Stressmas
We need to talk about Christmas, or Stressmas as I have renamed it. This year I am particularly suffering with the pressure of it all. I haven’t started wrapping and I know that…
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Happiness soup
I love this soup, it is so warming and comforting, perfect for a Winter’s day, though I have found myself making it often in this very wintery Summer we are experiencing. The sweetness…
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Healthy is the new thin – tips and strategies
Following on from my last post, here are strategies that I have used to help change the way that I eat: Acceptance You are going to have to learn to accept your body…
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Healthy is the new thin
I lost weight last year and this seems to be of interest to people who ask me how i’ve done it. I’ve had enough people ask now that I thought it warranted a…
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Cheesy leeks on toast
‘Cheesy leeks on toast?! What on earth are you thinking woman?!’ I hear you say. No I know, sounds weird but actually it’s very tasty and one of my favourite lunches now. The…
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That time in Australia; the keys.
Once, not long after we had moved to Australia, David asked for a lift to the train station as he was running late that morning. It was early morning and neither Ruari or…
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Shepherd’s Pie Revisited
I have never been mad keen on Shepherd’s Pie, having always found it grey and tasteless, with wormy, rubbery mince. I hadn’t made it or eaten it for a good while until we…
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The rise and rise of Jacob Cheese-Mogg
When I met David, he was, it has to be said, one of the pickiest eaters I have ever met. He wouldn’t eat hummus because he thought it had mayonnaise in it, or…
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David Hameron
We are milling about Padstow on Sunday lunchtime and stop to browse in the window of Abbey Bears, I turn to David to point something out but then my eye is caught by…