I first came across part-baked rolls on my quest to cut the costs of my food bills - these part-baked petit pains are only 79p for 6, so are excellent value,and as they can be frozen I can buy lots at a time :) The use-by date was 6 weeks ahead of the day I bought them, but I chose to freeze mine. When I wanted to use the first pack, I took them out of the freezer and they were defrosted in just half an hour at room temperature. I put the rolls in the oven at 200C for 6-7 minutes (any longer and they burn, although it does say 7-9 mins on the packet) and didnt notice much of a smell as they were cooking, although that could just be ...  Read the complete review

The older I get the more I want to start cooking things from scratch. I think I generally starting cooking a lot more when Scarlet was weaning as I wanted to ensure she had all fresh vegetables and I kept think that I knew what was in the dinner I had cooked if I made it myself. I have found some lovely dishes and also had some disasters. Most of my cooking though is not from a recipe, it is generally me throwing things into a saucepan or making it up as I went along. One food I do really like and we use quite a lot of in this house is Part Baked Rolls. I use them with quite a lot of different things from making my own Garlic Bread, with Lasagne, with Stew and ...  Read the complete review