Exciting baking supplies shopping trip!
Okay – picture the scene – me stood in Sainsburys literally jumping up and down with excitement due to BAKING …
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Stop what you’re doing and look at this
Your essential internet bits and bobs for this week! Interesting stuff about the history of Bourjois – the design of …
The Great British Bake Off Week 7!
This week, its the semi-final and Mary-Anne, Janet, Holly and Jo are all competing for a spot in next weeks …
What I’m wearing today!
I’m going for a natural look on my nails this week (frustrated by applying colour polishes that chip so quickly!), …
September Cake Club!
Yay cake club! I had a blast at tonights cake eaters anonymous! This month’s event was held at the Larder …
Help! Rescuing damaged, stressed-out frizzed-out hair
Hair brittle, frizzy, coarse and generally unhappy? Read on my friends, read on. I remember well the day I discovered …
In pictures – a trip to Shugborough Historic Estate
Shugborough is a stately mansion and historic estate dating from the 1600s. Its now in the hands of the National …
Feeling Christmassy or fleeing christmas?
Are you getting increasingly excited about the prospect of Christmas on the horizon (I’ve already started buying presents and downloading …
Reviews : New Tropicana Orange & Watermelon and New Galaxy a gift for you
I noticed this new drink as I was dashing through my local Tesco picking up a few essentials. I’m normally …
Stop what you’re doing and look at this
The best pictures, videos, interesting news and other bits and bobs from the interwebs this week! The best dressed celebrities …
Easy healthy dinners : Everything salad with homemade dressing
For my easy healthy dinners this week I’m going a little bit off piste – to salad! Okay, I know …
Great British Bake Off Episode 6
Oooh it was all getting a bit fraught in the bake off last night!! With the contestants dwindling down to …
What I’m wearing today!
I felt like going back to a retro vintage style colour so I went for this bright pink which is …
Mary Berry’s Lemon Tart
I saw the contestants make this tart on episode 2 (I think!) of the Great British Bake-Off and decided it …
Food and ethics : where do you draw the line?
I haven’t eaten red meat since about……… 1996… I think. By red meat I mean cows, pigs and sheeps. I …
What to eat this month!!
Inspired by our Women’s Institute talk this month on eating in tune with the seasons, I’ve pulled together a guide …
Review : Cadbury Flake Allure & Cadbury choc chip cookies
I love cadburys. Galaxy just doesn’t really compare does it? I can count on one hand the galaxy versions of …
Stop what you’re doing and look at this!
The best, cutest and funniest bits, bobs and thingymijigs from the world wide interweb this week! Spider cat does whatever …
Easy healthy dinners : Creamy mushroom pasta
I love mushrooms. I hated them for the first 25 years of my life and then suddenly loved them with …
The Great British Bake-Off Episode 5!
I’m not overly keen on pies (and I’m especially not keen on pork pies!) I have to admit, so Iwasn’t …
Signs of autumn
Pumpkins!! I love Halloween! Crunchy leaves underfoot PURPLE cauliflower!? This is a new one on me! And yellow (hard) courgettes! …
What I’m wearing today!
Today is a little different from my normal posts as it’s a holiday day and not a work day! I’m …
10000 views Blog giveaway WINNER!
Its a good week for giveaways! Once again the random number thingy came in handy, picking me a number …
Focaccia bread recipe from The Great British Bake Off
Yes, this is it! That troublesome focaccia from The Great British Bake Off that caused so many problems for some …
Blog giveaway #1 WINNER!
Yaaay! I am very pleased to announce that the winner of my blog giveaway numbero uno is …………………………………. (drum roll) …
Kerry Cooks 