Tweet My mum used to make the most amazing dessert, Lemon Fridge Cake, from a recipe given to her by a friend. Almost mousse-like in texture, with a delicious citrus zing, and topped with whipped cream… what’s not to like? Well, sadly, it contains raw eggs, and so when the salmonella crisis erupted in the […]
Valentine’s Day
Lemon and Raspberry Shortbread Slices
Tweet If you are having an afternoon tea party for your mum this Mother’s Day, you could do far worse than knock up a batch of these delicious, dainty lemon and raspberry shortbread slices. They are perfect on a cake stand, look super pretty, taste divine and are easy to make to boot! That ticks […]
Prawn and Chorizo Towers, with Panfried Valentine Potatoes – A Romantic Recipe
Tweet Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, and so, although we often have nice dinners, I took the opportunity to cook up something that looked a little, well, posher than our usual. I made crispy prawn and chorizo towers, with panfried valentine potatoes (they were heart shaped, but obviously don’t have to be). We ate at the […]
Valentine Scratchcards – Tutorial for a thrifty gift
Tweet Having been married for 10 years, we don’t bother making a fuss of Valentine’s Day… no lavish gifts or unnecessary flowers in our house. A card and dinner, and turning the laptops off, maybe. But I still like to give Husband (and the boys) a little something. With our Florida trip rapidly approaching (yay!) we are […]
Valentine’s Day Playlist – A Plea From The Heart!
Tweet So, only forty-eight more hours until that special day where we all have to engage in some kind of enforced slushiness with our other halves, spend far too much on overpriced flowers that will be dead within a week, eat too many chocolates, bought by well meaning spouses, and dress up to the nines […]
Love is in the air…
Tweet Having just been writing a blog post for my other blog, I got thinking about Valentine’s Day. We’ve never really “done” Valentine’s Day, to be honest. For our first Valentine’s Day together, I treated him to a new wing mirror for his car (the previous one had been ripped off when a man ran […]