It’s Saturday already and luckily you have checked in here because I have BIG ideas on what you could be doing with your good self this weekend. Something GOOD For the…
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There are lots of bread-in-a-pot recipes floating around the internet, the best of which is The New York Times No-Knead Bread. This recipe, however, is also good. It doesn’t take quite…
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It’s time to talk about things to do on the weekend! Because the weekend is now! So let’s do that … Something GOOD For the Weekend Something GOOD to do Go…
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Do you subscribe to the New York Times What to Cook This Weekend newsletter? I do and I love it. Well. I love most of it. What I don’t love is…
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You may know that I launched this blog back in 2006 and it’s been humming along very nicely since then. While the blog has remained much the same, the online world has shifted…
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Remember that rice salad recipe I was talking about yesterday? Well here it is! In case you are in the mood for rice salad. This is based on a recipe my…
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I just watered my plants and do you know what I thought? I thought “go and write a blog post you lazy sod”. So here I am with a November-style edition…
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Not all good food has to be green and crunchy*, now does it? Sometimes there is nothing better than something comforting and carbohydrate-laden instead. These jaffles are just that. You can make…
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It’s such a rainy day here. After two or three very hot days in a row the cool change came through and it has been bucketing down since the exact moment…
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This is one of my favourite comfort recipes. It’s quick to make and makes four generous serves which at my house means there’s plenty of leftovers for breakfast or lunch or…
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There has been so much going on in my world that I have been too tired to pop in here, but it’s a very quiet and rainy Saturday morning … and…
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Well hallo there! How has your weekend been? I have been a bit poorly, so I made a plan to begin a cute thing called Hook & Look. The hook part…
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For me, noticing the good things – however tiny – has been a sort of hook into the world when I had been feeling like I was drifting. Believe it or…
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Feeling A Bit Sht Nice Life Reminders Pip-LifeFeeling A Bit Sht? Here are some non-sht things that might prove bolstering
Feeling a bit shit? Well maybe some of these things will make you feel a wee bit less so? I honestly hope so. 1/ The pink robin lives in the south-east of…
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Guess what? My new book is done! I can’t quite believe it, but my work on it is totally finished as off about 15 minutes ago. It’s got a few more…
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Hello cutie patooties! I just wanted to check in to tell you what I have been up to, in case it’s the sort of thing you fancy being up to, too!…
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When I was 18 I fell in love and got pregnant. I suppose I was meant to be horrified, but really the idea of having a little family loomed large and…
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I have been a bit quiet here. My day job is on the computer writing, writing, writing – and it’s a bit over 40 hours a week. So sometimes that means…
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How about we talk about some nice stuff? Just in case you fancy snapping something up for yourself or a good friend / dear family member? Let’s do that! 1/ Firstly…
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Nice Life Reminders Pip-LifeThe (grown-up) kids and I took a little beach break. Here’s what happened!
Last weekend I was lucky enough to take a four day break and head to Venus Bay with my kiddos. It’s the first time I have headed off somewhere with them all as an…
