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  • How to make ice-cream

    You won’t believe how easy it is to make home-made ice-cream.  I’ve made this a handful of times when entertaining and it takes less than 5 minutes to prep and I always get compliments on it.  If you don’t fancy lemon curd you could use brandy, strawberries, chocolate or whatever takes your fancy. Someone also…

  • Nausicaa Sea-Life Centre only an 1.5 hours from London!

    I had no idea there was a Sea-Life Centre, in Boulogne, which in only 1.5 hours from London.  We hopped onto the Eurostar at St. Pancras International and within an hour we were in Calais.  The Sea-Life centre is only 20km from there.  The journey through the tunnel was enough excitement on it’s own for…

  • How to Clean the Loft!

  • Recommended Iphone App – Time to Roast

    When I first saw this app I thought ‘how ridiculous, who on earth would need that?’ but apparently I do. It’s brilliant. I’m forever googling cooking times for different cuts of meat then digging out a calculator to work out cooking times based on the weight. It’s dead simple, simply choose the type of meat…

  • The Best Slow Cooker Recipe Books Ever!

    I’m always waffling on about my slow cooker as I use it at least 3 times a week and couldn’t live without it as a working mum.  People are often asking me for my recipes.  I do have a selection of tried and tested Slow Cooker Recipes here on the blog but I can’t recommend…

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