It seems that everywhere I look just now there is a Christmas based theme, the shops have stocked up on their festive chocolates, wines, decorations & selection boxes and the Christmas lights are appearing in the town centre and neighbours are already wondering if it’s too early to put up the Christmas tree! So it […]
About a month ago I came across a little implement for icing cakes, it had 4 changeable nozzles for whatever type of effect you wanted for your pies & cakes, so I picked one up and put it in the cupboard and forgot all about it, until Monday of this week that is… and I […]
On Friday night we decided to opt for some home made fare instead of eating out and it was a toss up between a pizza or making use of all the buy one get one frees cans of chickpeas we bought during the week. Well, no contest, really, I love chickpeas, they go with pretty […]
This will be our very first Vegan Christmas and I’m really excited about all the new recipes I can try out, as you can see I’ve already started on the sweet stuff, brandy balls, mince pies etc but now we’re currently thinking ahead to the type of festive main meal we want to have (it’s […]
I only just heard the term “Glamping” today when I saw this gorgeous site next to Loch Ness in Scotland. Glamping, is luxury camping… such a cute term! We’re planning on heading back up to Edinburgh next summer and if I’m in that vicinity anyways… well it would just be rude not to give this […]
Now that I have perfected my shortbread recipe to how I like it, I’m going to start experimenting with fillings to see what weekend desserts I can come up with and this weekend I’ve started with the very basics… dark chocolate, I had a little left over from the Brandy Balls recipe, so thought I […]