• Home
  • About Me
  • Contact Me
  • Privacy Policy

Curly's Cooking

Where great tasting food is always the answer

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Search in posts
Search in pages
  • All Recipes
    • Main Course
    • Slow Cooker
    • Cakes
    • Soups, Salads & Light Meals
    • Cupcakes & Muffins
    • Bread
    • Biscuits, Cookies & Traybakes
    • Breakfast & Brunch
    • Snacks & Sides
    • Desserts
  • Recipes By Diet
    • Vegetarian
    • Vegan
    • Gluten Free
  • Baking
    • Cakes
    • Cupcakes & Muffins
    • Biscuits, Cookies & Traybakes
    • Bread
    • Desserts
  • Cooking
    • Main Course
    • Slow Cooker
    • Breakfast & Brunch
    • Snacks & Sides
    • Soups, Salads & Light Meals
  • Easy Dinners

About Me

Since I was young I have always had an interest in cooking. Growing up my Mum cooked us lovely home-made meals which when I was old enough, she taught me. My earliest memories of cooking were making cheese straws from my Mum’s Be-Ro cooking book and her own recipe for Chilli Con Carne.

When I went to uni, I realised that my love for cooking wasn’t shared by everyone. Whilst others were cooking pasta with shop bought sauce (sometimes even without the sauce), I was making soup and pies from scratch. I’ll always remember the look one of my flatmates gave me and my friend when he came into the kitchen to put his pizza in the oven and we had taken over the kitchen with nearly every pot and utensil making homemade sweet and sour pork. I wasn’t going to let my budget student days stop me from cooking. Much to my housemate’s upset, I used to bake cupcakes to take to my now husband’s house as a thank you to his parents for putting up with me for half of the week.

One contributing factor to my love of cooking is that I am a fussy eater. Not only am I fussy about what I do and don’t like to eat, but I’m also fussy about how it is prepared. I have no doubt that my husband, Rien thinks I am slightly weird because when I make fajitas, the chicken has to be cut into strips and can’t be cubes; whereas with a curry the chicken is cubed. But that’s obvious to everyone isn’t it?!

Its been in the last few years that I have started getting really into baking. I started making a few cupcakes and taking them into work for my colleagues to try. They have always been so complimentary with what I have made that they either really like my cakes or are very polite (if you know the people I work with, then it’s definitely not the latter!) My friend at work was where my nickname Curly came from. Initially because my name is spelt with a ‘curly C’, but the far more obvious reason and why I think it has stuck is due to my curly hair.

I am passionate about not only cooking, but also photographing and sharing what I have made with others. My Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are always covered with my lastest efforts so a blog is a perfect way of showcasing what I have made. It was Rien’s idea to start a blog and with his help and encouragement, here I am! Without him I don’t think I would have managed to even start the blog because the technical side of it is beyond me. He has a background in software engineering so is always on hand to help out with my constant questions.

We live together with our two dogs, Tilly the Pomchi and Izzy the Siberian Husky. Tilly keeps her eye on me whenever I’m in the kitchen, but Izzy has a more refined pallet and is only interested in (more accurately goes crazy for) buttercream.

2015-05-13 20.56.01

We have had a great few years, buying our first house together and getting married a couple of months ago. To avoid confusion, I refer to Rien as Mr Curly in my blog.  Before blogging full time, I was a travel agent which may explain my obsession to travel; not only to see the sights but to also experience the food which you will often see on my Facebook and Instagram accounts.

2017-06-17 14.28.33

I hope you enjoy reading my blog and watch me improve and hopefully give a recipe or two a go yourself!

Share this...
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • email
  • Tumblr
  • StumbleUpon

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Elaine says

    March 25, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    Looking forward to popping in on your blog to see what’s cooking.

    Reply
  2. Debs says

    May 5, 2014 at 5:03 pm

    You make amazing cakes, they taste so yummy!!!!! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Charlotte says

    February 20, 2015 at 11:28 am

    Absolutely gorgeous cooking! Very tasty!

    Reply
  4. Laura says

    July 5, 2016 at 8:55 am

    Your adaptation of the BBC goodfoods cheesecake recipe is perfection! Please warn me if you ever take it down! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into making it great!
    xo

    Reply
    • Cat says

      July 7, 2016 at 5:43 pm

      Hi Laura,

      That is so lovely of you to say, thank you 🙂
      Haha don’t worry it is definitely here to stay! xx

      Reply
  5. Alex says

    August 27, 2016 at 5:51 am

    Hi,

    I am making your cheesecake recipe for my wedding cake, I have tweaked just a tiny smidge, and I worked out a way to get rid of the cracks too. Once I have the finished product I will share it with you, but in the meantime, wow, great recipe. Ill keep you posted.

    Reply
    • Cat says

      September 2, 2016 at 5:45 pm

      Hi Alex,

      Oh wow, how fantastic!
      Any tips to share would be great. Also any photos would be great too 🙂 x

      Reply
  6. stefani says

    April 30, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    Love your blog.
    Your pictures are amazing.

    Reply
    • Curly says

      April 30, 2020 at 9:52 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  7. Emma says

    May 13, 2020 at 10:12 am

    I absolutely love cooking and baking your recipes, the ingredients are always to hand and even if they aren’t some great alternatives are always listed. We really love the small batch brownies and carrot cake!

    Thank you and keep them coming! Xx

    Reply
    • Curly says

      May 15, 2020 at 9:29 pm

      Aww thank you so much Emma. I’m so pleased you’ve liked the recipes of mine you’ve made:) xx

      Reply
  8. Freddie says

    June 17, 2020 at 4:21 pm

    amazing!

    Reply
  9. Simon says

    November 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm

    Looking forward to making your honey and mustard sausages. Think they’ll make a perfect accompaniment to roast chicken with roast potatoes & celeriac and some red cabbage on the side.

    Reply
    • Curly says

      November 21, 2020 at 7:35 pm

      Oh yes, that sounds delicious!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

About Me!

Hi, I'm Cat aka Curly. I'm a home cook that likes nothing better than a day in the kitchen baking and cooking. Whether its sweet or savoury, in my mind food is always the answer. Meet Curly

Follow Me

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Search This Website

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Search in posts
Search in pages

DON’T MISS OUT!

Subscribe to keep up to date with latest recipes.

Copyright © 2021 · www.curlyscooking.co.uk

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.