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ALMOND MILK: HEALTHY FRIEND OR DECEPTIVE FOE? RECIPE INCLUDED. The rise of non-dairy milks has gone stratospheric over the last year or so. Once upon a time, a soy latte was the buzz word for...
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SUMMER STEAK & ALE PIE AND SUPER MOONSSometimes the seasons are irrelevant and you want to go gloriously off-piste with what is expected at this time of year. When you think of high summer, you...
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View ArticleFRIDAY NIGHT SALSA PARTY AND THE BEST FISH TACOS
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View ArticleCOULD THE ISLE OF WIGHT HAVE GOTTEN ANY BETTER?
COULD THE ISLE OF WIGHT HAVE GOTTEN ANY BETTER?Recently the guy & I went to the Isle of Wight for a weekend break. I had seen that there was an event called The Garlic Festival taking place and...
View ArticleISLE OF WIGHT DAY 1 - THE GARLIC FESTIVAL, FARM & A THATCHED ROOF WORLD
ISLE OF WIGHT DAY 1 - THE GARLIC FESTIVAL, FARM & A THATCHED ROOF WORLDI left you after a wonderful night at Gotten Manor, under the Milky Way and shooting stars, being proposed to. Marriage was...
View ArticleISLE OF WIGHT DAY 2 - STORMY CLIFF HIKES & THE NEEDLES
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View ArticleLE BRUNCH AT OLD BENGAL BAR
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View ArticleHOLYBELLY CAFÉ & AN AUTUMN STROLL IN PARIS
HOLYBELLY CAFÉ & AN AUTUMN STROLL IN PARISI love Paris. I think it a lot and I say it a lot, to the irritation of everyone around me. I’d like to live there but I’m really quite petrified and not...
View ArticleMAGICAL CHICKEN SOUP
MAGICAL CHICKEN SOUPAhh, Autumn. My favourite time of the year. Things I love about autumn:Floating red, yellow and brown leavesKicking red, yellow and brown leavesHot coffeeHot chocolateHot masala...
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ZUCCHINI (COURGETTE) BUTTEROften times, the greatest pleasures arise from the simplest of things. A blue sky in October (we've had lots of those), kitten memes arriving in your inbox (there's lots of...
View ArticleGOOD INTENTIONS FOR 2015
GOOD INTENTIONS FOR 2015This year we were a day late but last year we missed it completely so I guess we're still vaguely winning...The guy & I have an annual tradition of spending the first day of...
View ArticleWINTER WARMER - TURMERIC MASALA CHAI
WINTER WARMER - TURMERIC MASALA CHAICome September, everyone is in meltdown for the arrival of Starbucks pumpkin spice latte - although the coffee chain did face some backlash last year over...
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