Indoor Picnic!

With Saturday’s weather being so sunny, and me actually thinking that it may be sunny on Sunday as well, I went into full on picnic planning mode, with the idea we would be having a picnic in the park for lunch.  I did a quick dash round the supermarket and picked up a few things…

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World Whisky Day

Today is World Whisky Day and there is only one way to celebrate; by having a wee dram (or two) of course! Slainte Mhath!

Boozy Coconut Milk Layer Cake

For my cake pledge for the Its Good To Eat Cake event, I couldn’t decide what to make. I wanted to make something different, but not too difficult, so I turned to Dan Leopard’s Short & Sweet and this is where I found this tasty recipe for a Coconut Milk Layer Cake (think Pina Colada…

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Its Good to Eat Cake!!

It’s true, it is, especially when it’s for charity, which automatically wipes out every single calorie in each cake, and therefore makes the cakes in this case – diet food!! The latest Edinburgh Bakers event was a fundraiser for local charity Its Good to Give, which helps young cancer patients and their families, run by…

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A Little Home Loving!

While drying my hair this morning I was flicking through my Google reader and spotted this post from Bex at Olive Dragonfly about her favourite spot in her home and entry into a fab competition over on Fashion For Home.  Having spent the last 2.5 years chipping back the previous owners last 27 years of…

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Banana and Walnut Yoghurt Pot

In an (other) attempt at being healthy I decided to give the ‘trendy’ 5:2 diet a go. To be honest I did spend months being sceptical of it. However, the more I thought about it the more I realised that it might actually be worth a shot!  The publicity round the book would make it…

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The Coffee Bothy,Deanston Distillery

Always on the look out for new places to eat near our office, Stuart and I took a quick trip up to Deanston Distillery, a mere 15 minutes away, to grab a bite to eat at The Coffee Bothy. Deanston Distillery’s claim to fame is that the film ‘The Angels Share’ centres around some precious…

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Whisky Mac Ginger Cake

Whisky is something that I didn’t used to like. But with a husband who loves the stuff I have managed to try enough over the years that I actually do like it now! And a cocktail I do sometimes enjoy is the Whisky Mac, combining Whisky with Ginger, another favourite flavour of mine! So when…

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Easter Fun!

Normally we both work over the Easter Holidays, but due to a special birthday in Stuart’s family we were headed en-masse to Wigtownshire to celebrate with his extended family. The journey down thankfully started out great, clear blue skies – had spring finally arrived?! But then the remnants of last weeks snow hit, plus our…

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Good Old Irish Wheaten Bread

One thing I miss about home (besides my family and friends that is!) is the bread.  I love Wheaten Bread, and although Mr Rankin has kindly delivered wheaten bread to the masses across the country, its actually not really like real Northern Irish Wheaten Bread, its more of a brown soda really.  Real wheaten bread…

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