Whilst outside tidying up the front garden I noticed my barren gooseberry bush had sprouted fruit. For years it has produced nothing, yet this year six plump berries now hang from it's spikey branches. I got very…
Food
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- Gooseberries
- Jaygo's chocolate orange bread
Ingredients 225 gr strongFlour 1/2 tsp Salt 1tbsp Oil 25gr Dark choc chips Dark choc spread 2tsp Extract of Seville orange 1 packet fast acting Yeast 1tsp sugar 150ml tepid water Mix oil,flour,choc chips,…
- Lovely day
What a lovely day. First Jay and I went and collected some turf for the back garden, then lunch and a walk to Bilton beach followed by a quick drink at the Gardeners Pub and home for an amazing tea cooked by Fraser and…
- New favourite tipple
Summery loveliness Apple juice Frozen raspberries Whizz it up in a blender Pour into champagne flute and top up with fizz. Yum.
- Detox
Currently Matt and I are on a detox diet for a month. We have given up meat, dairy, caffeine and sugar, basically allow our favourite things. The children are amused and bemused. Sophie is very supportive and kind…
- Rhubarb jam
A lovely friend has given me some Rhubarb from her allotment. Ordinarily I would freeze a batch but since we currently are freezerless that isn't an option. For tea we are having baked potatoes. I feel inspired to make…
Golden awardSophie won the golden award at school today. It is awarded in a special assembly once a week to the pupils who have preformed outstandingly in both their lessons and attitude. As her reward for getting a certificate…
Homemade muesliWhen I was little I used to go and stay with my Nana and Grandad. For breakfast there was homemade muesli. It was all natural with no added sugar and to my sugar saturated taste buds eating it was akin to chewing…
Friday treatsMatt has the day off today, so he, Annie and I enjoyed brunch our local Italian bistro 'Cafe Rosso'. The food was delicious. We all shared a massive plate of antipasto and toasted breads beautifully rounded off by a…
First bbqBelow are some pictures from the first bbq of the year. The friends were lovely, the food was delicious and the children had a great time decorating eggs. What a brilliant start to the bbq season.
- For Nanty Nina's friend Kate
This Lemon drizzle mufffin recipe comes highly recommended by everyone at Dragondrop.
- Sophie's turn to choose the meal
Sophie brought home two certificates so she got to choose both main meal and desert this evening. After being gently steered away from home made sushi she eventually settled on homemade pizza and banoffee pie. Everyone…
- Coq au vin
Matt made the most delicious dinner tonight, Coq au vin. We drank French wine and enjoyed the company of our lovely French friend and her family. C'est tres Brian ( my predictive text changed bien to Brian which I…
- So much cake, so little time
Toy Library clothes swap went well. I had four lovely friends who turned up to help out and I think that most of the profits came from us buying cake. We had all baked and the decision of what cake to buy was so…
Lemon drizzle muffinsThe other day, Felix brought home a recipe for lemon drizzle muffins. He isn't taking food tech as a gcse, so I queried him as to why he was carrying around random recipes for baked goods. He explained that a girl in…