Hello Monday! I am feeling particularly perky, as today is the first day in a month that everyone appears to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and ready and raring to go. I might even have a whole Monday where I can get a decent amount of work done and get back to my semi-abandoned blog! I've probably jinxed that now, and someone else will get sick, but for the moment, I'm running with it. This ...
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How to make festive Chocolate Spoons
Hello! Been laying low a bit this last week- family illness plus general Christmas busyness has meant that my focus has been elsewhere, although we've still found time to make these fabulous chocolate spoons! Ideal for stirring and melting in warm milk, they make a great stocking filler, or attractive when displayed in a pretty small vase/mug. Freddie and Sasha loved helping me make these, ...
This Year’s Christmas Cake
Every year I make a Christmas cake, using my family's traditional recipe. Once the cake has had a few weeks to be soaked in booze, it's retrieved from its tin, and decorating it completes this much-loved culinary ritual! I'd decided to decorate it earlier than usual this year, as we'd often leave it until a few days before Christmas Day, when there was so much other food around that it often got ...
Our Festive Home
It's that time of year again when I can once more get excited about giving our home a total makeover, that lasts for approx one month, before it all comes down and normal service is resumed once more! It's actually quite weird if you think about, all this temporary house decorating for what is essentially one day, but hey, I LOVE the festive period, and a festive home, so there is no way I'm ...
The Gratitude Express- Turning 31 Special
On Saturday I turned 31, significantly less daunting than turning 30, although it's always a little disappointing that the older you get, the less special birthdays tend to be ( especially if you spend your birthday ill. Have I mentioned this enough yet?!). I guess that's what's so great about having children, that you can really give them a fabulous, magical birthday instead. Birthday planning ...
World’s Best Sausage Rolls!
I have to admit that I'm a bit of a pastry fiend. Sweet or savoury, I could eat the stuff all day, but I refrain as I would be the size of a house! However, once the festive season is upon us, I allow myself to indulge as much as possible, and I have to say that these sausage rolls are to die for <modest> What's good about these babies is that you can make them in advance and freeze a load, ...
