Fondue

This Christmas my dad brought me something I really wanted, but probably shouldn't have. My very own fondue pot! I know fondue is very 60's, unless you're in France or Switzerland, but I was still very excited. The first time I tried fondue was when my boyfriend took me to Paris. I was looking on the internet for restaurants that would serve vegetarian food, and found Pain,...

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The Microwave

My Dad has never had a microwave in his house (he is a technophobic hippy!) and we haven't had one in my mum's house for over 4 years. So when I came down on Christmas morning to find our fruit bowl (often filled with random objects and a lonely fruit) replaced by a microwave, I didn't really know how to feel. There's once in my house at uni, so it's not like I'm scared of...

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Happy Holidays

A while ago I wanted to make some fudge, so I started looking on the Internet for a good recipe. I've made fudge numerous times, and I’ve always used the same recipe from my Nan’s super old cookbook. After looking on the Internet for ages I realised there were none that were quite like that recipe, so I decided to wait until I could copy it from the book. This book lives...

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Christmas Dinner.

Can I call it a success? Well probably not, firstly it was supposed to happen on Saturday but the terrible snow saw an end to that. Despite my boyfriends best efforts to make sure it happened, as I saw the snow getting heavier and heavier, I decided to stop cooking and go to bed. So we had it last night instead, and although the food was maybe not as good as it could have...

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Christmas!

So, it’s 8 days until Christmas and that can only mean one thing, food, food and more food! Tomorrow will be my annual Christmas dinner with my friends, which started out about 5 years ago as vegetarians only, but now, seems to have merged into a dinner for everyone. I must confess, although the meat eaters came last year my mum did the meat. So this will be the first year...

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Atomic Burger

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Chili Leek and Potato soup

So it's getting bloody cold, and it's the time of year when everyone has colds. And it's times like this that you need something nice and warming to get you over the winter blues. My new favorite meal is chili leek and potato soup, the soup warms you up and the chili clears any horrible coldy symptoms you might be having! And it's really quick and easy to make, so here's the...

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Mushy Pea Fritter!

I am so angry with myself for thinking that I didn’t like mushy peas and therefore denying myself this lovely green mush for 20 years. After actually trying them, I fell deeply in love. I want to eat them with everything, and I would if it was viable to live on mushy peas I would. So any way, on holiday in Cornwall I discovered the mushy pea fritter, and oh my god, it was...

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National Cupcake Week!

Horay! A whole week to celebrate the cupcake. Although I have been making the great British fairy cake since I was little, their American sister the cupcake is much more impressive. Made in muffin cases and with mounds of frosting, I can't resist. And because I'm away for National Cupcake Week I thought I'd put my favorite recipe up now:Caramel Kiss Mix CupcakesIngredients:Cake...

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Raw Food

I forgot to blog about this, because as a complete failure I lasted one day! I truly admire all Raw foodists because they take a massive interest in raw food and what it can do for you. But I love cooking and cooked food too much and one day was enough for me! I started my first day with a smoothie, which I usually do, but it all went down hill from there. I had a salad with my homemade hummus which was okay, but I usually have hot food for lunch and because my work place is freezing I really wanted some warm food. And by the time I got home, I...

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Raw Diet

Raw courgette hummus.Fully stocked raw fridge!Starting tomorrow I will be trying a Raw Diet as an experiment, something to write about and hopefully a bit of a detox. I've been reading up on the benefits of a raw diet and the main benefits seem to be more energy and feeling cleansed. At first looking through all the recipes I felt extremely excited about all the new foods...

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Goody Good Stuff New Range!

The main and probably only thing I miss bring vegetarian is real gummy sweets. For ages I've had to buy vegetarian Haribo, which is not only hard to find but also nowhere near as good as regular Haribo. Recently Haribo brought out Funny Mix which is good but you're stuck with cola bottles, stars and strawberries (and a strange texture). So I am ridiculously happy...

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Being Vegan

The first day of being vegan posed quite a few challenges for me. Firstly it was my 5th and final day of The Secret Garden Party festival, I was feeling a bit worse for wear when I woke up on Monday morning and all I wanted was a cheese and marmite toastie from Tasty Toastie. Then I got home and there was no food in my house at all! I was so tired at this point that I could not be bothered to go food shopping and decided that I should go out for a meal. Then I realised I probably wouldn't be able to eat anything in a restaurant, and started to...

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Chocolate Festival

As much as I hate to admit it, I love chocolate. Ever since I started work in Hotel Chocolat I have been obsessed, so I was extremely happy to hear there was a whole festival devoted to it at the Southbank center in London. I wasn’t too sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised. There were loads of different stalls exhibiting a wide range of magical cocoa in different...

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RE: POKÉMON.

RE: POKÉMON.Who didn’t love Pokémon? It was the greatest game on the Gameboy Colour ever! I was a HUGE fan. I even had a Pokémon theme for my 21st Birthday. So imagine my delight as a bright yellow leaflet labelled RE: Pokémon fell out of my Vice magazine. Vice has teamed up with Nintendo to promote the Pokémon Heartgold and Soulsilver and commissioned 7 artists to create...

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