Every Christmas for as long as I can remember I have received a Terry’s Chocolate Orange. It is a chocolate which makes me think of Christmas because of this! I have fond memories of trying to break each one open by banging them down hard on my bedside table, to open them up and then … [Read more…]
A cake made with cucumber and mint! Have I gone mad??? Well, I think some of the mums at my playgroup thought so last week when I took it in to be eaten. It was a cake which definitely divided opinion, however, once they tried a slice, they did change their mind and only one … [Read more…]
I love this time of year because not only is it almost my birthday (which I do look forward to, until I remember how old I am going to be!), the weather is warming up and the nights are longer, but British strawberries are back and in season!!! I do find it amazing that we … [Read more…]
This month (26th June) sees the release of the new Minions Movie, which my two boys are looking forward to seeing, after they both enjoyed the two Despicable Me films. In homage to the new Minions Movie, Green Giant Sweetcorn have asked some bloggers to create a fun Minion inspired mealtime creation, using their sweetcorn.
As regular readers to my blog will know, I am often making recipes based on whatever I can lay my hands on in my house that day. I rarely stick to recipes , despite my huuuge collection of recipe books! Often my recipes are an accident because I have an idea but when I go … [Read more…]