There is nothing quite like home-made ice-cream cookies. Of course you can buy frozen ice cream cookies and bars, but inevitably the cookie is all soft and mushy, instead of crisp and crumbly like the home-made ones. These simple peanut cookies are perfect for ice-cream sandwiches. Continue Reading…
We were eating Sunday lunch, and enjoying some roast beef and Yorkshire puddings, when the brainwave came to me. Yorkshire Puddings shouldn’t be just served as a savory side, when they have the potential to be the best dessert ever. Continue Reading…
It’s coming towards the end of summer and it’s still balmy and warm here in Seattle. I have been dying to make ice-cream sandwiches all summer, and it’s only now at the end of August that I actually get to make them. Continue Reading…
Do you ever have that moment of panic when you realize you have nothing for dessert and you’ve friends coming for dinner? I sometimes get so caught up making the main course that I have no time left to make dessert. Rather than rush out and buy a dessert though, there are plenty of things you can whip up in minutes to create a wonderful home-made dessert.
Sticky toffee pudding is something I’ve become really fond of recently. It’s a very classic British dessert, that can be steamed or baked. This pudding is made with a basic cake batter and dates. Dates are not something you would normally associate with decadent desserts, but trust me it works. Continue Reading…
I’ve been trying to cut down on coffee, which is hard when you live in Seattle and there is a coffee shop pretty much on every corner. So, I have relegated coffee drinking to the weekends. Somehow it tastes better now that I don’t drink it as often -I wonder how long that will last 😉 Continue Reading…
You can find some of my favorite gluten-free recipes in my eBook available from Amazon.
I'm Vicky and Stasty is my simple and tasty food recipe blog. I love to cook and I love to talk about food, so this blog is really my ramblings and thoughts about cooking and eating. Some of the recipes are my own and some are ones that I found on the net or picked up from my favorite cookbooks. I cook everything in our little kitchen in beautiful Washington. I am aided and abetted by my I.T guru/tantrum-trouble-shooter/editor and chief-taster otherwise known as the OH or Nelius.