Stacey in the Sticks

My Christmas wish list | with The Works

by StaceyUpdated on October 10, 2016October 11, 2016

I know. I mentioned the Christmas word. Yep, I said it again. But, I’m one of those people who starts getting excited about Christmas in September, so you’re lucky it’s taken me this long, really! Not so much Christmas present shopping, but I love browsing and buying everything else Christmas; books, decorations, crafts, movies – I could spend a fortune! I love visiting our local The Works as they stock so many bargain bits & pieces, and I find them great for gifts, also. I’ve recently been browsing the Christmas section of The Works website and have put together a little wishlist. Just in case …

Health Lifestyle Slimming World Weight Loss

Slimming World weigh in – the pre birthday one…

by Stacey October 7, 2016October 7, 2016

Last week I was a little disappointed with my weigh in to begin with as I really wanted to reach my target, but it wasn’t to be. I knew I had a couple of “bad” food days coming up, but I just prepared for that beforehand, and worked to balance it afterwards. I kept my syns low most days, then I decided I would go for an SP day on Monday and Tuesday, before weigh in. (I did do that at the last minute because I had porridge for breakfast, then decided I wanted toast. I’d only had speedy fruit too so …

Food

Guide to cooking the perfect steak | with Barbecoa

by StaceyUpdated on October 7, 2016October 7, 2016

I don’t know about you, but I do love a good steak. Medium rare for me, please. The thing is, I can never manage to cook one to perfection. I’m probably not managing to go to the right restaurants either as I haven’t found a steak I really love yet. How about you? Luckily for us, Steve Pooley, Chef Director at Jamie Oliver Barbecoa, has put together this beautiful guide to cooking the perfect steak. I’m definitely going to follow the guide next time we have steak for dinner – fingers crossed for a perfect one!

Food Recipe

Coconut coffee triple layer cake | Recipe

by StaceyUpdated on October 27, 2020October 5, 2016

You may remember a few weeks ago that I reviewed a steam combi oven from Panasonic. I cooked so many things in it – including (but not limited to) chips, fish, chicken, bacon, beans; but the thing I was most excited to try in it, was baking a cake! Obviously, you could also make this in a normal oven. I was so impressed that I could actually bake a cake in the combi oven though! One of my favourite cakes is coffee cake. I love coffee. I love cake. Put them together – I’m in heaven! I also had some coconut flavour …

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The lasting effects of bullying

by StaceyUpdated on October 2, 2016October 3, 2016

Bullying is something that is often in the news; very recently, the case of the teenage girl who was beaten by another girl, whilst a group of boys watched on, and even recorded it. The first thoughts of surely anybody, would be that this is sickening. The beating alone is bad enough, but for a group to encourage and record; it’s just incomprehensible. I’ve written before about how I was bullied when I was a teen, when I came almost face to face with one of my bullies before we moved last year. I’d forgotten all about it once again, until …