Mariealicerayner

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• Chicken and Stars Soup

  

  I can remember when I was a little girl that you used to be able to buy a soup at the grocery store called Chicken With Stars Soup. We did not get a lot of stor... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Discount Cabinets Can Completely Change the Look of Your Kitchen

  

  If you are thinking of remodelling your kitchen, you are probably also worried about what it will eventually cost. You can order kitchen cabinets online that ar... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Chicken and Cheesy Dumplings

  

  Food seems to be getting more expensive with each week that passes. It is becoming increasingly difficult to feed a family well, and still stay within a budget. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Streusel Topped Brownies . . . Deliciously Different

  

  I confess to having a certain fondness for Brownies. Little fudgy bites of chocolate gooey-ness that I have a difficult time to resist. The Toddster could take... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Crunchy French Toast Batons

  

  I confess I hold a special fondness in my heart for French Toast. It wasn't something which my mother made when I was growing up. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Beefaroni from Scratch

  

  When I was a child I used to feel really hard done by because my mother would never buy us things that we saw advertised on the telly like . . . Stove Top... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Some Tasty Meals from Cooks & Co

  

  Fine food specialist Cooks Co has launched an eye-catching new meal kits range that promise to tap into the growing demand for semi-scratch cooking. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Gruyère and Mustard Sticks

  

  I always keep a few packs of all butter puff pastry in the freezer. It always comes in handy. I do have to say it's really fussy to make your own from scratch... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Honey and Soy Baked Chicken

  

  Everyone needs a tasty recipe like this up their sleeves! It is so simple and so delicious and uses things I always have in the house, and I am betting that... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Caesar Tortellini Salad

  

  One thing I look forward to each year . . . as much as I hate to bid goodbye to the heartier Winter time fare . . . is salad season! Right now we are teetering... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Two Potato, Bacon and Thyme Gratin

  

  I found myself with an abundance of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the potato bin at the weekend and wanted to use some of them up, so I decided to make a... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Crumpet BLT's

  

  This is such a simple idea, however delicious, but I am betting you haven't thought of doing it yet yourself, or maybe you have. Forgive me for being... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Caramel Glazed Apple-sauce Bread and Meusli Topped Banana Muffins!

  

  I recently was lucky enough to receive two pieces from the Eddingtons Bakeramics Bakeware Range. Combining classic design with the latest technology in PFDA-fre... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• A Curiously Entertaining and Informative Book . . . Or How I Fell in Love with...

  

  "Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love."~Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, 19th century French Diplomat, on how he liked his coffeeIf yo... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Get Stuck into National Vegetarian Week

  

  National Vegetarian Week will soon be upon us so what better time to try out some meat-free meals. To celebrate all things vegetarian, Very Lazy and The... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• The Nostalgic Comforts of Home

  

  Today I tortured my pasta hating husband with some comfort food from my childhood, which rang all my bells, but left him feeling rather off key! haha He says... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• A Deliciously Lemony Breakfast Treat

  

  I had some French Bread that needed using up today and I fancied some French Toast for breakfast. But I didn't want the same old same old. I thought I might lik... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• British Food On The Rise

  

  (not on the high street)Despite Britain’s lingering reputation across the channel for bland, stodgy and overcooked food (French ex-President Jacques Chirac... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Up-scaled Bangers and Mash for the Toddster

  

  Todd just loves his Banger's and Mash. If I want to make him happy, that's all I have to cook up. He could eat them more than once every week!I do think they... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Chicken with Cherry Tomatoes and Capers

  

  There are normally only two of us eating in this house and so I normally try to cut recipes in half for us, or create dishes which are simple and make just... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES