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Cocktail Classes: The Very Best Cocktail How Tos
Cocktail Classes: The Very Best Cocktail How Tos
05/12/2021
Retro foods - how many can you remember?
There's a huge nostalgia when it comes to food brands and retro packaging.You will definitely recognise some of these old fashioned favourites, depending on which decade you grew...
12/03/2018
Foods that you can easily grow at home
There is nothing more rewarding than cooking and eating ingredients that you have grown by yourself. Believe it or not, many of these foods can be grown in a window box and some...
08/02/2018
Delicious ideas for a romantic Valentine's dinner
A candle-lit dinner at home can be just as romantic as a night out, on Valentine's day. For one, it is far more intimate and two, theres no shock bill at the end of the meal! We...
01/02/2018
Delicious ideas for Pancake Day
Do we need another reason to eat?! We don't think so....Shrove Tuesday is the day in February or March immediately preceding Ash Wednesday which is celebrated with delicious pancakes...
23/01/2018
Get Your Caffeine Fix! All The Coolest Coffee Shops In London
We don't know if you have noticed, but it's now cool to drink coffee. Whether you're nestling a takeaway cup with something that looks like your name written on it or wrapped...
02/08/2017
London's Most Instagrammable Bars
London's one of the world's most Instagrammed cities - what with its pastel door-lined streets, panoramic rooftop views and picturesque parks - and while it's all well and good...
02/08/2017
Stop Everything! A Real-life Nutella Tap Exists
No, your eyes are not decieving you - that is a tap dispensing the gloopy goodness that is Nutella. Zero Gradi - an ice cream parlour in Melbourne, Australia - are the proud inventors...
20/07/2017
There's A Nutella Cafe In Australia And We Need To Go There
We are not afraid to admit we've put Nutella on a Ryvita before (desperate times) but doughnut burgers, crepes and pizza are a much better match for the humble chocolate hazelnut...
13/04/2017
Chocolate recipes and desserts: our best chocolate recipes
Chocolate fondant with no cooking required: view the recipe for chocolate fondant
16/06/2015
Baking essentials
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16/06/2015
100 Low-calorie Snacks Under 100 Calories
Obviously the last thing we want to do is derail the diet, but sometimes we all need a little something to keep going throughout the day. That’s where low calorie snacks come in handy...
16/06/2015
10 Easy Homemade Ice Cream Recipes ANYONE Can Master
First things first - RED VELVET ice cream exists and we don't think we can ever recover. But that's not the end of the ice cream excitement; from vegan ice cream to frozen chunks...
17 Ways To Pimp Your Scrambled Eggs
Seriously, how can you NOT love eggs? They're a quick, nutritious, not to mention delicious meal you can enjoy at anytime of the day and can be cooked practically any way (yeah...
10 Delicious Ways To Cook Curly Kale
Endorsed by Gwyneth Palthrow and Beyonce, kale is possibly the coolest veg ever. Low in calories, high in vitamin K, A and C and filled with powerful antioxidants... Kale is basically...
24 Times Food And Booze Combined To Make The World A Better Place
Having a large glass of the hard stuff with your favourite meal has got to be one of life's greatest pleasures. But combining your favourite tipple into actual edible morsels...
Sainsbury's Wine Offers: Roc du Lussac vs. Sainsbury's Rioja Reserva
They're both decent red wines of a similar price range and they're both on offer, but which one of these two wines will come out as the best bank holiday bargain? Sainsbury's...
12 Recipes That Prove Watermelon Is The Best Thing About Summer
You been drinkin', watermelon - we get it - but time to put an end to all that and focus on the important thing: how to consume as much as physically possible in the three short...
These 15 Frozen Cocktail Ice Lollies Are About To Change Your World
What's better than a ice lolly on a hot summer day? An ice lolly with gin, wine, vodka or prosecco in it, that's what. These boozesicles/poptails might just represent everything...
10 Colourful Cocktails That Taste As Good As They Look
We can be a vain bunch here at Sofeminine, especially when it comes to our cocktails, we want them to taste and look good, which is not too much to ask for. And if like us, you...
10 Amazing Chocolate Spread Recipes You Have To Try
Whether you spread it on toast, or eat it right out the jar with (or without) a spoon, Nutella never fails to warm even the coldest of hearts. And if like us you can't get enough...
British Sausage Week: 10 Divine Ways To Eat Your Sausage
For those of you who enjoy a good sausage, this is going to make you (and your stomach) very happy indeed. In light of great British Sausage Week (3rd – 9th November) we thought...
How D'you Like Dem Apples: Tesco To Launch Mad New Pink Apples
First there was purple carrots (how did THAT happen), then black burgers and now the masters of creation have bestowed upon us the magic that is pink apples. It's a crazy time...
The Six Best Wines For That Summer Holiday Feeling
Coming back from holiday is an anticlimax but happily for you, we have something that can make sure you’re living the holiday dream for weeks after you return. We’ve found six...
Basic Pancake Batter Recipe
Makes 8 pancakes takes around 30 minutes How to make: a Basic pancake batter recipe Ingredients for pancake batter: 125g flour - plain1 medium size egg200ml semi-skimmed milk100ml...
