Tomorrow I am hosting the family Christmas do (again). Surprisingly (for anyone who has ever met me or read one of my blog posts) I'm rather relaxed. I'm keeping it simple. Ok, so we don't have an elegant matching decoration theme (unless you count half-chewed-by-cats tinsel strewn across the floorboards with baubles and other christmas [...]
I recently posted the first in a series of I don't know how many yet, on how to plan your meals. This is the second part in the series. This is the bit where you will write a master list. This list is not your weekly shopping list. This list forms the basis for everything [...]
There is something special about the combination of white chocolate and raspberries. Tart, sweet and indulgent. Combined into a muffin or cupcake, they are elevated into something great. This muffin is one I pinched from Delicious magazine. The muffins have a light buttery crumb and are studded with sparky raspberries and chunks of white chocolate. [...]
I wrote this in response to Sunili's comment on my risotto recipe. It might be time-consuming but I really believe that writing meal plans and shopping lists can help you to eat better more balanced meals and save money too. However, a lot of meal plans are set up so that while you eat nice, [...]
Everybody likes cupcakes. Besides being tragically cute, the small portions make us feel a little less Miss Piggy and a little more Grace Kelly. And I've never met a man who has refused one of my cupcakes, even when decorated with pink fluffy clouds of buttercream icing. The best bit is that cupcakes are as [...]
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