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A few years ago I tried my hands on making dorayakis because Ash absolutely loves them. Time moved on and Ash grown up, now with a little brother in the house too. But his love for dorayaki stayed the same and it is also the…

This is a dish I haven’t had in years and just decided to give it a revisit the other night, as the love for a Hawaii pizza from a certain 11-year-old had reminded me how much I LOVE pineapple chunks in stir fries. It’s sweet…

It’s Ashleigh’s birthday and for all the birthdays in his life, I’ve produced a decorated cake for him. Over the years the cakes have gone more and more elaborate and this year, I’m just not so sure how to capture his latest favourite, Yu-Gi-Oh, in…

As an island I think we could do better at consuming our seafood. Not only a lot of people pull a funny face when they announce “I don’t eat fish”, but the rest of the fish eating population will only eat a few types of…

I feel a bit strange writing a post about a fruit, but I also feel that I need to stand up and say a few things about this fruit. Basically there are some ingredients that always make the cashier/fellow shoppers look when I pick them…

Just had my haircut in town today. Thursday in the town square is good. It’s farmer’s Market! However Northampton is a bit behind on that front. It’s lacking those cheese stalls and specialists sausage stalls, etc. Anyway, I managed to get some Sharon fruit, some…

Just finished watching Julie and Julia, it’s a film about a 30 years old woman feeling lost in her life, taking on a one year challenge of cooking all of Julia Child’s french recipes and blogging it. It is such a girly film that I…

The few days in between Christmas and New Year is always a bit weird. I feel like Christmas shouldn’t be gone just yet, and New Year should definitely not be tomorrow. I wish it’d be christmas again tomorrow! And to top things off, we’re trying…

It’s been a busy busy day and I’m soooo tired, we went to see Thomas the Tank Engine in Aylesbury! And we have tickets to go to Taste of Christmas in London http://premier-pharmacy.com/product-category/alcoholism/ tomorrow, exciting! Just a quick post tonight to say that I’m listed…

I joined Fresh from the oven lately and I’m ready to join the December challenge… whilst reading the instructions I found out something called sourdough starter, which basically it’s something you keep “alive” in your fridge for making bread… lol when I read that line…