I’ve had a set of silicone flower pot cake cases for a while now but haven’t used them! 😮 But recently, I got a dancing Groot cookie cutter from eBay and decided I had to make dancing, flower pot, baby Groot cookie cakes. If you’re not familiar with Groot, he’s one of the main characters from Guardians of the Galaxy and at the end of the movie a baby version…
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Chicken and bacon pasta bake
We haven’t been eating a lot of pasta lately, which is sad as it’s one of my favourite things to cook and eat. Ryan has been eating healthier lately and pasta, even wholewheat pasta which we buy, is too high in carbohydrates for his current healthy eating regime. In spite of this he decided to treat himself and I decided to try a different pasta bake to my usual mince…
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Homemade Beef Burgers
It’s not quite BBQ season, in fact it was snowing this morning. Yes, snowing in April! But this afternoon was very warm, the sun was shining and it was dry the rest of the day. I wish the weather would make up its mind! I only just put my warm jumpers away. Excuse the blurry photo, I was in the back of the car at the time driving to town.…
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Should you follow your dreams?
Recently I shared my wish/life list with some members of my family which was mostly met with laughter and comments of me needing to win the lottery, but it left me thinking – should you follow your dreams? I like this quote by Joe Vitale — ‘A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot.’ Most of us are told at a young age to always follow…
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What’s in my bag?
My new cross body bag arrived in the post today! It’s by Fossil and is part of their oilcloth key-per range, my last bag was also this brand but I’ve worn it out. 🙁 As I was transferred my stuff from my old bag to my new bag, I decided to make note of what I carry with me on a daily basis. My Fossil brand purse – self explanatory…
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Marmite Pasta Recipe
I love Marmite. So when my friend showed me this Marmite Pasta recipe, I knew I had to give it a try. It’s perfect for a quick, easy and cheap lunch, and tastes delicious! If you love Marmite that is. 😉 Personally, I’ve never thought to use Marmite in a recipe before and usually have it on toast or in sandwiches. So this made a nice change. 🙂 My friend…
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Easter lemon drizzle cake
Happy Easter! 🙂 Or Happy Monday to those that don’t celebrate it. Today Ryan and I have spent the afternoon at my parents house and had a lovely roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings (thanks mum!). After dinner we had dessert, ate some hot cross buns that dad bought, then played some board games and watched a few films. Mum, Ryan and I also went for a long walk…
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How we spent our Staycation
We had a Staycation last week, the weather was pretty good. Cloudy and not too warm on some of the days but the rain held off! 🙂 In my last post I wrote a list of things we planned to do with our week off, here’s what we decided on. At Home Day – R&R Monday was mostly spent at home and at the gym. Ryan has a weekly training…
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Mother’s Day at Swind-Con
March 6th was Mother’s day in the UK (I know some countries celebrate it in May) and my dad and I took my mum out to Swind-Con for the day on the Saturday held at M.E.C.A. in Swindon. Her choice! We started off for breakfast in our usual café (Brogans) where I had a bacon and cheese panini, mum had poached egg on toast and dad had a “Brogan’s breakfast”…