I am so sorry for my absence these past couple of weeks, I hope you will forgive me, I feel we have a lot to catch up on! Last week Ports and I took a trip to Annecy in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France followed by a…
I don’t know your thoughts on Valentine’s Day but mine are that it’s all a very overrated ploy. A huge love campaign to make men and women spend a colossal amount of money all for the sake of “affirming” their love. Restaurants double or even triple their…
Growing up my brother and I used to love Angel Delight, he would always go for the strawberry (which I thought tasted like chemicals) and I would have the chocolate. Although we had a pretty competitive and tumultuous childhood relationship, we were in fact very…
Now I’m not going to lie to you, I’m going to be brutally honest. I have not been to the gym in five weeks… Ok I suppose it’s technically six. There, I’ve said it, I’ve confessed. My body is so unused to movement that after…
With Christmas less than a week away now I have been busy preparing. I don’t finish work until Christmas Eve so every spare moment I have I am either wrapping, buying, making or baking! I love how Christmas allows for so much creativity, from homemade wrapping…
This week we headed down to the beautiful Golden Valley for a relaxing week in front of a log burning fire and surrounded by stunning countryside. We have immersed ourselves in the Hay on Wye Food Festival and travelled to other weekly markets. Every where you look…
I decided a few weeks ago that I wanted to make my husband a surprise advent calendar with his three favourite chocolate flavours: fruit and nut, orange and mint choc chip. As we try to steer clear of processed chocolate I have worked hard to…
There is nothing more comforting than it being the weekend, the sound of the rain outside and all the right ingredients sat in the kitchen ready to be whipped up in to something delicious. For me pancakes are the ultimate comfort food. They are light,…
I was never a huge fan of Nutella, for me it was always too sickly sweet and the added dairy has always left me feeling bloated and unwell. However, I do love the combination of hazelnuts and chocolate so I thought I would share my own…
I love nothing more than getting off the bus after a day at work, climbing over the railway footbridge and back down the other side to my haven. The rows of little cottages swathed in gold from the old black street lamps and the smell…
If chocolate, chilli and salt were people they would undoubtedly be best friends. To me chocolate with a small hint of salt or chilli is just perfection. Add orange and mint to that list too and you have me drooling. This recipe came to me…
It’s that time of year again when every shop, stall or market you go to has an abundance of amazing pumpkins. Home windows are ablaze with glowing faces and the magic and excitement for the end of the year really starts to build. The great thing about…