Happy Friday lovely Kerry Cooks readers! And a million sighs of relief were uttered as the first full working week after Christmas came to an end! Here’s what I’ve been getting up to this week…
A fun trip to Ikea to scope out sofas and get a few other bits and bobs with Erin. I’m pretty indecisive so it looks like we’re keeping the old sofa!
I bought the first edition in the 30 Best Loved Recipes series, which features short recipe books using popular brands. I thought the first edition was definitely worth buying at 99p, but I doubt I’ll be buying future versions at £3 a go. Sarah from Maison Cupcake wrote about the series here. The first two books, Dairy Milk and Lyle’s Golden Syrup were cute and had some interesting recipes, including some I would definitely try like Chocolate Mud Pie. There were also some completely laughable ‘recipes’ like strawberry’s dipped in Dairy Milk (I’ll leave it to your imagination) and Dairy Milk covered pretzels, which is a fantastic idea except that Cadbury’s already SELLS THAT PRODUCT.
Anyhoo… vintage tea cups hanging in my kitchen. These just make me happy!
Desperately searching for a bit of energy!
Yes I am a little closer to the detail of the cost of baking goods than most people, but allow me a small rant. At 70p, Silver Spoon’s chocolate chips (thats the price for the milk and white ones too, and the milk ones were recently on offer at 35p) is overpriced (given that I can buy 100g of milk chocolate in a block for 30p and chop it into chip sized bits) BUT its still reasonable. What are Dr Oetker are thinking positioning their product at almost TWICE the price of their only competitor?
Marty guy sitting on top of the oven trying to soak up any residual warmth
And a mahoosive new piece of wall art – I got this frame for £21 from Ikea and this poster was originally £5 from the London Transport Museum – not bad for something nearly as big as me!
What are you up to this weekend? I’m baking something spectacularly indulgent. Can’t wait to share it with you!
Thanks for sharing the recipe books. I’ve signed up and am going to give them a try! They look like a nice little series that’ll be an inspirational addition to my (eventual) family kitchen… or at least that’s the hope! If not I can cancel any time!
I completely agree about the chocolate chip prices, they are so expensive! And the larger ‘chunky’ ones are even more of a rip off. It’s so annoying. They must be cheaper elsewhere. Maybe in bulk off the internet, or somewhere like Costco.
Or just chop up bars of chocolate, if you compare the prices per 100g they’ll be a big difference!
Love the picture from IKEA…
Love that wall art, and loooove shopping at Ikea!
Marty is a cutie. And your vintage tea cups make really great art in your kitchen; I’ve never really thought of doing that.
You’ll be getting another mahoosive frame in black next WE
I’m still looking out for a sofa for you x
Thanks for the mention
I think supermarkets just make their prices up to whatever they think they can get away with. Probably in few weeks the Dr Oetker one will be on offer at “half price”. Sainsbury’s always do 3 for 2 on baking stuff during half term weeks so then is a good time to stock up. To be honest – Silver Spoon chips taste better anyway although I will take heed of your tip to cut blocks of chocolate up myself.
Thanks Sarah – I did kind of wonder whether it was possible the Dr Oetker ones might be better to justify the price! 3 for 2 is a good tip too! I bought a lot when they were 35p, but they seem to have gone missing….
I use a mezzeluna to cut up a block into chunks of the same size, you can also get a variety of sizes which is good for cookies.
I also don’t get the expensive chocolate chip thing! And it’s not just those… I’ve seen some bizarre supermarket deals in the past few months. One was a deal for 6 MEDIUM free range eggs ‘rolled back’ to £1.48… when the ‘normal’ price for 6 LARGE free range eggs was £1.44?!
Anyhow, mini rant over – I think Ikea breeds indecision. You never come out with what you needed, but you do have tupperware and a candle you didn’t even realise you wanted!
(Every time I pay a visit I comed back with moose-shaped pasta – definitely a sensibile investment)
B x
Haha, mental on the eggs! I love it when MSE pick out those deals that are actually worse than usual, I hope people don’t get fooled by them!
Moose shaped pasta is definitely worth the trip!
Looks like a great week. Love the poster.
Thanks Emma!