I helped guides finish off their chocolate badges on Thursday evening, Debbie and Cath who run guides said that I wouldn’t have a hope of getting the guides to try dark chocolate – hah, gauntlett has been thrown down. I began by talking them through where chocolate comes from, how it gro...Read more.

these are the finished bouquets at the children’s cupcake bouquets workshop last week for Mother’s Day, the youngest child was 6 years old, the oldest was 9, I think they did brilliantly and made amazing bouquets.Read more.

Saturday morning cooking club and this week we made pitta bread and hummus.  The pitta bread was amazing, brought back memories of Turkey last summer when they bring these huge balloons of pitta bread as a mezze, well the pitta the children made this morning brought gasps when the mini balloons cam...Read more.

After a week of no sleep (puppy) following on from 2 weeks of no sleep (flu) I at last ventured out on my bike for what feels like the first time this year and I now feel fat and desperately unfit. I thought I was doing OK until this bloke came belting past me going twice [...]...Read more.

Saturday lunch today was different, trying to cut costs I decided to buy a pack of puff pastry, caramelise some onions in butter and olive oil and make a caramelised onion tart with salad and leftover roast veg for lunch, made onion tart surprise for the children aka puff pastry pizza with passata,...Read more.