A lifestyle blog
I could never class myself as a foodie blogger but I do try, though it would never be described as haut cuisine. Comfort is how I would describe most of the things I produce, and if it can all be done in one pan then I am all over it. This is where my recipes, restaurant reviews and kitchen appliance reviews live. And badly shot photos of food in general.
coffee This time last year I didn’t drink the stuff. Couldn’t stand it. Avoided the likes of Starbucks and Costa because I felt a fraud asking for a mug of Earl Grey. One Earl Grey teabag in a gallon of boiling water in a paper cup is never going to the be taste sensation I want it to be for £4.20. And then a thing happened. We went to
Tuscany holds special memories for me. It is where Mr B proposed. In Florence. In the Uffizi? Nope? On the Ponte Vecchio? Nope. But on one knee in a Tapas restaurant. Something I blogged about here: Six years ago today and so when I was asked if I would like to blog a Tuscan recipe for #TuscanyNowCookOff well how could I refuse. The email I got was so lovely and
Mixed berry frozen yogurt Now that my recipes are award winning… what? You didn’t know? Oh yes dear reader. Remember my strawberry cheesecake recipe? Well it won a competition run by Netmums: Slow Cooked Strawberry Cheesecake AND is set to be mentioned in a national newspaper on Thursday, complete with the picture in took. Uh huh. I KNOW. Maybe I can cook after all. Okay so cook is
Last week the youngest teen cheerfully announced that she was being challenged by her best friend to be a vegetarian for a week. Oh. Great. This means that muggins here needs to now cook three meals every night as I do one for her, one for Jonnie, and then one for Mr B and I. Marvellous. Or we all go veggie. Hmm. That might be do-able actually. Especially since Netmums
This should be renamed “It’s 5pm and mum has no idea what to do for dinner so has slung all these random ingredients together and called it Chicken and Chorizo Risotto”. But I have to say it is super tasty, very healthy, and a complete doddle to cook. Even for the world’s worst cook like me 5.0 from 1 reviews Chicken and Chorizo Risotto Print Prep time 10 mins Cook
It is no secret that I am a tea obsessive. I think the next time I cut myself it will be tea that comes out, not blood. Getting a cup of tea is the first thing I think about in the morning and I can’t really think properly until I have had one. I drink it by the bucket load, not from dainty cups (though I admit that tea in
The lovely people at Gousto asked if I would review one of their “recipe boxes”. So, let me just think about that – one less shopping trip, one less “what can I do with this selection of ingredients that have jumped into my trolley unaided” moment. Durrrr – yes please. So, the box arrived on time – they give you a delivery date and it turns up as planned –
Yesterday was one of those days that are becoming a regular occurrence at Barrow Towers. We have a plan for the day, in this case the Boat Race. Then I see something on Twitter and mention it in a nonchalant kinda way to Mr B who looks at me and says “are we doing that then?”. I take that as being enthusiastic as it is not a categoric “you have
The Tea Maker from Sage Appliances and Heston Blumental has arrived! And boy is it fabulous Last week really was a week of two halves. Monday started with me interviewing Myleene Klass, Friday saw me in A&E for three hours with a suspected broken ankle. But in the middle something happened that made my month. My year even. A Sage tea maker arrived. You might not have heard of
Vapiano Restaurant — A review I am not a big fan of “concept” restaurants. I often feel that the concept is just that and that they don’t really work for the customer. So when I heard about Vapiano Restaurant being huge in Europe it felt like a concept restaurant. Pasta made in front of you and you had to queue to order? I have been in restaurants where they
You know how this is slang for …. well….. you know. …. take the initials of the two words and think of another phrase that has the same initials. Well I always thought it was a strange name for a restaurant, even one owned by Gordon Ramsay. But having eaten there it does feel as though that is actually what they would like their customers to do. Mr B
Yes you read that correctly, single ingredient ice cream Ice cream made from a single ingredient. So simple, even I can make it. I recently exclaimed as I looked at another revolting dinner “I really can’t cook”. J looked at me and said “yeah, you can mum”. That’s lovely I thought Until he then continued: “just not very well”. Oh So when I heard two people talking about