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Recipe: White Chocolate & Raspberry Cookies

Warning: This page contains cookies A little techy pun for you there (Mum, if you’re reading this, I’ll explain it later!) I’ve always been a fan of cookies. I remember being incredibly jealous when I was about 13 and went to a friend’s birthday party. Rather than having the normal birthday cake she had an enormous […]

My Monthly Five Recipes: August

August’s top recipe picks from the blogosphere and beyond Hello! Welcome to the first of my new series, ‘My Monthly Five’. Each month I will be telling you about five favourite new recipes that I have tried. If YOU have a recipe that you particularly love, whether it be one of your own or from […]

The Baptism Picnic

A Day to Remember Yesterday was my son, Seth’s Baptism. It was a beautiful occasion and we were very lucky to share it with some much loved family and friends. Pre-Picnic Panic I have to say, all was NOT smooth sailing before the big day came! We decided to invite everyone back to our […]

Tomatoes: Homemade Tomato Ketchup

Five ways with…tomatoes: Tomato Ketchup I couldn’t do a series of tomato recipes without including one for tomato ketchup. Even tomato haters have to admit that they love a bit of tommy k! This version has a nice kick to it which you can decrease or increase according to taste by adding less or more […]

Tomatoes: Prawn Pilau

Five ways with…tomatoes: Prawn Pilau ‘Hurrah!’ I hear you cry. ‘Finally, she’s done another post!’ Yes, indeed I have, and you’re in luck because this one’s a particularly yummy one and the second in my ‘Five ways with…tomatoes’ series. This recipe comes from my Mama and is both ridiculously easy and ludicrously tasty. You’re welcome! […]

Anniversary barbecue

Aah, the barbeque! What better way to celebrate 11 years of wedded bliss than cooking meat over an open flame? Yesterday was our eleventh wedding anniversary – how time flies! We celebrated with a small group of friends and family by having a barbecue at our home for the week in Derbyshire (kindly provided by my […]

Five ways with…tomatoes

I’m cheating a bit today. I’m on holiday in Derbyshire with my family and so my lovely home grown tomatoes that I was bragging about in my last post are sadly, not to hand! Instead, today, I’ll be giving you a little preview of the tomato recipes that I will be posting over the coming couple of […]

Homemade lemonade

How to make your cold drinks cooler – No.5: Drink homemade lemonade! Frankly, most things taste better when they’re homemade. PLUS they tend to be cheaper, PLUS you get to feel pretty smug. There are soooo many combinations you can try. Seriously, just type ‘drinks recipes’ into Google and see what comes up! To get […]

Recipe: Carrot and Mint Soup

Carrot and Mint Soup – Soup-herb! Hello! Today, as promised, I’ll be sharing with you my first ‘food yoga’ recipe – carrot and mint soup, (plus a little something extra to go with it!). It’s delicious, dead easy to make, low fat, suitable for vegetarians, cheap and works in Winter or Summer alike…what more could […]

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