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  • Slow Cooker Sunday: Squid in Puttanesca Sauce

    Now that we’re into September, I can’t believe it, it must be time to get those slow cookers out and dust them off.  Feel free to share some of your favourite recipes. I said tentacles not…. I was a vegetarian for over 20 years but now happily eat meat in moderation.  However, there are still…

  • Child Friendly Hotel in London

    This is what I posted on my personal Facebook page before heading into London earlier in the week. What little did I know? We arrived a bit early at the Park Plaza Hotel (County Hall) for check in.  We were warmly greeted and informed that they had a lovely room for us.  I knew that…

  • Slow Cooker Sunday – Butternut Squash Soup with Dairylea

    Here is my offering for Slow Cooker Sunday this week, a place for us to share our recipes (Linky below) and to get some inspiration. It may seem rather odd but when it’s hot out, like it was last week, I like to have soup.  I originally set out to make a Summer Squash soup…

  • What a difference a word makes…..

    As many of you know I have recently turned 40 and I look a bit worse for wear. In an attempt, to stay looking younger, I’ve tried quite a few things from sticking 100s of tiny pins into my face to a mild chemical peal! However, I’m not willing to go under the knife…..yet! A…

  • Scarecrow Festival, Flamstead 2012

    It’s official, the English are eccentric.  Today we went to the Scarecrow Festival in Flamstead, Herts.  Apparently, it’s been going for over 10 years and was started to generate funds for the upkeep of the Village Church and the Herts Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre. At least 70 locals took part, hoping for the most votes at…

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