Black bean burger recipe

Black bean burger recipe

Black bean burger

I have just realised that I have only 1 more month to really get in shape ahead of our ski trip. Now as someone who doesn’t get to ski that often, my normal running does not give me the level of fitness I need to handle a week of skiing. So, on the theme of [...]

Lemon curd recipe and happy new year

homemade lemon curd Happy New Year! I love this time of year, with the promise of new beginnings, and the inevitable diet that follows a month of excess. I love the holiday season, don’t get me wrong, but I do love getting back to “normal” in January, the lists and the new calendar to mark with [...]

Baked fresh fig, ricotta and hazelnut salad recipe

Fall is well and truly here, we have had a good few days of mild weather, but now there is a chill in the morning that makes me want to snuggle up under a fluffy blanket with a hot mug of good quality hot chocolate, loaded with marshmallows. Then I wake up and realise I [...]

The leaves are changing..easy soda bread and a jewel tone autumnal salad

The leaves are changing..easy soda bread and a jewel tone autumnal salad

Items from the garden and the farm shop

Well it is well and truly fall in the UK, heck it is down right chilly out. I had to venture into the attic this weekend to get my winter coats out. I have been clearing the garden out an harvesting the last of my squash to store away for future use. I also made [...]

Slow cooker apple butter

Slow cooker apple butter

Crockpot apple butter

Fall is well and truly here. As I write this, it is overcast and rainy out, and I am bundled up in my pink fuzzy sweater on the most comfy seat in the house in my lavender office in front of the radiator. Oh yes, and my house smells so darn good right now! The [...]

Foodie Penpal Reveal – September 2012

Foodie Penpal Reveal – September 2012

Foodie Penpal reveal September 2012

It’s that lovely time of the month again where I get to share my foodie parcel. I love Foodie Penpals, and my parcels just keep getting better and better! This month my foodie penpal was the love Christine Ro, sadly I don’t think she has a blog to link to, but let me tell you [...]

Totally switched off

Totally switched off

Steph MTB berm

Oops, meant to post this BEFORE I left for Paris, but just the same I will post it, and move on to what I did in Paris in the next post! Steph Doing the Berms! I rarely have weekends where I totally switch off, and am totally in the moment. I always have my cell [...]

Indian Summer

Indian Summer

Petite Paris Kitchen - Marais

I am not sure if we are due an indian summer, what I do know is that it is going to be near 90 this weekend and sunny. Woo hoo! What this means is that all planned exercise will need to be done in the early hours before it gets too hot. It’s been cool [...]

Why you treat me so bad?

Why you treat me so bad?

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I read a great blog post today and it was really uplifting. It made me start thinking about all the things I am grateful for. I have a pretty good life. I have a loving husband, my own home, a great squash patch, 2 lovely kitty cats and a decent job. I have loads of [...]

Where did the weekend go?

Where did the weekend go?

Nuun tablets

Well the weekend whizzed by in a nano second, after waiting all week patiently for it to arrive. I have been stuck in a rut food wise lately, resorting to the same things.  Most often, my bowl of roasted kale, coconut and chicken. It’s easy, quick and healthy. I have had a massive craving for [...]