Dessert with a sprinkle of beauty.
I got my new cookbooks yesterday! Well nearly all of them, just waiting on my King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion as it took a couple of extra days to dispatch. My boyfriend came downstairs and I had books surrounding me and was diligently going through them all post-it noting all the recipes I want to…
I’m very happy and excitable today. Just when I was losing all hope of ever not having to watch every penny in my bank account, my mum phoned to tell me I had a cheque from the tax man. (She doesn’t just open my post BTW, I told her to when she said I had…
I have an addiction to cookbooks and then when I get new cookbooks going through them and post it noting every recipe I want to make. I now have loads of cookbook with lots of bits of paper hanging out of them so I probably should mark the recipes I don’t want to make! It would…
I love strawberries and when they come into season I go a bit strawberry mad (as I’m sure you’re aware…Strawberry Scones, My Dad’s Birthday Cake, Strawberry Filled Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting, you get the hint) I make smoothies and just eat them out of the fridge. I’ve had a good think about this and whilst I’m a…
Another bread recipe for you today! I love making bread, it’s therapeutic, tastes better than the store bought stuff and makes the house smell absolutely fan-bloody-tastic! 🙂
Banoffee Pie… Until yesterday I really didn’t like it and I probably still wouldn’t order it in a restaurant, but I made one yesterday and (with the cream scraped off) it was really nice! We had my parents and brother over for lunch yesterday. My boyfriend cooked an amazing spread; lemon chicken, beef in black…
Painting the house is hard work with a dog. I try and lock her out of the room I’m painting, usually this is fairly easy, but at the moment I’m painting the hall, stairs and landing, so I can’t really lock her in. I keep shouting at her and trying to shut the lounge door,…
It’s August?! Really, how on Earth did that happen? It seems like yesterday I was moving out of my parents house and into Uni, but it was almost a year ago :O Time goes by scarily fast…
