Our American cousins celebrate Thanksgiving this week, but there’s no reason why you can’t bring some Thanksgiving traditions to your Christmas table. The fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving in the USA when traditionally the family sit down to eat turkey with all the trimmings followed by pumpkin pie. It’s the start of the holiday […]

It’s Stir-up Sunday today (22nd November) so if you haven’t done already there’s still time to gather the family together for a lucky stir and a wish with an old Christmas tradition. How many of you will be making your Christmas pudding this year? That’s what the tradition of Stir-up Sunday is all about and it’s […]

If the children have seen you baking busily for the Children In Need cake sale at work and they’ve maybe sneaked a not-quite-so perfect cupcake, then this weekend might be the perfect time to get them into the kitchen. Inspire them with the thought of creating their very own Pudsey biscuits or cakes and encourage […]

We love this time of year. No, not the fact that Christmas is just around the corner, as nearly every day is Christmas in the SK kitchen, but that our favourite programme – Masterchef: The Professionals – has returned to our screens. The programme has come a long way since its inception in 1990 when […]

November is World Vegan Month. Choosing to become a vegan has never been easier with so much advice and support available to you at the click of a button on the internet. There are so many vegan recipe books and restaurants and you can find many vegan staples in your local supermarket too.

Halloween is a great time to get crafty but your creativity doesn’t need to stop at the decorations and costumes. You can get really imaginative with the party food too! Kids just love being presented with bugs, blood and guts and other gruesome looking food at the table and you’ll be amazed at what most […]

It’s National Seafood Week. We all know fish is good for us and that most of us should eat more of it. But it’s all too easy not to see past the five most popular fish that we Brits eat. Did you know that those five are prawns, tuna, cod, salmon and haddock? Are those your […]

We couldn’t let an event like National Curry Week go by without mentioning it in the blog, after all it is one of our staples in the SK kitchen. The beauty of curry is that it has such variety. Whether you like it hot with lots of chili (always fresh ones of course) or prefer […]

It’s British Egg Week, so tell us, do you like them scrambled, fried, poached or hard-boiled? The beauty of eggs is that they are ultimate convenience food, packed with nutrition (18 different vitamins and minerals are in one egg) and massively versatile.