INGREDIENTS
60ml vanilla vodka – link
15ml…
The Dark & Stormy is the perfect easy-to-make concoction for any Halloween party. The iconic drink features a refreshing trio of dark rum, ginger beer and lime, but don’t worry, it goes down a lot easier than the name might imply.
Prep time: 1 Minute
Nutrition: 211 Calories
Servings: 1
INGREDIENTS for one Dark & Stormy
50ml dark rum
25ml fresh lime juice , plus a wedge to…
Introducing the most enchanting drink of them all – The Witches’ Cocktail. Straight from the cauldron, this drink is made with the main spooky ingredient of blackberry liqueur – would you dare to drink?
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Serves: 2
Prep time: 5 Minutes
Nutrition: 149 Calories
INGREDIENTS
25ml apple brandy or apple vodka (chilled)
50ml Hogg Norton Blackberry Fruit…
One of the most iconic Halloween concoctions has to be the Bloody Mary. Whether you love or hate savoury cocktails, there’s no denying this cocktail is one of the ultimate classics you should learn how to make.
It was back in the 1920s when Fernand Petiot, an American bartender at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris, mixed up equal parts of tomato juice and vodka. He had no idea that his…
As National Curry Week (3rd-9th October) comes to the end, London Mums explore what the most popular Curry Dishes in the British Capital are. Are we pronouncing the dishes correctly?
The exotic names of Indian cuisine can leave certain curries difficult to pronounce for some, which is why London Mums asked the language expert team at Preply to tell us how to correctly pronounce some of the most…
Afternoon Tea recipe for Cauliflower bites with a chipotle spiced dip. Easy to make and a healthy snack for the whole family.
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Ingredients
For the bites
1 large cauliflower
150g plain flour
300ml of milk (or…
This recipe for Nduja Scotch Eggs was donated to London Mums magazine by Jane Devonshire. ‘Not everything has to be sweet at your tea party and these wonderful little scotch eggs made with a soft-boiled quail’s egg are just the perfect food to snack on while you catch up with friends. They were certainly the first thing to go at my Afternoon Tea celebrating and raising funds for all the…
