I’ve been following the Weight Watchers plan since January 2012 and got to gold (my goal weight) the following September. I managed to maintain my goal weight until March 2015 where I put nearly all the weight I’d lost back on! 🙁 I’m on back on track and volunteer at meetings, helping the coach set up the room, handling cash and card sales etc. As such, I get to see…
Food & Drink
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Favourite places to eat in Cirencester
There are loads of places to eat in Cirencester! If there’s one thing we’re not short of it’s pubs and restaurants (as well as charity shops and mobile phone stores 😉 ). For breakfast Made by Bob If you have money to spend then Made By Bob in Cirencester Corn Hall is the place to go. Using fresh ingredients, everything is made on site – no reheating here – you…
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Vegetarian mixed bean burritos
Ryan’s brother and sister-in-law came over for tea this evening, to catch up and so Ryan and his brother could watch the Manchester United Vs. Liverpool game together. They both support different teams – Ryan supports Manchester United and his brother supports Liverpool. There was a lot of shouting at the tv and arguements over referee decisions(!), I admit watching them both literally on the edge of their seats was…
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Slow cooker mulled wine
My dad loves mulled wine at this time of year from market stores and fetes, however doesn’t like the type you can get in the supermarket . I don’t like it personally but he says it doesn’t taste anywhere near as good. This year, Ryan and I decided to bring mulled wine to the table and brought over the ingredients Christmas morning to brew the mulled wine in my parents…
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Chocolate Rudolph Christmas Cake
I saw this Chocolate Rudolph Christmas Cake in the Morissons Christmas magazine last year but didn’t get chance to try it out; the recipe is by Stork. I modified the decoration slightly. Photos to follow!! Have a bit of a back log due to the holiday season. For the Cake: 225g Butter 225g caster sugar 4 medium eggs 40g cocoa powder 225g self-raising flour For…
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Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
As I mentioned briefly in my last post, Ryan celebrated his birthday at the weekend and we went out for a meal to celebrate. The meal was at Beefeater which has just opened up in our home town, with a big steak and grill menu. I had duck patè, hunter’s chicken and a mississipii mud pie, Ryan had a beef and pork kofta, beef burger and a cookie dough sundae,…
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Caramac cake
My mum’s birthday was this week and we went out for a birthday meal on Thursday to celebrate, I asked the pub ahead of time if I could bring a cake which they agreed to. My mum loves Caramac bars so I decided to make her a vanilla and chocolate swirl cake with Caramac decorations. The most challenging part of this cake was finding a lot of Caramac at a…
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Happy Birthday Dad! Celebrating with a Star Trek Cake
My dad’s birthday was on Tuesday, but as it was a ‘school night’ we decided to celebrate Saturday evening instead with a delicious Indian takeaway and movie night. His choice. We also went to the <a href=”https://chimmyville.co.uk/crudwell-strawberry-fayre/”>Crudwell Strawberry Fayre</a> during the day. Unfortunately my sister was working and couldn’t make it so we decided to do presents and cake Tuesday evening so we could all be there. We also had…
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Spicy pepperoni and mince meat pasta
We had some left over tomato pasta sauce to use up and haven’t had pasta in months! One of Ryan’s favourite pasta dishes is a traditional spaghetti bolognaise, I decided to put a spin on it and added some chilli and pepperoni for a bit of a spice. It was really good but not as spicy as I expecting, I’ll definitely add more chilli powder next time we make this.…