… of mice and men! I'm excited because my Sister, nickname Whizzer is coming to visit this weekend with her other half Brian – hooray –...

Editor’s note: This is a post more for inspiration than anything else. Here’s one from the vault that features a tapas menu and if there’s n...

… plan, shop, cook and eat. “ Sample” is the word, these are suggestions which may trigger meal ideas of your own! The idea is to give you...

We have new neighbours who are lovely. It's their birthdays close together in August and during an impromptu early evening glass of win...

We decided that a walk would be a great idea on Sunday morning and so it seemed like a good idea to start the morning with a bacon roll. An...

Once again my planning is designed around wanting to spend time with my Sister, who eats very little red meat. The boys love it so as good ...

You must have heard that expression, “you wait forever for a bus and then three come along at once!” The same can be said about visitors,...

Cast your mind back to last weekend and Sunday 19 th July in particular when, during soaring temperatures exceeding 30 degrees plus in the ...

The table is booked for breakfast on Monday morning and the plan is normally that afterwards the boys go their way and we girls have a wande...

In April I wrote about a friend's birthday gift – delivering dinner to her. At the time I speculated about the time when we'd be ab...

First and foremost – strain the stock, bag it and freeze, ready to use on another day. The strength of the stock has intensified and just g...

Just before the verdict, here's a copy of the delivery note : The Birthday Menu - delivery note! Cream Cheese & Cashew Nut Paté ...

 … and the countdown begins! Friday final shopping for fresh ingredients Sunday bake the jacket potatoes – cool, peel and cut into ...

“ Wow, this all looks amazing! I have read and read and read them again and Menu 2 keeps jumping out at me! Please can I opt for that – i...

… in January and birthday gift ideas. I said after the doorstep delivery of the birthday gift in January, where possible within current con...

  A mid week fast fix and a veggie treat! For the mid week fast fix – option 3 A cheese muffin, split in half, toasted and buttered - top ...

If you haven't already done it, dust off your slow cooker for option 1! One of my old favourites – slow cook a whole chicken – an “ins...

Howdy, how are you? It does seem that things are beginning to change although how we'll adapt to queuing to shop on the “High St...

Can you remember what life was like before lockdown? It has changed our perspective I think and everyone I speak to refers to “the new...