Cooking, Travel & Eating Out on a Grain-Free, Gluten-Free & Refined Sugar-Free Diet
Pure is a new boutique cafe that has only been open since last year. Situated next to the gym in Quinta do Lago it is definitely marketing the healthy set and has secured that niche for itself as there is nothing else like it in the …
When I wrote my Top Places to Eat in the Algarve Round-Up I wasn’t able to give Bovino Restaurant much of a review having only eaten there once. However, Love Brunch is a new concept from Bovino Restaurant this year and having seen it advertised all over …
Heading off on holiday next week has got me all excited about Portugal. I’ve been going to Quinta do Lago ever since I can remember (I’m told I was 2 on our first visit) and there’s been very few years that I haven’t been there for …
Last night was the inaugural Great Northern Pub Wine Tasting & Food Pairing Evening. We arrived at the pub to be welcomed with a glass of champagne and shown a list of the seven wines we were going to get a chance to taste that …
Tonight was a dinner out with Dan’s family and as his brother Chris is due to have his baby any day now (and his girlfriend Emma-obviously Chris isn’t having the baby), it was suggested that they stay near home and we meet them at a local restaurant. They …
Knowing how much of a fan Matilda is of the avocado Aussie Brunch (we travelled together in Australia earlier this year – and ate many brunches!) I picked Granger & Co for a Saturday Brunch Treat. I’d heard great things about the restaurant but never …
This month it was my turn to be treated to date night and Dan had planned a surprise evening for me – I prefer not to know where we’re going until the last minute, whereas he likes to pick where he goes! I guess he …
90 mins of Power Yoga left me aching in a good way and wanting to do some more exercise. We had plans to meet Dan’s family tonight in Hampstead for dinner, so we decided to walk there as all in all it would probably be …
Saturday was Girls Day Out! A day at Henley Regatta with Josephine, JiaJia and Mandy. I hadn’t been before and the weather looked like it would hold, so a day out in the country, by the river sounded like a great idea. I met Josephine …
You can read about other Great Northern Experiences at Great Northern Dinner, Great Northern Wine tasting & Food Pairing Evening, Great Northern Beer Festival Tonight I’d been summoned to the Great Northern Pub for a wine-tasting session for the new menu and dinner afterwards. The …
Birthday Month Continues!!! And tonight I was getting treated to a birthday dinner out by my friends Wioletta, Fiona and Robin. The destination had been kept from me for weeks but I’d finally been let in on the secret – we were going to Beach Blanket …
Feeling distraught at the election outcome we decided to head to the South Bank with some friends to sit in the sun and drown our sorrows. I promise no BREXIT chat on the blog so that’s all I’ll say on the matter! We headed to …