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Mary Berry’s Jaffa cakes | #GBBOBloggers2016 Week 1

by StaceyUpdated on August 28, 2016August 29, 2016

GBBOBloggers2016 Week 1 - Mary Berry's Jaffa Cakes

It’s that time of the year again – yes, Great British Bake Off is back! Albeit a little later than usual (sad face). I am of course joining with the #GBBOBloggers2016 bake along again, and I’ll try to join in as many weeks as possible! I have decided I am going to attempt a few more technical challenges this year, and also be a bit more organised. It started off well with baking on Monday before the show even aired, then I watched it and decided I would attempt the technical instead (so my original bake will be in a …

Panasonic Steam Combi Oven | First impressions

by StaceyUpdated on October 5, 2021August 27, 2016

If you have been over on my Facebook page recently then you may have seen that I am an ambassador for Panasonic Kitchen for the coming year. This means I will be sharing some fantastic new products with you, my thoughts on them, and of course a recipe or two for each product. I am so excited to share with you my first impressions on the first product I have been sent to try out from the Panasonic kitchen – the Panasonic Steam Combi NN-CS894. The new Panasonic Steam Combi is a revolution for your kitchen, combining the power to steam, grill, bake …

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Slimming World weigh in #78 – the one where it’s still going down…

by StaceyUpdated on August 24, 2016August 25, 2016

If you read last week’s weigh in you will know that I won Woman of the Year in group, which made me incredibly over the moon and therefore motivated for a good week! I stayed on plan all week but I do think I need to start meal planning again; it really does help with staying on plan as I don’t struggle for new meal ideas and I can plan meals and shopping well in advance. We attended a fun day at Jacob’s nursery on Saturday afternoon and I knew there was going to be a cake stall there, which is usually …

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Random Acts of Unkindness by Jacqueline Ward | Book Review

by StaceyUpdated on April 2, 2024August 23, 2016

Jacqueline Ward recently sent me a copy of Random Acts of Unkindness to review. I am a fan of crime thrillers but don’t read them as often as I used to, so I was looking forward to this one. A gripping crime thriller with an ending you will never guess… how far would you go to find your child? DS Jan Pearce has a big problem. Her fifteen year old son, Aiden, is missing. Jan draws together the threads of missing person cases spanning fifty years and finds tragic connections and unsolved questions. Bessy Swain, an elderly woman that Jan …

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…On being group Woman of the Year

by StaceyUpdated on April 2, 2024August 21, 2016

If you have read my latest weigh-in update, you will probably know that I was shocked to have received the Woman of the Year award in my Slimming World group! It is an accomplished award to achieve, as this is a nominated award rather than just going by weight loss like Slimmer of the Year. Of course, all the awards you receive mean you have accomplished something great.