Flying with no frills airlines like Ryan Air can leave some lingering stress on your body. Easter bunnies are just one of many afflicted. We were kindly bought two bunnies by this wonderful house guest Sadly, they didn’t make it home from the flight from Germany in one piece. Not all bunnies lose their bits […]
Archive for April, 2011
‘I’d like something green. And I’m a little too tired to chew’. This is how dinner came to be. We’d flown back in after five days in Morocco. We arrived home at 2.30am. The Hungry One had to be up and off to work the next morning at 7.30 am. There was dust still in […]
Most of the time when it’s just me for tea, dinner is a punnet of cherry tomatoes and a large glass of pink wine (something I’m not ashamed to admit). If I’m going to cook for myself it has to be quick, easy on the cleaning up and use up most of what I buy- […]
These sweet treats are in honour of the woman some have dubbed our next Queen of Hearts. At 29 she’ll be the oldest royal bride ever, but to her Prince we hear she’s ‘Babykins’. It’s worth noting that these are no infantile biscuits. There are touches of hazelnut and caramel for her golden eyes and […]
This dish is in honour of the Prince of Wales, and his love and wife; The Duchess of Cornwall. There is nothing more perfectly English than the combination of strawberries and cream. And ‘classic English’ is exactly what you need when you’re talking about the Heir Apparent to the throne. There are a few […]