Content
Have you ever just wanted half a can of something and popped the rest in the fridge and forgot about it? Or had some leftovers and thought, "that could be useful" and put it to the back to be found 6 months later. Or have a pack of 5 sausages and only wanted 3? The other day, I popped open the fridge to find the following:1/2 can of beans.2 random sausages1/2 leftover chorizo sausage1
This weekend, Kris and I went to the church we're hoping to get married in next year. It's a beautiful little village church. My family are recorded to have been living in the village since the 1100's, and records of them live in the church in loads of different ways.The lady showing us around asked for my family name - when I told her she excitedly took me to the trunk near the vest
Homemade wholewheat pizzasFor personal reasons, I've been away from my blog.The end of last year bought many shocks. The Big One, being that the woman who taught me how to cook since I was old enough to walk, was diagnosed with cancer. I used to sit on her counter-top as we cooked together. She planted the seed that made me love cooking and see it as a joy instead of a chore and most importa
The weather outside is frightful, well, it is here anyway, but there's no fire that's delightful. Just a lot of ice and thick jumpers! The past four days have seen us scraping a thick hard frost off our windscreens and being wrapped up in multiple layers. Scarfs so thick they look like neck braces and shoes so packed with socks you look like you have gout. It's bl
Scrooges can't deny it any longer, Christmas is coming, and with it, a ton of festive cheer. No matter what your reason behind the season, there is a definite tinge of the holidays coming up. Excitement is every where, I just came back from a week in York, and it goes all out there. Nothing better than walking down a street, exactly the same as it was hundreds of years ago, all dressed up f
I give to you: The most orange soup you'll ever make! Here are the main ingredients on a scale of orangeyness:-Butternut squash (My eyes! The orange!)-Carrots (like the epitome of orangeness)-Sweet potato (sweet mother of orange!)-Mango (er... yellow)-Onion (...orangey white...no? No...)But it does not contain actual orange.Really, I promise!Though it did nearly have pumpkin in it. But th
Good morning!I am a blogger. If you are reading this, then there is a high chance you are too. If not (hello mum!) then you're probably a friend of mine, or someone I know through other blogs. However I know you, you're here and you're reading this blog.I swear to god, I have a point.I'm not sure how many of you know of the recent twitter dispute that happened between a highly r
I have a wee confession to make. I have never watched the Great British Bake Off.You'd think it would be right up my alley, 12 'homebakers' having a good old fashioned bake off, along with technical challenges and lots of dough. But we were in the process of moving and decorating when it started, and by the time I found I had actual time to watch TV, the final had rolled around.By c
Ahh winter is among us. Waking up in the morning now requires more clothing than a trip to the arctic. First foot out of bed, then slippers, then dressing gown, then blanket, followed by a nice warm shower and cup of tea. Winter has wrapped itself around us, not that here in England you can really tell the difference. It just means we can put the heating on and enjoy the rain splattered view f
Corr blimey, this last few weeks has been hectic. Not as hectic as some (I send out many congratulations to some of my fellow bloggers who just became mums. You guys know who you are!) but it's been busy enough to leave it waaaay to late to cook, take decent pictures on my rubbish camera (of which only takes good photos when the light in my kitchen is natural) and post about
The health kick continues.By health kick, I mean dramatic reduction of the consumption of curly wurlys, crisps & packets of revels. I'm unsure of whether these are purely British junk food delicacies but I assure you, they are tempting, fattening & addictive as anything. Especially those bloody revels! Argh!Alas, I now live with a boy who can gorge on these things and stay trim. So
So I'm on a bit of a health kick at the moment. After 4 weeks of decorating, living out of boxes and eating rubbish, my body is craving some proper attention. But it also wants junk food. Lots and lots of junk food. I make porridge in the morning, my body goes - "Actually now, we want pancakes for breakfast" I'll make a salad for lunch, my body goes "I hate salad now&qu
