If all the pancake festivities - coupled with the absence of a Mardi Gras party on these shores - are making you want to soak yourself in booze, try Crepes Suzette. These are pancakes with a hot, sweet, orange liquer sauce, and they’re very easy to make.
Simply make pancake batter according to Rercy’s instructions, then [...]

It’s a Pancake Tuesday special here at CheapEats. Check back in throughout the day for more recipes and pancake antics.
Pancakes are tricky little fellas. Too thick - they taste like an Italian shoe; too thin - they taste like communion.
What is great about them, is they are the perfect vehicle for a variety of [...]

Christmas is all about pushing the boat out.  Created exclusively for CheapEats readers by top chef Garth McColgan of FoodActive and Aldi, this deluxe dessert is a pudding fit for a king, a yuletide treat packed with all things deliciously decadent and guaranteed to end any Christmas dinner on a high note! [...]

Mince pies and pudding are the quintessential Christmas treat. Both share many of the same ingredients so making your own will save you money.
Last year I made mince pies the easy way. I bought a jar of mince meat and filled some ready-made vole-au-vent cases and bunged them in the oven. They were tasty, light [...]

I’m not dreaming of a white Christmas; I want mine to be a ginger one.
I’m kind of bored with the Christmas decorations I’ve had for eons so instead of going out and buying new ones, I’ve decided to make them.
Gingerbread Christmas ornaments are a cinch to produce and they look great on the tree - [...]

Try this cunning little chestnut cake recipe. It’s moreish and gorgeous, and perfect to have on standby for nibbles now, or great Christmas eats. You can easily freeze it and throw it in the freezer for use at a later date. But you’ll want to eat it now; try it on its own, after dinner [...]

A couple of years ago, I received a jar of jam for Christmas. This may seem like a stingy present but it was actually one of the nicest presents I got that year.
It wasn’t any ordinary shop-bought jam but homemade, wrapped specifically with me in mind and had my name printed on the jar. It [...]

We’re at mid-November, and right now is the perfect time to make your Christmas pud. If you don’t usually make it, try it: it’s wonderful, all the more succulent and sweet for having made it yourself.
Last year my sister, who is a sensational cook, used Nigel Slater’s Kitchen Diaries as a starting point and put [...]

Breakfast bars are handy when you are in a rush and you need a quick burst of energy without caving into another coffee. Rather than going out and buying them, why not bake your own. They are so simple to make, the basic ingredients are really cheap and you can add whatever you fancy and [...]

I don’t want to sound like an ol’ biddy but Halloween is getting really commercial. I did live a fairly Dickensian childhood but when I was a young lass; all the decorations were handmade, weeks were spent sowing costumes and, with the exception of monkey nuts, all treats were homemade. Of course, to be honest, [...]