Who doesn't love a holiday? Even in Britain, where the weather can be unpredictable? And we have been having a ball in rain and shine this week in Suffolk. Last year, Easter weekend at Potash Barns was absurdly warm: I think we had to do laundry every day because I hadn't packed many summery clothes for The Girls. This week I found myself begging DH if I could step into Joules and buy myself a sweater (OK, I just wanted a new Joules sweater, but … [Read more...]
Local Flavour: Kitchen Stars
If you live in the environs of South East London, by which I mean Beckenham, Bromley and Croydon, then I wanted to let you know about the awesome cooking classes that Dimples and I go to every week. Kitchen Stars is a small business set up by Mumpreneur Emma Rowland to encourage cooking skills in all children from ages of 2 - 16. My girls LOVE cooking. The moment they see me in the kitchen with an apron on, they dash off to find theirs, to … [Read more...]
Espresso Brownies
Another recipe from my Coffee Morning a couple of weeks ago, I think these brownies are a super caffeine-tinged chocolate pick-me-up, and they went down a treat. 350g caster sugar 225g butter, melted 70g cocoa powder 1 tbsp Camp Coffee (or 3tsp of instant mixed with 1 tbsp of hot water until dissolved.) 4 eggs 225g plain flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt Mix all the ingredients together in … [Read more...]
Easter Egg
We're enjoying a week of mixed weather in Suffolk. That hasn't stopped my Little Misses feeding lambs, feeding horses, feeding ducks (you get the idea) and generally relishing the sense of freedom they get by being at Potash Barns. The weekend was dominated by a bright dry day for an Easter Egg hunt: we are still slowly working our way through the stash of chocolate eggs, chicks, hens and bunnies. What we don't have is a goose. But the farm does. … [Read more...]
Swedish Visiting Cake
It's month two of Around The World in 12 Dishes and we are visiting Sweden (see yesterday's post on Swedish Midsummer). This works for me as we are trying to arrange a house swap in Sweden next summer, so it gives me a good opportunity to poke around on Pinterest and see what I can find. I confess that, despite knowing several Swedes, I know very little about Swedish things beyond Ikea. If you asked me to name Swedish food, I could have … [Read more...]
Floral Crown for Swedish Midsummer (or just because you want to)
With the rain falling, LBG and I resorted to DVD entertainment today. A few moments later, she declared that she absolutely needed to have a flower-crown like the princess on the television. By coincidence I had, the night before, been figuring out a craft that we could make to go alongside our Swedish Visiting Cake on the Swedish leg of Around the World in 12 Dishes. Though we came to the idea from different starting points, I'm delighted to … [Read more...]