Well, I did promise I'd post it today.I can't tell you how much better my new kitchen is for taking pictures. That big window is saving me a fortune on lamps!As far as I can tell, this Birthday cake went down well, there's about 3/8ths of it left. It provided a few drink related jokes "I'll have 3 fingers of Cake please" and even broke Kris' dad's pact of "
Well, we've moved in!The best thing about having my own place is the kitchen. I love having my own space to work in, put things where I want and make it my home without being in the way of others. Plus I really REALLY like having my own fridge.Don't get me wrong, I miss my family like hell. I miss the noise, the clutter (shh, yes even the clutter) I miss my mum being there on tap for cu
So, we're moving in Saturday! After 3 weeks of endless decorating, fixing badly done jobs, leveling, drilling and car trips full of stuff.... We can finally move into our first home!And now my Kitchen is all up & running...READ THE FULL POST »
Hello all,It's been all go here at the house these past few days. Now the painting is done and dried, our oven is wired in and working, plus we've filled the kitchen with a few bits and bobs. It's starting to look and feel more like home and less like a building site... Which is always a positive.Before I move onto the house update, I thought I'd share the results of my Auntie
Oh boy, am I tired!A whole week has passed since they keys to our new home were dropped into our anxious first time buyer hands, but what a week it's been.For starters, we finished painting last night. The final coat was put onto our living room wall, and then we excitedly gathered up the dust sheets to look at our hard work.Man, it looks good. Maybe it's because we did it all ourselves
Once again I've been away from my blog & cooking. This time, I have a reason - I don't have an oven or fridge yet!No time to chat, in fact I've no time for anything at the moment. My life is a swirl of documents, furniture, dimensions, paint colours, and masking tape. I've hardly any time for cooking either. Only very basic meals that can be eaten on the go. I don't ha
Good morning all from slightly warmer England!I'm officially broke....Because we just bought our first home!Yup, the contracts have been exchanged and me & my fiancee now own a beautiful Victorian terrace on a teeny little old style street. We get the keys Friday. Whoop!The downside is, all my money is going on nice new house stuff, like shelves & paint. I haven't the money to b
Hello there!I have returned from my Holiday & Birthday celebrations. Woo!I have also returned slightly larger than I left thanks to all the fab food on offer too. So back onto a healthy regime I am! Lots of vegetables, healthy snacks, exercise & what some call "super foods". I have no idea what the actual definition of a Super-food is, but it sounds so fantastic, that I named
I am on a major countdown to the weekend. I'm going on holiday Monday and returning on my birthday Friday, so you probably won't see a post from me in a fair few days. So before I combust with excitement of my impending holiday, birthday and house move - I give you Barbecue Chicken Fajita Bowls.You'll excuse that there is no pictures of them being made. Quite frankly, I was too bloo
Breaking news here in the UK. It's actually freaking sunny. I'm not even talking about a few brief glimpses between the rain clouds. I'm talking about full on, putting on a sundress & in desperate need of an ice lolly, brilliant hot sunshine. There is bright blue skies, hardly any clouds and ... oh.. yeah British men feeling the need to walk around without shirts on & pull
Good day all!So my thoughts on Saturday were: What am I going to cook this weekend?The answer it seems, is cookies.Cookies are my all time favourite treats. Possibly single handedly to blame for about 80% of my after college weight gain. Frankly, I blame the Rugrats. When I was younger, I would sit and watch it and after Angelica would sit and scream for cookies...well... I had to have some to
Hey all.So I had a week or so off from blogging and cooking due to lack of appetite & no spare time. Yeah I know, wah wah, poor little old me.Nah, it's not that bad.We're in the very stressful process of getting our first home (they tell it's stressful, but they don't really tell you how stressful), and so most of my day is spent on the phone, at work, in meetings or crossing
In memory of Terry, Barry & James.You may, or may not have noticed my absence on the blog lately, again. It's not through any fault of my own, I've pretty much had the week from organized hell. You know those weeks where you literally say "Can it seriously get any worse/busy/terrifying?" Well, that pretty much sums up the last couple of weeks.READ THE FULL POST »
