How to Make Elderflower Syrup & Elderflower Syrup Recipe

Thursday, June 14th, 2012

Elderflower Syrup - 1

Making Elderflower syrup could not be easier. There are only four ingredients, the preparation doesn’t take that long and the best thing is that it can be done on a warm evening in June, out in the garden or in the kitchen with the radio on and the back door still open. I’m making syrup [...]

Fresh Mint & Elderflower Slushie

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

Fresh Mint & Elderflower Slushie x2

The hot days of summer can lull you in to a sense of dreaminess. Lying on the grass with the crook of your elbow covering your eyes. Sometimes in the garden, a park or on a sun lounger on the patio. Occasionally it’s nice to have an ice-cream but they can be a bit creamy [...]

Strawberry Daiquiri Recipe

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Strawberry Daiquiri 1

Last year we went down to our local pick your own site for our strawberries – you can read about it here, so this year we decided to grow our own strawberries, and they are doing very well indeed. So red and incredibly juicy. So, we figured what better way to enjoy them than within [...]

Mango Margarita Recipe

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

June Giveaway -

What better way to enjoy a little summer tipple than to sip it from one of these gorgeously kitsch margarita glasses. You may remember that we gave away these glasses in our June giveaway, these margarita glasses are made from melamine and are ideal to take outdoors and use at BBQ’s and picnics all summer [...]

Blueberry Smoothie

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Blueberry Morning Glory Smoothie Recipe 1 - Cherry Menlove

This recipe is GREAT if you can’t do the whole ‘breakfast thing’ as soon as you wake up. I know that breakfast is very important but some of us need to be up and about for at least an hour before we start another day of shoveling food down our gullets so this smoothie acts [...]