You may have read before that we are big fans of Old El Paso so when an email popped in my inbox asking if I wanted to try a new recipe I thought yes, I’ll give it a go! The recipe I opted for was sweet potato & chilli enchiladas. We love enchiladas, they are one of our favourite Mexican dishes, but we have never had a vegetarian version as we usually have chicken in them. I love sweet potato and chilli so I was really looking forward to trying this. I was sent all of the ingredients (bar the …
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Jus-rol pastry products | Review
Last year I took part in The Great Bloggers Bake Off and during the pastry weeks I was always annoyed with my own efforts as I have never been very good at making pastry in all honesty – I always try to make it myself but if it goes wrong, then ready made it is! (I usually always have some in the freezer for such happenings). I didn’t know until I saw them on the shelf but Jus-Rol do pizza bases and also ready to bake croissants! I’ve always fancied making my own croissants but this is the next best …
Cheese & chive potato scones | Recipe (Slimming World friendly)
I’m a great cheese lover and before I joined Slimming World I would just cut blocks off and eat it like that – naughty! I do still enjoy it now regularly as my Healthy Extra A choice, but I don’t eat as much as I did before. When you’re not counting the calories in it, it can easily add up without you realising. I would always get low fat cheese as well but now I buy full fat and just have the lesser amount of my HEA. When you want to use your HEA for something else though, these cheese …
Review – Betty Crocker cake and brownie mixes
If you took part in any of my blogaversary giveaways then you may have entered the Betty Crocker one. I have recently been lucky enough to receive some yummy mixes from Betty Crocker to review myself. I love baking and creating recipes, but sometimes when I am baking just for family visiting or something, then I might not have time so a bought mix is just as good – I still have to bake it so I’ve kind of made it! I had never tried the mixes I received but even when the package arrived I was already drooling and …
Review – Organix Goodies carrot snacks (celebrating International Carrot Day!)
Did you have any idea that there was such a thing as International Carrot Day? No, me neither! It was recently celebrated on the 4th April and the lovely people at Organix sent the boys some Goodies Carrot Stix and Goodies Carrot Cake Oaty Bars to celebrate with. But before we bring you our review, here are some fun facts about carrots: Carrots were one of the first vegetables ever grown by man Carrots aren’t always orange, they can be purple, red, white or yellow too! The carrot that Bugs Bunny eats is called the Danvers carrot The carrot is a …