Damplums!
A month or so back we got some slightly unidentified fruit in our veg box from East Coast Organics. They looked a bit like damsons, but were too early in the...
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A Picture A Day: Week 31
A day late, as usual, here are my photos for this week. Saturday 30th July Mini-M's chubby little toes in the sand for the first time at Portobello beach. ...
Birthday Baprons
A few months back, I put up a post of a bib I'd made for Mini-M. It was made using the pattern and tutorial at craftiness is not optional. Since this summe...
Savoury Cheese Flapjacks
A quick recipe post, to share a surprising recent flapjack success. I picked up 'The Mornflake Oat Cuisine' recipe book in a discount bookshop for 99p, becau...
A Picture A Day: Week 30
It's been a sunshiney week this week, hectic but lots of fun. We seem to have survived Mini-M's immunisation boosters relatively unscathed, and of course, sp...
The Daring Bakers July 2011 Challenge: (Not Exactly) Fresh Fraisiers
Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes was our July Daring Bakers' host and she challenges us to make French Fraisiers inspired by recipes written by Elisabeth M. Prueitt ...
Happy Birthday “Tutu” you!
So Mini-M turned 1 yesterday - the past year has gone past at breakneck speed, yet been one of the longest ever too. Both Mr E and I were busy in the run up...
A Picture A Day: Week 29
Writing this quite late on the 22nd July, which means it is Mini-M's birthday (- and very almost mine)! She features rather heavily in this week's pictures -...
C&D’s Wedding Cake: Fruitcake with Orange Marzipan, Royal Icing and Chocolate Roses
Furiously back posting at the moment to try to get caught up with the photo queue waiting in iPhoto. So, back in May (shockingly long ago, I know) I posted ...
Jono’s Great Butterbeer Experiment - Part 2
On the eve of watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 it seemed appropriate to try to revisit last year's experiment to make Butterbeer. Last t...