baking and making with my family of 9
I’ve probably mentioned it before but I am just absolutely hopeless with Christmas magazines. I buy them all even if they aren’t my favourites because I don’t want to miss out on any great recipes or ideas. And then Christmas Eve comes up and I’m doing my groceries and I just keep it simple as […]
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Edited to add that I’ve just found the pattern for free online, just go here for a copy of the pattern. It’s a great one! It’s been 5 years since I’ve knitted a doll but with Christmas coming I decided it was the perfect project…………..I must have forgotten how many ends need to be seamed […]
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There has been some serious baking going on around here. I know there has been because my jeans are a little snug and we’ve gone through a few sticks of butter this week. I started off with 3 on monday……………… I’m still a bit trial and error with the gluten free flour but these turned […]
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I’ve been really productive lately….I’m not sure what is going on but I do know that spending less time online and more time doing things and having family time is really paying off. Did you know I have Friday’s blog post, a cookie recipe, all written up, photographed and ready to publish. I know. Crazy. […]
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I’ve had a few vegetarian Christmases in my time and when I saw this recipe in a magazine recently I knew that I had to make it gluten free and convert it to the thermomix. It ticked so many boxes – festive, vegetarian, healthy and looked easy and delicious. A winner before I even made […]
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Or retro daddy’s rocky road! Last Christmas retro daddy started dropping hints that he had the best idea for rocky road………….I was stuck in my own way of doing it (maybe I wasn’t convinced on his idea) but this year I said why not! He even named the recipe himself. So he bought everything…………you’ll notice […]
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For once I am early with the santa photo! Usually I do it a few days before Christmas but the invitation to have our photo taken at QVB today was too good to give up. Especially after last year’s photo which I wasn’t really in love with because I decided to try a different place […]
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Now you all know I love Pioneer Woman.…….or should I say y’all know. In fact I receive questions from readers asking for my recommendation on which of her books to buy. And now we can add a third book to the mix that I have been absolutely hanging out for. Pioneer Woman Cooks – A […]
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Put your hand up if you’ve seen peppermint bark on pinterest or in a magazine. Now keep your hand up if you’ve actually made it. Thought so. Are you like me? Always pinning and thinking of trying something new and then you just make old faithful. At Christmas I make rocky road until I can’t […]
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