YORKSHIRE PUDDING

I used a tried and tested recipe to make these. I didn't realise it was Yorkshire Pudding day today until I saw Saturday kitchen. What better excuse to make these lovely fluffy savoury puddings. Usually served with roast beef, but despite having pork for our roast today, we just had to make some of these to celebrate.
We think they work out roughly at 80-100 calories each. They rose to the occasion and with some left over, we're going to eat the rest warmed up with a sprinkle of sugar and lemon juice. Lovely. You have to remember the recipe is basically a pancake mix anyway.
To make these Yorkshire Puddings, we use this recipe:
150g plain flour, 2 eggs, 225 ml milk plus 50 ml water (or use all milk). Add a pinch of salt and pepper. Put the flour, salt and pepper into a bowl and make a well, crack the eggs into the well with a small amount of the milk. Combine with a whisk and gradually add the rest of the liquid. Leave to rest in the fridge for as long as you can. We made the mixture the night before, giving it plenty of time to rest.
We like to cook ours in a heavy based muffin tin - they usually rise really well. Add a small amount of oil (about half teaspoon for each pudding) and get the pan really hot before adding the mix.
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Cauliflower cheese

Unfortunately I haven't got a good picture of our fabulous CAULIFLOWER CHEESE recipe ...yet, but I'll be making this next week. In any case, the dish is not the most photogenic…. As a temporary measure, I've found this lovely (unusual for our area) snowy winter scene from January last year, which is the view from our front window.
Cauliflower cheese is a great dish which you can make the day before and forget about. It can be eaten on its own or accompany lots of dishes.
At around 830 calories for the whole dish this will serve up to eight people. It's delicious and creamy - but without cream - and will add just over 100 calories to your Christmas dinner.  We love this 'no cream' version:

Mini bread rolls

Have fun serving these delicious herby MINI BREAD ROLLS. We loved the shape of these, having used our mini muffin tins to achieve a playful shape.

Each bread roll weighed around 40g - and with butter that's equal to approx 100 calories each. But... can you stop at one? Suggest you make these when you are expecting guests... they will be delighted and your weight loss will not be compromised as they disappear. 

We think you should be able to bag these up and pop into the freezer. You can then remove them one at a time! 

We made plain rolls, and some were infused with fresh thyme, sage and black onion seeds. Our favourite was the onion seed rolls.

Here's our fab recipe: