Preserving and Make Your Own Right now, we’re in the midst of a new revival in home preserving and homemade food. More of us than ever are beavering away in our kitchens and gardens, making jams and marmalades, homemade bread and pasta, and ice cream and yoghurts. And whether you’re a veteran of making your own food and preserves, or a homemade food novice, we’ve got all the equipment and accessories you need at Lakeland to cook up your own tasty, healthy, homemade creations. Why make your own food and preserves at home? It’s not hard to understand why homemade continues to be a growing trend. Making your own food at home can satisfy creative urges and can help you master new skills. It can also be great fun for adults and kids alike. Creating your own food at home also gives you more control over what ingredients go into it too. Homemade food can help you make healthier meals and avoid the e-numbers and high levels of artificial preservatives and other harmful ingredients that are all too often found in mass produced food. With more control over ingredients and cooking, and with the ability to tailor recipes to your tastes, homemade food can also simply taste better than shop-bought alternatives. Everything you need for homemade pickles and preserves Making homemade jams, preserves and pickles is right at the forefront of the homemade food movement, with jam one of the most popular foods people are making at home. If you’re planning on making sweet fruit jams, tangy pickled vegetables, hot sauces or healthy home fermented foods, we’ve got all the preserving, pickling and fermenting accessories you need. At Lakeland, you’ll find a fantastic range of preserving pans, preserving kits and ingredients, labels and tags, and a huge selection of glass jam jars and bottles in all shapes and sizes. Bake your own bread at home Bread can be a delicious and healthy food. But shop-bought bread isn’t always the tastiest option, and it’s often far from healthy. That’s why so many people are turning to making their own bread at home. You might have heard horror stories about homemade bread – about tough buns and collapsing loaves. But making your own bread at home can be a breeze if you have the right ingredients and technology. And at Lakeland, we’ve got all the bread making ingredients and kit you’re looking for. We’ve got counter-top bread makers, loaf tins, bread slicers and yeast and bread mix. We’ve also got plenty of bread recipes and advice to get you started on your bread making journey. Tasty homemade pizza and pasta Fresh, homemade pasta tastes a cut above the dried, shop-bought stuff. And with today’s ingredients and gear, homemade pizza can be healthier and even tastier than restaurant and takeaway pizza. Take the hassle out of your kitchen and make top-quality Italian food with our range of homemade pasta and homemade pizza equipment and utensils. You’ll find a fantastic selection of quality products, from pizza ovens and pizza pans to pasta machines and ravioli stamp presses. Making great tasting homemade pasta and pizza has never been so easy. Make your own ice cream and dessert With our help, your homemade cooking can progress into more indulgent areas with our selection of accessories and equipment for homemade ice cream and lolly making, chocolate making, and even homemade yoghurt making. At Lakeland, you’ll find all your essential ice cream makers, ice lolly makers, ice lolly moulds, ice cream and lolly ingredients and treats, and yoghurt makers and yoghurt kits. Try your hand at homemade sausages and burgers If you’re cooking them in the kitchen or getting ready for a top-notch BBQ, you can have a try at making homemade burgers and sausages with our selection of sausage and burger making accessories. Grab some high-quality meat, a selection of other inventive ingredients, then set to work with our range of meat mincing machines, presses and liners. You’ll soon be crafting sausages and burgers that far surpass the shop-bought varieties. Whether you’re making jams and marmalades, pickles or other fermented foods, ice creams or yoghurts, pasta or pizzas, pastry, or homemade burgers and sausages, you’ll find all the essential homemade cooking kit and accessories you’re looking for. Whilst you’ve got homemade food on the mind, you may like to take a look at our selection of barbecues and pizza ovens and our bakeware. And browse our picnicware in case you fancy eating your homemade creations al fresco.