Vegetable oil cooking spray
8 slices cinnamon raisin bread without icing (such as Sun Maid)
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cups shredded apple (about 2-3 medium apples)
3 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1 egg
3/4 cup skim milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Spray an 8- or 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Place four slices of raisin bread [...]

Method
1. Preheat the oven to fan 170C/ conventional 190C/gas 5. To make the rarebit sauce, melt the butter in a heavybased saucepan and stir in the flour and Worcestershire sauce. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat and slowly whisk in the milk until combined. Return to the heat and [...]

I could barely bring myself to plunge the knife into its skin. For a day or two, it just sat there on the windowsill a picture of serenity too perfect to touch let alone cook.
I take pleasure in watching fruit a pear or a peach perhaps ripen on the kitchen shelf, giving it [...]