The children have decided that bacon sandwiches are the best sandwich filling for pack lunches. Jay and Felix take it in turns to burn the bacon and fill the house with smoke at 9 o'clock at night. If Sophie prepares…
Food
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- Smokey bacon
WowWhat an amazing birthday spread, seafood platter, champagne, desert, fresh bread and real butter. How delicious and what a treat. Thank you Fi you gorgeous lady, Matt was so surprised and soo happy with this unexpected…
- Tasting tray
Our local pub serves lots of different beers, often having unusual guest beers on tap. I love trying different beers but it can get a little leery on a school night. To counteract this the pub has come up with a tasting…
- Prashad
Tinana is a vegetarian and used to having a small range of dishes to choose from when visiting a restaurant. Not tonight though, as tonight we dined at Prashad. The menu is completely vegetarian and vegan and filled…
- Taco Tuesday
Today Annie and I spent the morning in the lovely company of Nanty Nina and Aunty Tinana, eating chocolate Danishes and drinking coffee. Websatvinnthe back gardennsoaking up the sunshine whilst Annie played in the…
Jules's crumbleThe lovely Jules brought us a crumble filled with the most amazing array of tasty fruit, apple,pear,blackberry,apricot,plum and ginger. It was almost half demolished before I could even get a photo. I commented to Matt…
Spicy lamb pastiesIngredients Lamb mince Cooked Rice Curry paste Onion Carrots Peas Stock Puff pastry Sweat onions and carrots till soft. Add meat and brown. Add stock, curry paste and reduce. Add cold cooked rice and frozen peas. Roll…
The ParkI won a meal at local pub 'The Park', so after a hard day of relaxing we decided to make use of it and go out for dinner.
- Farmers market
Today we visited the farmers market at St Dogmaels. After tasting and testing many different varieties of pasta we settled on buying the beetroot and garlic with smoked ham filling and spinach with goats cheese filling…
Twinkies no winkies partyToday was our annual abbey 'Twinkies no winkies' tea party. All the girls gathered to enjoy little sandwiches (egg,cucumber and cheese), freshly made scones with jam and cream and rose lemonade. Definitely an afternoon…
- Chilli
I recently discovered the family love chilli accompanied by salsa and tortilla chips. Having a friend who sells fresh herbs and spices is very handy as I was able to text her my list and then pick the order up when I…
Warfmeadows and Otley food festivalToday we visited Otley to collect a 40l cool box from Argos. I had done some research and uncovered a nice sounding riverside walk called Warfmeadows. The area was regenerated from disused paddling pool to a play park…
- Egg and bacon muffins
This morning we enjoyed eggs baked in bacon. First of all I cooked the bacon in our muffin Tin then broke the eggs into the centre of the bacon and placed the Tin back in the oven for another seven minutes. We all liked…
- School reports
The children's school reports were issued today. Luckily ours got good reports so that means we get to go out for dinner. Normally we would go to the Chinese buffet but it seems to have gone down hill and really all…
Wedding anniversary weekendFriday dawned with blue skies and the promise of good weekend weather, perfect for a wedding reception in a field. Arriving with trailer tent entow we surprised the lovely owners who informed us that due to the bride's…