Interiors

Penny Pinchin’ In The Kitch’n- How To Keep Energy Down Low

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Penny Pinchin’ In The Kitch’n- How To Keep Energy Down Low

Image As a mum, the responsibility falls on you to keep the metre running. If the kids need food, you have to turn on the oven. If the house is too cold, you have to switch on the central heating. Homes rely on energy, and that is a fact. What is also a fact is that energy prices are increasing. Since 2010, they have gone up steadily and show no signs of stopping. To an average household, this means extortionate bills and fewer bangs for their buck. Thankfully, there are ways to keep energy down, and the kitchen is the …

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Breakfast tribes
Food

When Breakfast Tribes Go To War! Which One Are You?

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Breakfast is well-known to be the most important meal of the day. Well, it’s also one of my favourite meals of the day. You know, when you haven’t eaten all night, and you’re just so looking forward to getting that first piece of food in your mouth! Being a Slimming World target member I can still enjoy a whole array of breakfasts; cereal, fruit, yogurt, toast, pancakes, bacon butties, “fry” ups. You name it, it can almost definitely be made Slimming World friendly! But, did you know that there are breakfast tribes, as recently identified by Milk&More?

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Peanut-salted caramel Millionaire's shortbread recipe
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Peanut-salted caramel Millionaire’s shortbread | Recipe

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Who has been watching Great British Bake Off this year, now it’s moved channels? I think I was always going to continue watching it; obviously it was going to be different due to the new panel, but I’m glad they kept the same format. I still love it just as much! Anyway, this is the first week I’ve managed to join in with, for the bake along this year. The first week I was on holiday, and then I’ve just been so busy. But when I saw it was caramel week, I had to join in and make something with salted caramel …

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Homegrown Cuisine The Importance of Knowing Where Your Food Comes From
Food

Homegrown Cuisine: The Importance of Knowing Where Your Food Comes From

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Nowadays we’re more disconnected to the sources of our food than ever. The growth of supermarkets means that we choose convenience over quality and often don’t have a clue where the products we’re buying were grown, how those involved in the production process are treated, or what additives, artificial colours or pesticides are used on them before they reach our plates. So why not start taking matters into your own hands and producing more of the food that you consume from in your own home. Of course, you’re not going to be able to make absolutely everything you consume yourself. …

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Interiors

The Principles Of Interior Design That Experts Swear By

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If you have ever had that feeling of wanting to be a professional interior designer just for a day, you are not alone. Many people appreciate the desire there, and the good news is that you can gain a fairly realistic version of that experience simply by learning as much about interior design as you can. As it happens, there are a number of useful and fascinating principles which the professionals use and are aware of when designing interior space. These principles are sometimes obvious in an unconscious way, and sometimes they are the kind of thing you could never …

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