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Food

  • Brand New (Rolling) Pin

    This morning I was reading an article by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall about cooking with children. Please put that old joke down! I know we all like children just couldn’t eat a whole one! Anyway now that that’s out of the way – cooking with the aid of children – when I was little or younger (which… Read more

  • December 8th

    Ok so the making a post every day isn’t really working out. There have been two reasons for this – the minor one is that I was away over the weekend doing my Christmas Visits and the major reason is that our internet at home is on the blink. Right now I’m on my lunch… Read more

  • A Taste Of Your Life

    I’ve watched this programme and I’ve often wondered what would mine be. While the programme seems to have dishes for me it’s single things – Fry’s Chocolate Cream and After Eights remind me of my Granddad on my fathers side and Apple Tart, a fry for your tea and most importantly Christmas Pudding remind me… Read more

  • Weight Watchers

    Myself and my mother went back last week.  I weighed in 2st 2.5lbs above my goal weight.  I can confirm that the majority of that is chocolate and for the most part I enjoyed every last mouthful.  Anyway after a week of pointing (I can almost do this in my sleep) and tracking (this I… Read more

  • Ooops!

    This is the post were The Vintage Kitten will kill me hence the Ooops!  When I last posted we were off to my sisters for dinner as it was my mothers 60th.  For starters we had scallops on a bed of parsnip (i think) with a mixed leaf salad and here it is: It was… Read more

  • Dinner

    Last Friday was my mothers 60th Birthday and tonight we’re all having dinner out in my sisters new house. I have to admit I’m looking forward to it.  Her boyfriend (sisters) is going to be doing the cooking and rumour has it that he is rather good at it too.  I promise I’ll take pics… Read more