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Baking/ Bread/ Desserts/ Featured/ Recipes/ Video

White Chocolate & Apricot Brioche Bread and Butter Pudding

Not every recipe can go according to plan, and even sometimes recipes you’ve done dozens of times before can go wrong. That was the case when I made a brioche loaf and undercooked it leaving it slightly doughy in the middle – much like myself! But, I didn’t want it to go to waste, so I turned it into this wonderful, indulgent White Chocolate and Apricot Bread & Butter Pudding.…

October 15, 2019 By bigfriendlygrub

Baking/ Bread/ Featured/ Recipes/ Video

Making Barry Lewis’ Giant Cinnamon Roll

If there’s been one big influence in me turning this from into a little food blog into a little YouTube channel, then Barry Lewis is definitely up there. From gadget videos, to food hacks, to everyday recipes… way up to his giant foods, he’s got a style that I love and helped convince me that I can have a crack at this YouTube business too! While I’m a long way…

October 7, 2019 By bigfriendlygrub

Featured/ Main Dishes/ Pork/ Recipes/ Video

Pulled Pork with Homemade BBQ Sauce

I am a big, big fan of slow cooked food – especially BBQ style meats – and Pulled Pork is one of my favourite slow cooked dishes to make in the world. Mostly because it’s so darn easy and is very, very forgiving! It’s also so easy to tailor to yourself. If you don’t have stock? Use beer! If you want it spicy? Add more hot sauce. If you want…

October 1, 2019 By bigfriendlygrub

Featured/ Taste Test/ Vegan/ Video

Taste Testing More Vegan Treats

Last month I tried out a bunch of Vegan Treats from The Vegan Kind and while there was some nice things in there, none of them really lept out at me as being game-changing treats for Vegans or wannabe-Vegans! So, I thought the only thing to do would be to try another mystery box of treats! What awaits this time? Find out with another unboxing!…

September 24, 2019 By bigfriendlygrub

Baking/ Cakes/ Featured/ Recipes/ Vegan/ Video

Vegan Carrot Cake

I’ve been a big fan of Carrot Cake for as long as I can remember. It’s one of those concepts that shouldn’t work, but does and whomever came up with the idea first must’ve been thinking pretty outside the box. Oddly, however, despite being a cake where the whole concept is based around a vegetable, Carrot Cakes are rarely Vegan due to the cream cheese icing and eggs that are…

September 18, 2019 By bigfriendlygrub

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