2nd, 3rd & 4th May 2015 Foodies Festival, the UK’s largest celebration of food & drink returns to Brighton Hove Lawns on the 2nd, 3rd & 4th May this year, for its sixth year running! There are top chefs cooking in the Chef’s Theatre; wine, beer, and cocktails in the Drink’s Theatre and kids can learn to cook too… Read More
So most people have been consuming pancakes in large amounts over the last week, but here in this house it’s been waffles! Sweet ones, savoury ones, ones with bananas and others with just plain old sugar and lemon… with the addition of our newest kitchen gadget the Waffle Maker from Domu making waffles is actually… Read More
Most people start out January attempting to eat more healthily after a fair amount of December indulgence, then quickly lapse into bad habits as the weather gets colder and the temptation to hibernate with a pack of biscuits increases. Waitrose have created a snazzy tool to help people make some healthy food swaps, small changes to… Read More
Over the last few days I have been experimenting with Warburtons Thins as an alternative to ‘normal’ sandwiches. I was sent a variety of Thins to try out, and have been enjoying some delish filling combinations too! I tend to find that a sandwich made with bread has too much bread, which in turn can… Read More
Last Wednesday was generally wet and miserable, I had to drive 45 minutes to hospital from work in the middle of the day for a 15 minute appointment, and had various dull things to deal with at work both before and after that too. Finally the evening rolled around and with it a dinner date… Read More
I love Indian food, I think it stems from the days when I used to stay over at my first boyfriends flat which happened to be just above an okay-ish curry restaurant, but ordering from there was better than cheese and ham toasties every night! Then I moved into a pub that was just across… Read More
Summer is definitely (maybe?) on its way out, but if today was anything to go by then it’s actually still plenty warm enough for a quick trip to the park after a morning at the swimming pool! Also let’s be honest, having a toddler full of energy means even if it isn’t warm… Read More
When asked if I wanted to experiment by making some gin cocktails to taste test the Oliver Cromwell London Dry Gin from Aldi I agreed, with a lot of encouragement from Sam who loves making cocktails! Oliver Cromwell Dry Gin has picked up top medals at several prestigious drinks award ceremonies this… Read More
I used to do a lot more baking in the pre-baby days, when I could take all my baked goods into work and hand them out to avoid eating all the calories myself. Then Athena came along and apart from her Christening and Birthday cakes I reckon I’ve only baked once a month at best!… Read More
Yup, as weird as it sounds. Dangling from that crane there is a dinner table, and on Thursday that’s where I had lunch! The experience is being brought to Brighton by British Airways, and offers access to a ‘pop up’ Beach Lounge plus a very special experience to dine in the sky at 100ft.… Read More