Mozzarella and bacon wrapped chicken
It’s a Thursday, we’ve had a busy week and needed a quick, healthy(ish) dinner. Queue the latest copy of BBC Good Food Magazine for inspiration! This months issue has a…
The Red Veil, Loughborough
*This restaurant is now closed* I feel like quite the connoisseur of Indian restaurants around Loughborough and Leicester these days. We all love curry in our family so you’ll quite…
Quick Spring Chicken & Green Veg One Pot
Now that the snow has melted (again) and we’ve got blue skies and temperatures have risen a little I thought it was time to make something a little lighter for…
White chocolate, lemon and macadamia Genoise layer cake
This is the hardest thing I’ve ever made in the kitchen! This recipe was created by the fabulous and local to me, Holly Bell, from Recipes from a Normal Mum.…
Happy Chinese New Year!
This Sunday its Chinese New Year – celebrating happiness, forgiveness and looking to the future. This year we wave good bye to the Dragon and say hello to the Snake.…
Steamed Pork Buns
So, here we are again, time for the Olive magazine challenge! I started the year wanting to improve my cooking skills so I was really pleased when I spotted the…
Alimentum, Cambridge
This weekend we were in Cambridge. We’ve both been before but a long time ago and neither of us could really remember what it was like so we plumped for…
Slate, Mountsorrel
*This restaurant has now closed. The Spotted Duck has opened in the same location. * The Spotted Duck It’s been rainy all day and I’ve been far too busy at…
Cold weather chicken casserole
When the weather looks like this: All I think any of us really want is the sofa, PJs and comfort grub like this: This cold weather chicken casserole is a…
Takeaway from Spice Cube, Mountsorrel
How terrible is this weather! It seems to me that the snow stops being fun as soon as you start working full time. Pulling the curtains open to that snowy…