A blog full of food with a little craftyness thrown in!
When a reader recently asked me for some veggie recipes for the BBQ, I must admit I was a little stumped. My BBQs tend to be pretty meat-heavy affairs… However, I’m trying to eat more vegetarian food in general these days so I decided to […]
It’s been a very exciting week in my kitchen so far; I’ve been busy playing with my new toy… This fabulous ThermoCook! I am so excited to welcome this beast into my kitchen army! Can’t wait to put it through its paces. #Optimum #ThermoCook @froothieuk […]
I never intended for this salad to make it into a blog post. I made it for our dinner last night, inspired by this wonderful Puy Lentil, Beet and Mozzarella Salad made by Jac at Tinned Tomatoes and posted quick snaps of it online. As […]
It’s good to be back! Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet over the festive period but it has been manic for us. We had 9 over for Christmas dinner in our little house and I think I’ve been recovering from the ordeal ever since. It […]
In the UK, we seem to have some kind of obsession with carbohydrates. Most meals here seem to be at least 50% carbs and the sad fact is it’s slowly making a lot of people here overweight. You see, most people don’t think a meal […]
This is one of my go-to desserts for the slow cooker. It is so easy and yet so delicious you will want to make it again and again! I used my new Netherton Foundry slow cooker for this recipe again and was very impressed with […]
Lunches at work are a problem for me. I lost around 3 stone towards the end of 2013, so in an attempt to maintain that loss I’m trying to eat healthily and cut out unnecessary calories where possible. It’s so easy to pop out to […]
Don’t you just hate those people who create recipes with the word ‘surprise’ in the title but no ACTUAL surprise in the dish? Yeah, me too! Well, this frozen yogurt has a real surprise up its sleeve. You see, it’s called lemon meringue surprise and […]
I like to think of Hummus as the Marmite of the Middle East. People I talk to about it either love it, or they detest it. Of course, there are always some people who will say they don’t feel strongly about it, but I’m never […]
Have you checked out my Pinterest board on ‘Napkin Crafts’ yet? I don’t know about you but I was amazed at the amount of things you can do with napkins! So cheap, too. If you haven’t looked at it yet, check out the link at […]
