I don’t know about you, but a travel experience for me isn’t complete without sampling at least one example of local cuisine. Thankfully the organisers of the Forest of Dean & Wye Valley bloggers weekend agree with me, and with … Continued
It’s been a little quiet on here for the last week for which I apologise; life has been a bit busy what with the Outdoor Bloggers weekend and work and everything else. It just means there hasn’t been any time … Continued
I am, thanks to the occasional trip away for work, no stranger to dining alone. This has both its advantages and disadvantages. I like to use it as an opportunity to choose when and where I want to eat, hunting out restaurants that offer … Continued
If you’d have walked into our kitchen at around 7.30pm last night you’d have known, instantly, that LincsGeek and I were enjoying our dinner. The gentle mmmmms and nommmmmms left no room for conversation. I’d spent the previous hour or … Continued
Guilty Pleasure – Yes, this is mine, and no I don’t want to know the number of calories, the fat content or the ingredients. An every-now-and-again treat for days just like today. Yum. Use the tag SnapHappyBritMums here on Splodz Blogz to … Continued
There’s no getting away from it… the shops are full to bursting of Christmas supplies. Every food shop you go in has mince pies, Christmas cakes, Yule logs, and of course Christmas puddings. If you don’t make your own there … Continued
After deciding to make mince pies on Monday but not having the right ingredients I popped to the shop on the way home from work today and got what I needed… and I had enough pastry left for two (very … Continued
I have wanted one of these for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages and just haven’t had one (my own fault) – so today I made a special trip to the McDonalds in town at lunch and treated myself to 89p of hot apple yumminess. … Continued
After work today we had our office Christmas meal. This year we went to Brown’s Pie Shop in Lincoln – famous for, well, it’s pies! http://www.brownspieshop.co.uk/ For my meal I had: Venison haunch with a beetroot and watercress salad and … Continued
This evening I decided to make mince pies. Yum yum! And I iced them. Even yummier! 24/11/10: Feeling festive yet?