Life has been so busy recently that my crafting mojo seemed to head off on a holiday and, apart from some cakes, I’ve done hardly anything creative for a while. This always makes me twitchy as I’m at my best when scattering yarn and fabric round the house and creating a crafty mess! When the...
Every so often I get a book to review that is totally up my street, and Mission:Explore Food is that book! Not only did I get excited about it, but when I showed it to the children they loved it too – and that’s especially good as it is aimed at them. The hardback book,...
At this time of year there is always a butternut squash in my shopping basket. It’s one of my favourite vegetables as it is not only tasty, but is so versatile. We love it roasted alongside other vegetables, added to mashed potatoes, even baked in cakes, but one of our favourite dishes is butternut squash soup....
You may have noticed from my previous recipes that stilton, walnut and pancetta are some of my favourite ingredients. So when I had all three in the house at once, I knew they would have to feature together and what better than to throw some bread into the mix? This loaf is especially delicious freshly...
Hello and welcome to day 8 of the Make & Craft Blog Tour! I’m delighted to take up the baton today in this exciting magazine launch blog tour, to tell you a bit more about the magazine and give away a lovely book too! For those of you visiting my blog for the first time...
I am really excited to be taking part in the John Lewis Technology for Living project and testing a Magimix 5200XL food processor. I’ve only ever had a small food processor attachment for my Kenwood and it has never been very effective, so I was wondering how I would get on with the Magimix. After...
When I discovered Flavrbox on twitter I was really excited – really, properly excited! So I was beyond excited when they asked if I’d like to try one of their boxes. For those of you who haven’t heard of them, Flavrbox put together a monthly tasting box containing products from some fabulous UK producers, which...
I must confess that I’d never made a tarte tatin before trying this, in fact, I don’t think I’d ever eaten one! I’d seen them made on lots of tv programmes and figured, “how hard can it be?”. Well, for someone, like myself, who seems to be totally incapable of making caramel, it is quite...
I’d heard of glamping a few times so when we were offered a 3 night stay in a safari tent at Trevella Park, near Newquay in Cornwall, I jumped at the chance. You see, I’m not usually one for camping – it’s the grass, it gets everywhere! But glamping is ‘posh camping’ and whilst it...
If there’s one programme I look forward to watching each week, it’s The Great British Bake Off. As you can probably tell, I love baking and there’s hardly a day goes by when I don’t stick the oven on and bake something (hence my ever expanding waistline!). So I was delighted to be asked to...
When I saw that Scooby-Doo! Laff-A-Lympics: Spooky Games was one of the films on the Tots100 Film Club list last month, I immediately knew I had to choose it! Grace and Faith are massive Scooby Doo fans and often rush downstairs in the morning to cram in an episode before we get up! As the title suggests, Scooby...
The school Summer holidays seem to have flown past! It seems like only yesterday that the children rushed out of school with 6 free weeks ahead of them, and now they’re getting ready to go back next week. However, we seem to have done loads and it’s not over yet! At the moment we are...
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