Cheese, Wine, Cider and Beer

My friend paul messaged me last week declaring that he needed cheese and wine, so I thought we may as well recreate the time two years ago where we all ate too much cheese and felt super ill. Everyone brought different cheeses, so there were loads to try and probably far too much for 8 people. Jack brought babybels and cheese strings, he was also responsible for picking up...

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Simone's Frittata

Simone brought a new vegetarian cook book the other day and wanted to make a sweet potato frittata that she'd found in it. So yesterday we decided to make it for lunch, the only problem was that it didn't exist, we searched the book about 3 times and checked the index and it definitely wasn't in there! So instead we just invented a new one with the only things we had left...

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Cake Pops/Balls

I'm a bit late jumping on the cake pop bandwagon, they even sell them in Starbucks now, but better late than never right? My mums having a bake sale at her nursery again next week and I thought these would be perfect for the kids! I found the instructions on Bakerella but definitely wasn't brave enough to try the cupcake shapes yet, so me and Simone got to making some cake...

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Southbank Chocolate Festival

My first ever food related post was about the Southbank Chocolate Festival last year, so I thought it was only right to carry on the tradition and go again this year. I stayed with my vegan friend Emma at her house in Greenwich and promised to make her a nice vegan meal, we ended up having this...What a good friend I am! But on to the Chocolate festival, last year was all...

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Ways with Kale

I've been a bit slack on the blogging front this week, too busy enjoying the sunshine! Despite this I've been making a few different bits and as my dad took me to the farmers market in Olny on Sunday, I've been trying to use up all the goods he brought me. One of the things I got was a gigantic bag of red kale (seriously, it's bigger than my head) so I've been thinking of...

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Asparagus and White Truffle Oil Risotto

I absolutely love white truffle oil, I discovered it when I went to Borough Market with Emma, we kept going around 'trying' it from all the different stalls and I decided I definitely needed to get some at some point (it's just ridiculously expensive!). I got some from Oil and Vinegar in the end but still hadn't really used it for cooking, just on pasta, with bread ect.I couldn't...

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Tea Monkey Milton Keynes

Tea Monkey opened up in Milton Keynes this week and I've been wanting to go ever since I saw it was coming! It's nice to have something a bit different in MK because it's quite a commercialised place and you don't see a lot of unique businesses opening up. The actual 'shop' is lovely, they've not over crammed it with tables and chairs and with the modern decor it feels inviting...

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Banana and Chocolate Bread

Armed with some ripe bananas and eggs from my mums chickens (I like using these because I know first hand that the chickens have a good life, despite being chased around by the children at her nursery!) I took on the challenge of my making first ever banana bread. I saw this bread tin with a promotional lurpak pack for only £2, so I couldn't resist buying it and trying out...

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