As a perfectionist, it can be easy to cast a disparaging eye over someone else's trolley in the checkout queue and think "I'm way too awesome to eat lean cuisine". Hell, I've done it. (Sorry). Well you aren't so awesome when it's 9:00pm on a Tuesday night, you're starving and you end up in a [...]
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 [...]
The gift of taking joy in eating and cooking is one of the best things you can give a child. Encouraging the natural curiosity and urge to touch, smell and take pleasure in food is a gift that will be lifelong. The power and beauty in a healthy understanding of where food comes from and [...]
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 [...]
Ok so maybe it is a little cold for salad, but this one does have a little bit of chilli to warm you up. I'm making it for dinner tonight because it is easy (and I like easy) and it tastes pretty good too! (This does not purport to be an authentic Thai style salad.) [...]
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