It's going to be a short one today, I have a busy week ahead, and my to-do list is about 12 miles long. Not that you're here to read about my to-do lists or hectic week. You're here to see some pictures of food, and I don't blame you, after all this blog isn't called Boring, Lists & Appointments. It's food, Fork & Good. Good food, and...forks. We like forks rou
I wanted chow mein. I wanted chicken nuggets. A legend was born.I'm a big old fan of experimentation in the kitchen. Yes, it creates monstrosities such as the "egg white casserole" which came out looking like bird spit pie. But it also, on rare occasions, creates something so amazingly awesome, I'm surprised it's come out of my kitchen.Such is the story of the of the Chow
Let's get one thing out of the way. I love soup! Whilst I've been off sick, I literally had it everyday. I'm not one to let a little thing like not being able to smell affect the quality of what I'm eating either. Of course, I had a nice big selection of root vegetables, tomatoes, spices, legumes, herbs & fruits. Let the soup making commence!Now, as usual there were some d
I'm feeling pretty lucky today, my feet landed firmly on the right side of the bed. First, I found a fiver whilst 'tidying' my room up. We won nearly £50 on three scratchcards, the sun is shining, I won a book & I finally got some ground almond to make some cookies this weekend.Oh, and the biggest thing of all. My appetite is back. WHOOPEE!It flooded back just before I got to m
Ergh, what a week. You may (or may not) have noticed my absence from all things foodie. No posts, no tweets, not even a check of Facebook. No fear, I haven't roamed off into the realm of "lost food bloggers", a dilapidated world where frustrated and under appreciated food bloggers throw their blogs and dreams with it.Nah, First I had a funeral, then I was without internet, then I
I'll hold my hand up and be honest. I haven't actually had the time to cook these past few days. Once again life gets in the way. My little list of 'to cook' has pretty much remained the same length.Before you click that little red x in the corner of your screen, I should probably explain. I've been away from home and unwell. Cooking, in fact food in general, has been the
Afternoon all. Today I'm recovering from my four day weekend of celebrations, shopping, Village fairs, baking and general awesomeness. I'm coming down off a four day sugar high and the hangover does not feel good... but it does feel worth it. There was a lot of tasting to be done, and a lot of cakes to make.The best thing about 4 days off from work is that it feels like mini holiday, a
Spring is in full swing here in Jolly Old England and everyone is all hyped up on event fever. We have the Jubilee, the Olympics and best of all, a 4 day weekend coming up. With such a full calendar, out comes our bunting & our cups & saucers. It's tea time.I personally, am not very fussy when it comes to tea. I love it. I will drink any kind you throw at me. Earl grey, Fruit, Gr
I'm gonna go ahead and warn you all that I'm not with it at all today. It's really warm and sunny still here in good old England, which means we enjoyed lots of festivities over the weekend. We spent a sun drenched afternoon having barbecue with some good friends. I had a lovely massage done in the morning, and spent a few hours at a 4th birthday party. (Turkey Dinosaurs and carrot
It is so lovely & hot here in England at the moment. Considering we've just had torrential rains, floods & tornadoes, a little bit of sunshine and warmth is exactly what we needed.In typical British fashion, the second the sun came out, so did a hoard of barbecuing Brits in their board shorts & crop tops. Doesn't matter how warm it actually is, if the sun is out, so are our s
High on a dusty shelf in my bright red bedroom, lies a stack of well read old books. The youngest one is 50 years old and the oldest is close to 100. Rested on top, under an awesome pair of castanets, lies a tiny little memo book, filled with scribbles and ideas of recipes from a different generation. It's so old that we aren't sure if it's my great grandma's or my great great g
A friend of mine asked for a cinnamon swirl recipe that wasn't too fattening but didn't taste like sawdust. A challenge for any learning cook such as myself. But god do I love a challenge. We all know that by changing a few teeny ingredients you can make a recipe lower in fat/calories, but we also know that changing things from an established recipe can end in disaster. The best advice
