My love affair with Nigella Lawson’s How to be a Domestic Goddess continues. As much as the title of the book irritates me, I can’t help but be drawn to the recipes and Nigella’s no-nonsense style. Over the weekend I made Granny Boyd’s Cookies, dense, rich chocolate cookies, that are just about the easiest thing ever.

The cookies have just 4 ingredients (all things that you likely have on hand) – and it’s only butter that holds them together – no doubt this is why they’re so rich. The smell as they cook is gorgeous. Nigella suggests serving them with vanilla ice-cream. I can imagine this would be quite good, although I wouldn’t know first hand – the cookies disappeared to quickly for me to try them this way.

This evening I made lemon-raspberry muffins from How to Be a Domestic Goddess. I bought quite a lot of raspberries at the Farmer’s Market on Tuesday, and needed to find a use for them, particularly as I don’t really like them on their own (I just find their texture a little strange – different to what I expect it to be, I guess), and muffins seemed like a good idea. I figured it would give me something quick for breakfast tomorrow morning. Of course, all of this seemed like a better idea before I realised that I didn’t actually have a lemon and that my milk was bad. Still I found some lemon juice in the fridge, and made a quick run to the grocery store for milk (not quite goddess status yet, I’m afraid). I also managed to slightly overcook them (although it’s not a disaster). The muffins are actually pretty good – very moist, which is what I like. And they’ve used all my raspberries.