I am blogging away like a trooper today, and no that doesn’t mean that I have some sort of wind problem from eating the cavolo nero last night, it just means that due to circumstances changing today and plans being altered, I now find myself with a far more relaxing…
Chocolate Gooey Stack
I went to Pudding Club last night, my first ever Pudding Club and the first time of meeting the lovely ladies there and amazingly I won! I was so chuffed and actually couldn’t believe it as competition was tough. My money was on a lovely raspberry mousse cheesecake, which I…
Ravioli Ricotta e Spinaci
You may think that cooking could never be romantic, but I can tell you that it is, Hubby and I have just spent the most lovely evening making ravioli together. Every third weekend we are very lucky to be able to lose the Children for the weekend and spend some…
Garganelli con le Salsicce – Garganelli with Sausage Ragu
I am so pleased that life is returning back to normal, after the move, snow, my back injury, Christmas and New Year it has been completely manic and I just haven’t found the time to Blog. Routine is back, Hubby is back at work and the children are back…
Vassilopitta – New Year Wish Cake
Well finally I’m back and so much has happened since my last blog, we have finally moved, waited nearly four weeks for broadband, had snow and been snowed in and I fell over on the ice and have been bed bound. So pretty manic as usual, not much time for…
Hollandaise Sauce
My darling Hubby made me the most amazing breakfast in bed on Saturday morning, it was just going to be poached eggs on toast until I joked that hollandaise sauce would just make it perfect. What a Princess wishes, a Princess gets ! Hubby returned with two perfect…
Happy 9th Birthday Luca – Blueberry Cake
Yeah… it’s Luca’s 9th Birthday tomorrow and we have been celebrating all weekend. We have done a major spend in Toys R Us, Olly has spent the whole weekend building Lego for him and racing on his Scalextric, he has had his chosen Birthday dinner of Chinese tonight and…
Simple Fish Pie
I have never made fish pie, for a few reason’s, one is that I have a friend called Fiona who makes the most amazing fish pie and I always felt that maybe mine would never be as good and I would always feel a little disappointed. Another reason is, it…
Chocolate Pear Temptation
My thoughts recently have been about Christmas, where will we be living, what style of house and how perfect our present home is for Christmas. I have viewed house after house, all far smaller than ours and with kitchens which frankly could never inspire me to get out there and…
Pineapple upside down cake
I came home from work tonight completely shattered but really fancied something sweet and something nice for dessert, I didn’t have much in apart from a tin of pineapple in the cupboard, so thought I’d make a pineapple upside down cake. I’ve never made one before and it must be…
