I've still got to blog about the little Halloween/Guy Fawkes get together we had at the weekend, I've just pos

As you probably know, I've just finished up Crafty October on my blog where I shared lots of Halloween ideas.

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There is something about salad that I just love. The freshness, the colours, the taste - all good! Yesterday,

Here is the first of my Slimming World recipes. I prepared and ate this for lunch yesterday. I flavoured cous

I have used a BRITA water filter for drinking water in our home for many years now. I find it hard to drink wa

One final recipe from my vegetarian barbecue...pesto, orzo and cannellini bean salad. Very simple to put toget

I had a block of tofu to use for my vegetarian barbecue recently, and decided to marinade it and see what happ

Cast your mind back, if you will, to the Schwartz 2in1 recipe I shared a little while ago. Well, I decided to

Gazpacho is a delicious, cold soup - ideal to eat (drink?) in hot weather! I made a batch of gazpacho for the

This vegetarian burger that I adapted from a recipe book was one of the slight failures at my vegetarian barbe

I made this super easy dessert for Christmas 2012, but didn't get a chance to share it, so here it is for my C

I made these chickpea and cannellini bean burgers for the vegetarian barbecue we threw for the family recently

This recipe for honeyed red cabbage is my mums. She has been making it every Christmas for a few years now, an

Whilst I like to stick with what I know for certain products (washing powder for example - not changed that br

Hubby made this delish sandwich at the weekend - barbecued pork loin steaks with grilled apples and coleslaw.

Last weekend we took advantage of the hot summer sun and enjoyed two barbecues! I love outdoor cooking - there

I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a

A looooong time ago now - back when my niece was born I helped out the new parents (sis and bro-in-law) by bat

This recipe for Marrow, Greens & Blackeyed Beans is a Greek dish that I remember my aunt cooking whilst ou

I'm getting the hang of this vegan/vegetarian lark now, and really enjoying it! I made this curry for dinner l

As a [half] Greek-Cypriot girl, hoummus (hummus) has been eaten a lot in my lifetime! I can't imagine having a

Who knew I wouldn't miss meat in my diet! Having gone vegan now for the past two weeks I'm loving coming up wi

I had some bell peppers in the fridge and wondered what I should do with them for dinner a few nights ago, and

This is my tried and trusted vanilla cupcake recipe. Makes 24 cupcakes. I use an ice cream scoop to get equal

I've indulged before about my love of one pot cooking, and this tray bake is a fab vegetarian/vegan dish that

Another recipe I made up as I went along to use up some veggies in the fridge...I actually ended up cooking bo

I'm going to be sharing several vegan recipes in the next few days that I've been preparing for us as part of

I made this for lunch at the weekend - wanted to use up some of the veggies in the fridge and concocted this d