As much as I enjoy cooking and baking for my family, it is always nice when I do not have to and to have someone else prepare a meal for me instead. I suppose as a family we eat out maybe once a month, sometimes more like if we are away on holiday. There was … [Read more…]
This Spooktacular Halloween Pavlova would make an impressive centrepiece. Marshmallowy meringue filled with a chocolate cream and raspberries, topped with more of the same plus chocolate soil, raspberry blood coulis and meringue ghosts and chocolate spiders. Try if you dare….. Halloween is such a great excuse to get creative when I bake and make some … [Read more…]
This is a review of a Meg Rivers Simnel Cake : The Gift of Cake by Post. Discover more about this artisan baker, the history of Simnel cake and more details about how you can send their cakes as gifts. With Mother’s Day almost here, I am sure that many of us are considering how … [Read more…]
When I was asked if I would like to review hiring a Rug Doctor, it made me think about the carpets in my house and how in the 4 and a half years we have lived here, I have never cleaned my carpets. In fact I think that in the whole time I have lived … [Read more…]
As a family, we do not eat out very often. When we do, we tend to visit the same eating establishments as I have two fussy eaters who are not open to trying new foods. Now my boys , and their daddy and I, are big fans of pasta so it came as a surprise … [Read more…]