Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Click here for our weight conversions chart Pre-heat your oven to 200c Note: I used a 9 x 12 inch oven proof dish for my cobbler, but one of a similar size would work just as well. Start by cutting the peaches in half and taking the stones out. Slice the peach halves thinly and [...]
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Click here for our weight conversion chart This salad will serve 6-8 people Start by cooking the two types of rice according to the instructions on the packet Drain and set to one side Peel and thinly slice the two red onions and fry lightly in some olive oil and splash of balsamic vinegar until [...]
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Welcome to my first video, the first of many I hope. Go easy on me as we get to grips with the brand new and very exciting medium of film (we’re working on the sound, it was a breezy day!) One of things I love about having this site is being able to communicate and [...]
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
I seem to be eating Cherries by the punnet at the moment and considering it a meal. I’m not kidding. I’ll pull a whole punnet of cherries out of the fridge, wash them and then eat the whole lot. Of course my tummy will begin to hurt a little bit due to the vast quantities [...]
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Good morning! Can you see me squinting in the sun? Those eyes are tired eyes. Eyes that are a wee bit itchy all day long. Eyes that don’t fully open no matter how much coffee or tea I drink. On Saturday morning Robert woke up with the babies and gently tried to wake me up. [...]
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Click here for our cooking and food conversion chart! You will need an 8 inch round, non-stick cake tin for this recipe. Pre-heat your oven to 190c In a large mixing bowl, sift in the flower and then add the baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar and mix together. Cut the chilled butter into [...]
Friday, June 25th, 2010
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 [...]
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
This past Saturday we made the most of the sun and had our lunch outside. I bought my twin girls and husband over to see Cherry & Robert (Cha-Cha & Rot-Bot as they are more commonly known) and we cooked them lunch. Our motivation was that this would most probably be the last time my [...]
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Spinach, Prosciutto & Goats Cheese Salad – serves 2 adults Click here for our cooking & weight conversion chart There is a certain spinach salad that I order every time I eat in a certain Italian restaurant. I eat it with such gusto that even though I order a large portion I nearly always contemplate [...]
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
When you are pregnant all of the foods that you are supposedly not ‘allowed’ to eat suddenly become irresistible. Take this Crab Salad for instance. Shellfish is not encouraged during pregnancy and so I had to make myself a tiny wee portion of this salad ‘sans crab’. It was important that I had at least [...]