Wine of the Week: Lanson Rose Label Brut Rosé Champagne
Wine of the Week: Lanson Rose Label Brut Rosé (special edition) Champagne Alc. 12.5% from £32.99 - Tesco/Waitrose This week we're going sparkly. The champagne on...
Tried and tasted: the green coffee that's good for you
So Green coffee claims that it can help keep us young-looking? Hmmm. Sounds good so far. But what does it taste like? Some soFeminine staffers and soFeminine readers tested a...
Superfoods
Superfoods are the things we can eat that are characterised by : What are Superfoods? low in calorieshigh in antioxidants (particularly vitamin C and E)high in anthocyaninshigh...
16 Foods From Our Childhood That Should Definitely Make A Comeback
As kids we didn't just love double denim, temporary tats and checking whether our jelly alien egg had given birth yet or not, there was a lot of good food. Let us take you on...
10 Refreshing Cocktails That'll Taste Like Spring In Your Mouth
We plan our drinks the way we plan our outfit: according to the weather. And seeing how spring has now officially sprung, we think it's about time we swapped out the winter warmers...
28 Awesome Gifts Every Gin Lover Needs In Their Life
Gin isn't just a drink, it's a way of life, so do yourself a favour and let these gin gifts become part of yours. Sometimes we'll look down at our half-drunk glass of G&T and...
19 Awesome Foods You Need To Deep Fry Right This Second
It seems that nowadays you can pretty much deep fry anything that's edible...because of course you freaking can, it's 2015 dammit and if you want to dip an avocado into a pan...
This Gin Advent Calendar Will Get You Into The Christmas Spirit, Quite Literally
'Tis the season to be jolly so what better way to incite some Christmas spirit than an alcoholic advent calendar? While we don't recommend swapping your morning espresso shot...
Gin Baubles are The Brilliantly Boozy Way to Decorate Your Christmas Tree
Looking for some boozy and pretty AF inspo to take your Christmas decoration game up an alcoholic notch? Of course you have. All our prayers have been answered in the form of...
London’s Best Coffee Cocktails and How To Make Them
Don’t get me wrong, you can't beat a meticulously-mixed Espresso Martini but those tastebuds can be a fickle bunch. Thankfully, there's all manner of variants available for your...
15 Brazil-inspired Cocktails To Up Your Drinking Game During Rio 2016
Ah, Brazil: the home of the Caipirinha and Gisele Bündchen, among many others greats. We have a lot to thank the South American nation for and over the next two weeks its capital...
These Geode Gem Stone Cakes Are Literally Too Pretty To Eat
When we think of our dream occasion cake, pretty and intricate come to mind, but precious, sparkly af EDIBLE gem stones? That's only in our imagination. Until now. Let us introduce...
18 Ways To Drink Beer You've Definitely Not Tried Before
Everyone likes an ice-cold beer; it's cheap, refreshing and oh so satisfying. But if you've just been drinking beer straight out of the bottle or can (or keg for that matter)...
The Most Scandalous Great British Bake Off Moments
Don't know if you've heard but The Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and we couldn't be more excited. If you think this show is just watching people bake while Mel...
Herbs
They invite themselves into our kitchens and flavour our dishes like nothing else, bringing freshness and subtle scents. Herbs go with absolutely everything: meat, fish, vegetables...
Gelatine and agar agar
How do you get your charlottes, pannacottas and cheesecakes to stay firm? Either by using classic gelatine or agar agar, which is all the rage at the moment. Here’s some useful info...
Cooking en papillotte
Cooking en papillote is a method of cooking that bakes food in the oven in a foil parcel. It is most often associated with fish, however it is also perfect for cooking meat, veget...
Freezing and defrosting
Freezing food is something everyone should know how to do, whether you're a novice in the kitchen or a domestic goddess. However, it’s not always easy to know how to freeze food...
Stock
Stock flavours your dishes and but is a great low-fat way of while keeping them light. And as we prefer natural stock to shop-bought cubes, here are our recipes and advice to...
Yeast
We want our bread to rise, our muffins to come out of the oven full and our cakes to be light, but what kind or yeast should you use and how much do you need? Can you use making...
Vinaigrette and salad dressing
We should all know the recipe by heart: basic dressings go with all our summer salads, crudités, vegetables and even steamed fish. Here's a guide to dressings, from the classic...
Caramel
Home made caramel is a perilous exercise that often leads to disaster, but once you get the hang of it it's easy. Here’s how to make a real home made liquid caramel and all its...
Steak tartare
In Ancient Greece, Tartare was hell, where the ungodly and wicked were sent. What's the link between hell and a raw French delicacy? None. The origins of the word go back to the...
Pasta carbonara
Carbonara is yummy, easy to make, never disappoints, combines tasty ingredients and is nourishing and delicious. Bacon, cream, eggs and onions combine to make a delicious flavour...
Marinades
What better than marinade to give meat or fish with incomparable flavour. Marinades are ideal for barbecues and you can experiment with all kinds of sweet, spicy and exotic flavours...
Olives
Green, black, crimson, natural, stoned, crushed, tinned, preserved, fresh from the market or the tree, olives are a delicacy, especially in Southern Europe. The olive is a very...