Steak Supper
Our friend Matt messaged us today with the news that he had a really decent bottle of wine that he wanted to get through tonight. With nowhere in London offering BYO on a Friday night I offered to cook steaks if he bought the wine. …
Tag: Meat
The Anchor & Hope Pub, The Cut, Waterloo
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 …
Huevos Rancheros with Chorizo
Typically a Mexican Brunch dish, I’ve become a big fan of Huevos Rancheros recently. I love the spicy tomato flavour paired with the gooey egg and I also add avocado on mine to cool everything down. Breakfast? Brunch? Lunch? Dinner? Doesn’t matter – I could …
Easy Guacamole
Heading home for Father’s Day, the plan was for my brother and I to cook lunch for my dad – hopefully a BBQ, but in England you always need a backup plan in case the weather doesn’t cooperate. Luckily, the weather looked as if it …
Kerry’s Bday BBQ
This weekend saw Kerry’s Birthday BBQ, so Dan and I headed back to Essex to share in the celebrations. The weather wasn’t amazing but the rain held off so we were all outside in the garden. It was lovely to see Tom and Kerry’s new …
Caprese Chicken ‘Pasta’ with Courgetti Spaghetti
This post was published on my Courgetti Spaghetti Recipe Round-Up Tonight the weather was a bit miserable so I wanted something warming and comforting. Not able to eat ‘pasta’ as such, I decided on cooking a Courgetti Spaghetti dish using my Spiralizer. Longing to be back …
Family BBQ
The weather today was much better than expected and Dan had some of his extended family over so we all decided to do a BBQ at his mum’s house in St Albans. Having said before that Dan doesn’t cook, he does in fact do a mean …
Great Northern Dinner
After a morning playing Lawn Bowls and lunch at the Skylark Cafe on Wandsworth Common, we decided to take Mats and Matilda to the Great Northern in St Albans for dinner as they hadn’t been there since the pub first opened. Making it a bit of …
Cork & Bottle/Archer St
Celebrations continuing for my ‘Birthday Month’ I’d planned an evening out in London with my friends for tonight. Dinner at the Cork & Bottle in Leicester Square and then drinks and dancing in Archer St later. I’ve had many a great night at both of …
Puglia (Day 4 – MY BIRTHDAY!!!)
Catch up on… Puglia Night 1, Puglia Day 1, Puglia Day 2, Puglia Day 3 Now anyone that knows me will know that I’m a bit of a birthday princess! I’ve even been accused of stretching my birthday out to a birthday month, encompassing the whole of June, but …
Puglia (Day 3)
Catch up on… Puglia First Night, Puglia Day 1, Puglia Day 2, Puglia Day 4 Another stunningly beautiful day to wake up to this morning… …so we decided to make the most of the sunshine and drive to a nearby beach as we knew that this afternoon …
Puglia (Day 1)
Catch up on Puglia the First Night, Puglia Day 2, Puglia Day 3, Puglia Day 4 Bouncing out of bed, I ran to the balcony of our hotel room, knowing the view was going to be spectacular and I wasn’t disappointed. Cloudless blue sky and …