delightful take on Italian farmhouse cooking. This Penne Alla Carbonara recipe is one of our favourites.Penne Alla CarbonaraServes 6For us, the two most important ingredients are excellent free-range eggs and good quality pancetta.Ingredients200g (7oz

Method Toast the brioche slices. Snip the chives into the beaten eggs. In a non-stick pan, melt the butter, then scramble the eggs on a low heat until cooked but still moist. (They keep cooking, so take them off the heat before they dry out). Pile the egg onto the toast

the coloured skin of the fruit, as this is bitter.- Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Peel the garlic cloves. Here’s a tip for easy peeling: put the clove flat on a chopping board and take a wide, blunt knife and place it, flat-side down, on top

and then use a piece of the leftover bread to form a triangle shape for a nose.3 For the eyes, use oval-shaped pieces of sliced cucumber and finish each eye with a grape half.4 Take a slice of cucumber skin and mirror the shape of the bread nose as you cut

Breakfast by Jody Vassallo (Thunder Bay Press, £7) features a mouth-watering selection of 65 breakfast ideas from across the globe that include nutritious recipes such as sheep’s milk yoghurt with a swirl of strawberry purée, as well as more filling

with the carrots, as they will take about five minutes longer than the rest. Then add the noodles and cook to your liking. This mixture can be puréed smooth for babies or left chunkier for older children. As your little ones continue to grow, you can add bolder

The annual WWF Earth Hour takes place on March 23, where people around the globe are encouraged to switch off their lights for 60 minutes to save the planet and draw attention to our energy use.The event takes place at 8.30pm local time, with 152

tablespoons of oil over all the slices – it won’t cover the bread, just drip over it in places.3. Wearing your oven gloves, put the tray into the oven. After 10 minutes, take the tray out, turn the bread over and put back into the oven for another 10 minutes.4

Makes 48 cookiesIngredientsNon-stick cooking spray 140g (5oz) rolled oats 120g (4oz) wholewheat pastry flour or white wholewheat flour 100g (31/2oz) raisins 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg  1/4 tsp salt 6 tbsp rapeseed oil 100g (31/2oz) light brown suga...

What would be your perfect family dinner? Something simple in the garden, so there was a chance to play. Maybe a butterflied leg of lamb on the barbecue, and chocolate hazelnut crunch ice cream for pudding.What are the best recipes for weaning a