M&S Carrot Chutney
We found out late last week that Jit would be going to London with work, so at the last-minute I had to change our meal plan to cater for his eating needs on his business trip. I had planned for a nut...
View ArticleRecipe | American Pancake Stack (revisited)
As you may have guessed by now, I am not American, but I do love a bit of American food having been over there a few times and this is why I just HAD to recreate the pancake stack in vegetarian stylee!...
View ArticleTomato, Sweet Pepper and Chilli Soup
Jit has come down with the lurgy that is flying around Manchester at the moment, so in a bid to help boost him up and give him a huge dose of vitamin C to help him fight it off, I decided to make him a...
View ArticleDays Out | Tatton Park
As you probably know by now, I absolutely LOVE the great outdoors and am so lucky to have some fantastic places that we easy to get to from home and don’t cost the earth to visit and Tatton Park is no...
View ArticleIt’s that time of year again…
Not to be one to bandy the C word around early on in the year, but it is that time of year again. You know, the time where you exchange gifts with your friends and family and enjoy some down time at...
View ArticleMake It | Crochet Coasters
As I mentioned yesterday in my post about the “C” word (and it’s not crochet, in case you’re wondering!) I have started getting my crafts done for presents during the festive season. I have started...
View ArticleTime to myself…
Jit is going away for a few days to London with work and however much I would love to be tagging along again, I do have my business to run and I thin the cats wouldn’t forgive me for another trip so...
View ArticleHow to cook brown or green lentils
Any self respecting vegetarian or vegan will have a full stock of varying lentils because of how amazingly flexible they are (and that they are packed with goodness!) but knowing how to get them just...
View ArticlePrivacy Policy
So that I can make a little bit of pocket money for craft materials and camping trips, I use third part advertising to help build some revenue for me (it’s not a lot, but it all adds up!) So that you...
View ArticleChickpea, Kale and Tomato Stew
It has been SO rainy here in Manchester (don’t say a word…!! I know what you are thinking!!) this past week and the wind has been blowing a gale! It seems as though Autumn is finally making an...
View ArticleAirbnb for the holidays
I’m not sure whether I told you about our ‘recent’ (I think it was October) trip down to London… So I thought as I have been immersed in some more Airbnb* searching that I would share it with you now....
View ArticleBreville Blend Active Review
I mentioned some time ago that I bought the Breville Blend-Active Personal Blender Family Pack, White and Green because I was getting really fed up of boring breakfasts and wanted to inject some...
View ArticleToasties
Ha! I have just been looking through my backed up photos on Google and I came across this one – some toasties which became the epitome of the majority of our lunches while we have having the new...
View ArticleHow to cook Soybeans in a Pressure Cooker
I have been so chuffed with my Morphy Richards 46641 Pressure Cooker, 6 L – Stainless Steel since I bought it because it has enabled me to quickly rustle up bean meals in a jiffy or run up some houmous...
View ArticleHow to cook Black Eyed Beans in a Pressure Cooker
You may have noticed that I love my pressure cooker! It has saved me so much money and time since buying it, and I have even considered doing a tally this year of how much I have saved by not buying...
View ArticleQuick and Easy Flat Bread
We have soup in our meal plan on a weekly basis and recently took to making my own bread to have with it. I used to have a bread maker, but it ended up collecting dust in our under stairs cupboard so I...
View ArticleRoasted Vegetable Toad
I wasn’t really sure on the name Roasted Vegetable Toad for the sole reason that I have never really understood whether the ‘toad’ was the sausage or the Yorkshire pudding? If you know, please do share...
View ArticleAvocado Smush Smoothie
Yum, greenish smoothie! Yep, it’s the Avocado Smush Smoothie! …and why is it called that I hear you ask… Well, it is because the avocado was slightly over ripe and smushy, simple hey? To be honest,...
View ArticleHugh’s Magic Dough
If you are anything like me, you LOVE to watch cookery shows (OK, so it might actually be an obsession when most of your Humax is food!) and I absolutely love cookery books too. I flit between my...
View ArticleSpicy Squash, Butter bean and Chickpea Slow Cooker Stew
I love coming home from my evening walk to the delicious smell of food cooking away in the slow cooker and reception it gave Jit yesterday was fantastic! This spicy squash, butter bean and chickpea...
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