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The Social Isolation Diaries — Week 12 and It is hard to believe that we are still living with a deadly virus in our midst anymore. If you look out the window, certainly where we are, traffic is pretty much back to normal, children are now beginning to walk back to school, and the queues for supermarkets don’t feel as long. At the beginning of the week we were being
Did you know you could make a slow cooker strawberry cheesecake? People often associate slow cookers with stews, or casseroles, or in fact anything savoury. And most definitely wintery. It is less often associated with sweet things. Like cheesecake. Cheesecake? In a slow cooker? I know.. I know… you think I have finally lost the plot. But trust me, this works, and it says “summer” like nothing else. And I
My apple punch recipe is a really simple non alcoholic drink, perfect a family get together (when we can have them again). I was asked a little while ago if I would like to work with Jazz Apples, providing them with a recipe that would be featured in their latest e-book. I jumped at the chance! Ten fellow bloggers were asked to submit their favourite recipes featuring Jazz Apples
Lazy chicken, ciabatta and green bean tray bake is a really simple and quick supper. Since lockdown our days have been much more lazy, more laid back and less clock watching. Whilst I still get up at the same time every day, and go to bed at the same time, the hours in between just merge and before I know it it’s 5pm and keen to get in front of
I think we probably all want to say a big thank you to the NHS, don’t we? One of the things I really want to take away from the Coronavirus, and remember in years to come is the NHS finally getting the recognition it rightly deserves. Without wishing to get political, for years it has been under-funded, in some cases abused, and yet always there for us when we need
When your first grandchild is born during a pandemic you realise being a grandparent is not going to be how you imagined it would be. I am trying to keep a sense of perspective about the whole thing. Telling myself that at least Lily Elena, who arrived on May 20th, is safe at home with her mummy (my eldest daughter) and daddy. That they are all safe as they
The Social Isolation Diaries — Week 11 and, Well that’s it then, social isolation is over. Officially, not completely because we are still being urged to remain two metres apart but from next next week we will be allowed to meet up in groups of “up to six” in public spaces. Which has, of course, been translated into “you can now have a barbecue with all your friends and family
How to grow a gin garden Quite why I decided I wanted to plant a gin garden four years ago, I don’t know. Hell a decade ago I didn’t even like gin. But then I discovered that it was tonic water I didn’t like and that I actually did like gin. A lot. Though in my defence I do drink it with waaaayyyyyy more lemonade than any recipe would recommend
The Social Isolation Diaries — Week 10 Well this has been quite the week. First of all, the official stuff that has been going on that I want to document before I forget. We are still officially in lockdown but with some easing, so we can drive as far as we like but we can’t stay out overnight. It’s like being 10 again and knowing you have to
Percy Pig ice cream This post was originally written back in 2011 when Marks And Spencer first launched their Percy Pig ice cream lollies. The news they had now launched it in tub form came out recently and I couldnt have been more excited. Except because of the current restrictions on shopping, I cant get any! So in the meantime, here is a story of the
The Social Isolation Diaries — Week 9 Yes, fluffy socks because it has been freezing at times this week! So here we are, into week 9 of lockdown and a week after Boris made his speech setting out his “road map for easing the lock down” we are still baffled by what he was trying to say. The government’s message telling us to “Stay at home” mutated into “stay alert”
Stuff I have found myself panic buying because of Coronavirus It started with a new sideboard. Though the use of the word “new” in that sentence would imply there was an old sideboard. There wasn’t, there has never been a sideboard in this house. Yet as soon as the lockdown was announced I decided we had to have one for the office which duly arrived several days later. Knowing