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Thanks to A Strong Coffee and her recipe for a walnut cake using coconut oil, I have recently discovered how excellent coconut oil is! I’ve had an unopened jar sitting in my cupboard for months, and the first time I used it was a couple of weeks ago when I made the walnut cake. It was delicious, and using natural coconut oil rather than butter made it even better, as it added flavour with natural goodness.
Food is such a universal thing. It doesn’t matter if you’re two years old or ninety-two years old, everyone can get excited and invested in making delicious food and drinks. It is an excellent way to bring the whole family together and those skills will stay with your little ones for life. With summer here and the weather trying its best to get better and brighter, it is the ideal time to get some cooking classes on the go. Even if you aren’t great at cooking yourself, you and the family are sure to have a giggle with the hope …
One snack that is really popular in our house is a biscuit, and since I started Slimming World I haven’t eaten them like I used to. Well, unless I’ve been having a particularly bad week that is and I delve into the biscuit barrel… I know I can make Slimming World friendly biscuits but sometimes I just can’t beat the taste of a custard cream. Or a bourbon. A Hobnob maybe. Or, well, any biscuit really, for that matter…
Okay, so this isn’t an actual cheesecake or Eton mess, but it is quite reminiscent of a mixture of both of them! I just chucked it together the other night when I fancied some dessert, but I couldn’t have fruit & yogurt as I was doing an EESP day so I just got some ingredients from the fridge and cupboard and came up with this. You could of course change the fruit in it, and the flavour of the Hi-Fi bar, but I thought it was really tasty just like this. It takes just five minutes to whip up too, and you could …
As a family – and me being the main cook in the house and just not wanting to cook sometimes – we tend to eat out at least once a month and it’s nice to have somewhere different to go. The Anchor Beefeater in Scunthorpe has recently had a complete refurbishment and we were invited along for a meal at the weekend to see what we thought. I’ve never been before so I wasn’t really sure what to expect compared with how it was previously, but I had a great first impression. We arrived just before 5pm and it was …