On my next day off, I’m spending the day in Paris. I’m going to dress like a French girl. Maybe some flats, maybe a simple but sweet necklace, a scarf perhaps, and a spritz of the Chanel perfume Andrew’s mum gave me. Breakfast will be hot chocolate and fresh bread, followed by a stroll in the fresh…
Category: Recipes
A few ideas for the Inevitable New Year Healthy Eating Stint…
Like many people, I will be trying to follow up the feasting of Christmas time with a healthier January. Here are some of my go-to healthier recipes that will hopefully keep me on the straight and narrow. (I’m not a nutrition expert – these are just the things that I’ll be doing, as a food…
Recipe: 3 Slow Cooker Meals to Welcome you Home from Work :-)
Slow cookers are a great invention 🙂 As the evenings get darker and colder, our dinnertime cravings tend to be for warmer, heartier fare and we’re often ready to eat much earlier. Slow cooked dishes can give us just that. I’ve been experimenting a lot with our slow cooker, leaving it on while we’re at…
Recipe: 6 Hearty, Healthy Autumn Lunches
As the weather gets colder, there is something lovely about sitting down to a warm lunch: it affords us a slow, heartening moment in the middle of our day which is good for the soul. I’ve been collecting ideas for simple, healthy, warming lunches for this time of year. Some, like the squash and feta salad,…
KT’s Kitchen// Market Meals :-)
One of the joys of working at the market is that I get to see – and sample – other people’s produce! Last week I had some great Katy apples from the fruit and veg stand, and this week I went there again for vegetables to stir fry in a sauce bought from my nextdoor…
Recipe: Jo’s Lasagne
My sister Jo is the Queen of cheese sauce! It’s one of those things that everyone I know seems to really struggle to get right, but she knocks it up with no trouble at all every time. This means her Lasagne is GREAT! She made it for us the other night, and we all dug…
Recipes – Dorset Apple Cake
So far I’ve steered clear of posting recipes on this site, I suppose because I felt it would veer away from what I saw as my blog’s main focus: perspectives on life and what it’s all about. However, more and more, I am seeing the sharing of food as integral to well-lived lives, across all kinds of…
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