February 2012
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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rockebat answered your question: Pancake Day tomorrow! soaked in strawberry syrup and with fresh fruits :3 Perfect, a treat of nature :)
Feb 20th
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Pancake Day tomorrow!
My favourite = banana nutella. What’s yours?
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 9th
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January 2012
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Jan 30th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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All the recipes seem to confirm what I thought:
Basically use brown sugar instead of white and add soaked chopped dates to a regular cake mixture. Toffee buttercream seems fairly straightforward too. Can’t wait to try it at Easter.
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
Trying to find a good sticky toffee cake recipe.
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
I'm getting married :)
December 5th at 2pm.
Jan 12th
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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December 2011
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First batch of cupcakes being made today.
So far I have had to use plain flour and baking powder instead of self raising, and the bottoms of the cakes are soggy. Taste good though. If the icing is ok then I say it’s a success. Come on and cool now cakes.
Dec 22nd
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The stuffing I made was AMAZING.
It was sweet and crisp and just delicious. The veg wasn’t great though, I think more seasoning and longer cooking time. Possibly some garlic in there.
Dec 19th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Having a run through of Christmas dinner tomorrow,
everything except turkey basically. I’m going to make my own stuffing, possibly using this recipe.  Also doing sprouts with pancetta, mashed swede…. Too much to think about.
Dec 15th
This christmas I am baking
36 cupcakes to give as gifts to various family members! I already have the gift boxes, I just need cases, glitter and decorations. I’m also going to possibly make my own christmas cake, definitely make mince pies, and probably baileys cheesecake.
Dec 11th
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November 2011
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Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Christmas Cooks Guide to Freezing Ahead →
Nov 30th
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Nov 26th
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Nov 26th
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Nov 26th
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Toffee Apple Tart →
Nov 17th
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Nov 14th
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New Chiquito Menu Review
Background: I won a competition to review the new Chiquito menu with a £25 voucher towards it. Here’s the review. To try the new menu (with VIP voucher) I visited the Port Solent Chiquito with my partner. We were celebrating moving in to our first house together, and the voucher went a long way to ensuring we had a great night. The first thing I want to say about this particular visit is...
Nov 14th
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This is Durham's online magazine, please check it... →
Nov 13th
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We cooked Lorraine Pascale's
Deep Fried Camembert the other day. It didn’t work because we don’t have a food processor to make breadcrumbs, but it still tasted gorgeous. The burgundy/cranberry sauce was delicious, although ours was a little too liquidy. We WILL be trying again when we have our food processor.
Nov 13th
October 2011
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I found out a few days ago that
I got the position I applied for with Durham uni’s online magazine, The Bubble. I’m now a Publicitiy and Sponsorship Officer! We have our first group meeting on Sunday. At the moment i’m a little wrapped up with my dissertation and another project i’m working on for the Health and Medicine module. It’s a portfolio that you work on over the year for a specific...
Oct 28th
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Won another competition!
This time I get £25 of Chiquito vouchers and get to review their new menu. To win I had to tell them why I would make a good reviewer, this was my answer: ‘I would love to win this competition as I have not yet had the chance to try Chiquito’s new menu. Mexican food has been my favourite since I was a little girl and my Dad made me fajitas. Since then i’ve branched out and am...
Oct 23rd
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Hello all!
Just a quick update. I’ve finally reached my goal weight of 119lb, and am a size 10! Very very happy right now. I started out 3 years ago as a size 14/16 at 154lb. For the most part all i’ve done is healthy eating and EXERCISE! If you stick with that then you can still have treats, you don’t have to forbid yourself anything, just remember everything in moderation. And drink...
Oct 12th
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Oct 9th
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Oct 9th
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Roast beef lunch with small bowl of custard for...
470 cals. Good sunday lunch!
Oct 9th
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Nigella Lawson's Butternut Squash with Blue Cheese
Ingredients 2kg/4lb 8oz butternut squash 3 tbsp olive oil 6 sprigs fresh thyme or ½ tsp dried thyme 100g/3½oz pecans 125g/4oz Roquefort, or other blue cheese, crumbled salt and freshly ground black pepper Method Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7. Halve the squash, leaving the skin on, and scoop out the seeds. Cut the squash into 2.5cm/1in cubes - you don't need...
Oct 8th
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Oct 8th
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Prepare yourselves for Butternut Squash recipes.
Autumnal, sweet and warming; the perfect vegetable.
Oct 8th