Spring can mean only one thing in many homes-outdoor entertaining and barbecues. Who can resist that warm, charred smell of food roasting on hot coals and the last warm rays of sun beaming down on you as you eat. Families and friends come together to enjoy al fresco food meals and make a drink or…
This week, I really fancied stuffing with my Sunday dinner but we had none of the packet variety in so I decided to try and make my own. I recently visited the Mornflake factory in Crew. You can read about it here and we had some Oatbran in the cupboard. Being full of a cold and…
You must know by now that I am the queen of making easy meals look really hard or passing shop-bought items off as my own, just by a little fine tweaking. This is where my recipe for Easy Family Meatballs comes into it own. I am showing you the vegetarian version made with Quorn Swedish Style…
We are coming to the end of National Vegetarian Week (May 19th-25th). You would automatically think that vegetarianism and living on a livestock farm would not marry right? Wrong. *Whispers to the farming community: I have been vegetarian for 23 years. Yes you heard it right. In those 23 years, I have had one drunken…
My friend introduced me to this diet over ten years ago. In my 20s it was a great way to kick-start my dieting if I had hit a plateaux in weight loss. The diet claims you can lose up to ten pounds in the three days. I only lost ten pounds the first time I…
My friend introduced me to this diet over ten years ago. In my 20s it was a great way to kick-start my dieting if I had hit a plateaux in weight loss. The diet claims you can lose up to ten pounds in the three days. I only lost ten pounds the first time I…
I don’t know if it is a gift. I am sure my husband would say it is a weakness. I can’t help falling for animals. Yes we live on a farm and despite once being vegetarian, I do accept that the business we are in is killing for food and I accept that. It puts…
