This easy recipe was given to me by my mother-in-law along with a huge supply of lemons. I believe she pinched the recipe from the venerable Claudia Roden. This cake is made from very basic fridge/pantry items so you won't be trekking all over for exotic ingredients. It also has the advantage of being light [...]
Extra kilos always seem to come with a bonus helping of guilt, repulsion and self-pity. For many people this is of course a vicious cycle - a higher weight than expected on the scale results in pity relieved by excess consumption, which results in guilt and there we go all over again. Those feelings are [...]
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 [...]
I recently decided that I was going to adjust my eating habits. This is the bit where I get all accountable. I had some small wins. I haven't been snacking just for the hell of it. I have however been snacking for sheer pleasure. When I'm not hungry. So while that isn't perfectly ideal from [...]
In my day.. In the good old days, life was better. Men worked and women stayed home, kept the house, looked after the kids and wore frilly aprons over pretty dresses. photo credit: KimmiK Everyone knew their place and life was simple and modern issues of career vs career and whose turn it is to [...]
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