Morphy Richards Sear and Stew – Smoky sausage casserole recipe
My OH would say I don’t need a slow cooker. We have an Aga, so in his eyes, there’s no need for a slow cooker. Which is true to an extent, but there’s a lot of stages in using an…
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3 easy delicious frozen yoghurt snacks to make with kids
I go through phases with yoghurt. Sometimes I’ll eat them all the time and others I’ll forget I’ve got some in the fridge (never fear, N usually scavenges my remaining yoghurts up). I do struggle to finish a large tub…
Wa Curry – Oxfordshire bloggers trying out new flavours
I rarely get to eat curry. The OH doesn’t eat it, N tends to have a bit at school on occasion, so it’s usually when I go out on a girls night out. Last week was such a girls night…
Golden ginger macaroons recipe
Whenever I need to provide cakes or biscuits for work birthdays, I always make these delicious golden ginger macaroons. At my old work there were a couple of colleagues who would always rave about them, and my boss has done…
Christmassy flavours with a Sticky Ginger Cake recipe from Flora
I love cake. I have a few favourites, chocolate, carrot, banana, lemon, victoria sponge…oh ok, I just like most cakes really. Being a farmer’s wife, I should really be able to bake. I can and do on occasion, although not…
Bite to eat at pop-up Jamie Oliver’s Diner, Shaftesbury Avenue
Edit 2020 – this diner is no longer open. I love eating out, especially when out and about. Yes, I could save money and pack a picnic, but then you’re dependent on the weather, finding somewhere to sit (not easy…
Chocolate & peppermint loaf cake – a Home Bargains blogger challenge
I go through phases of baking. Well, being a farmer’s wife I need to be able to bake on occasion. But then I was asked to take part in the Home Bargains blogger baking challenge in celebration of Great British…
Baking with Bake to Black recipe book
I love cake. It’s one of my downfalls, with chocolate, pastries, biscuits…oh just food in general. But cake is something that the whole of our house like. Unlike other foods which the OH will faff over and not eat if…
Easy thrown together trifle
I love trifle. I can’t say it’s my favourite dessert (too many are my favourites), but it’s right up there with them. But we only ever seem to eat it on special occasions. But recently we had some on the…
Breaking out of an eating out rut – restaurant challenge
When you’re a parent, especially a mum, life tends to change however much you try to maintain your old lifestyle. Pre-N, I would go dancing 3 to 4 nights a week, going away dancing 2 or 3 weekends a year,…
A summer of barbecues – plan vs reality
It seems that having a barbecue in our house is a lot harder than I’d ever anticipated when I said I’d review one from True Shopping. We love barbecued food (what’s not to love about meat, meat and more meat according to…
