National Trust Family Cookbook (National Trust Food)

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Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the creamed butter mix, add the cherries and stir through. Mix thoroughly to combine. Cover with cling film and place in the fridge for half an hour to firm up. It’s fab share with you an easy peasy recipe from the National Trust Family Cookbook by Claire Thomson.

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As a mother and a chef, Claire gives real insight into what makes food appealing to all the family and how to shop, cook and eat as a family so that meal times are something for all the family to look forward to. Claire Thomson wants to revitalise cooking for the family – making it less of a chore, with separate meals for children and adults, and more of an enjoyable way to refresh your culinary imagination and make cooking for the family something to look forward to. Entry to this competition confirms that participants have read, understood and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. Add the rice, stirring for two to three minutes to coat the grains in the melted butter mixture and warm them through before you add any liquid. Claire Thomson wants to revitalise cooking for the family making it less of a chore, with separate meals for children and adults, and more of an enjoyable way to refresh your culinary imagination and make cooking for the family something to look forward to.We've got a tiny kitchen but a great big kitchen table, because I think it's important that Grace should be sitting there doing her spellings, or Dot will be colouring in while I'm cooking - it's just day-to-day a real normalcy around food." In the new book, Claire's recipes are categorised by how long they take to cook, with sections for on-the-go breakfasts and lunch box alternative And she's not a total stranger to fussy eaters, admitting that "Dot's not a saint - there are some days she just wants to eat boiled eggs for breakfast, lunch and dinner". With chapters divided into manageable time frames so you cook what you want, when you want it, the cookbook features recipes for delicious ideas for lunches and suppers as well as on-the-go breakfasts and lunchbox alternatives. It's really important to get them to help you, otherwise the food lands in front of them and they're expected to eat it," Claire adds. We want to get them excited through a Trojan horse of entertainment, so they don't feel they're being preached to."

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Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen towel to soak up excess fat while you fry the remaining fish cakes. A lifesaver if you're in a recipe rut when it comes to family meals' - BBC Good Food magazine, March 2017I don't serve plain pasta and my kids would think it was weird," says Claire Thomson, family food ambassador for the National Trust, chef and mum-of-three.