'He restores my soul...'

Today I have had a day to myself. Sometimes, these are my favourite types of days and I started to get excited this morning at the thought of it so I thought I would share my relaxing adventure. Seeing as though I was up early, and by early I mean 9am - which is impressive considering I am way behind on sleep. I am not counting my appointment at the job centre or my 1am job application writing as...

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'I've got some new socks!'

Today I went to the park. It turned out to be a very lovely day, made complete by the return of the British Summer which is always nice because our nation are happy when that happens. Whilst we were sat in the giant sandpit, a random child came up to me to tell me he had some new socks. For him, this was really exciting news. This is what I love about children. To them, everything is so exciting....

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Sarah's Sauce.

The other night I fancied a bit of vanilla ice-cream, but after deciding not to buy the Hershey's Strawberry Sauce I saw in my beloved TKMAXX I was kicking myself because I had nothing exciting to go with it. So after a bit of research I found enough inspiration to make my own dessert sauce that would fit the bill. I'm really glad I did because it took about 5 minutes and was rather tasty! Sarah's...

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Something worth reading.

Following the tragic shooting in Colorado, my friend had shared a link to this blogpost written by a young lady who was killed in that cinema. She had already once narrowly escaped a crazed shooting in a Canadian Mall whilst on vacation. Here she shares her thoughts on how that moment changed her life, and though this doesn't change the situation - part of me was thankful for her that she lived a...

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Banana and Chocolate Chip Goodness.

So, tomorrow is my good friend's birthday BBQ in this wonderful rainy weather. I asked her what she would like me to bring, and banana cake was requested. Luckily, I have this really great recipe that I found in some random magazine and thought it sounded exciting. So I tore it out and gave it a whirl! The original recipe is iced with an incredible passionfruit icing, (which I could eat all day) but...

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Warning: Chocolate Overload.

So, tomorrow evening I am going to our Church women's meeting and since I haven't been in a while I decided it was the perfect opportunity to bake. Again. One of my all time, never lets me down, amazing cupcakes guaranteed cookbooks is from this bakery. In London, I love visiting here - it's worth the train fair just for their vanilla frosting. I whipped the book back out and went straight...

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'Oh well's' vs. 'What ifs?'

This week I read a really good tweet that reflects my new outlook on life. The title sort of gives it away but the full tweet was "I would rather live a life of "oh well's" than a life of "what if's." It was by a singer who supported the loves of my life aka. Hanson in their last tour of the UK. (follow her here)  A few major things have happened this year with people close to me that...

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Confession: I cheated at baking.

So I decided it was time to try my hand at Cake Pop making. Last week I purchased a really cute book (check it out here) telling me all about it, and everyone I had spoken to had told me they were ridiculously easy to make. After I read through said book, I began to think they were a lot more fiddly than I first thought. I continued my research and struck gold in the form of this beauty: Here...

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Crumble O'Clock...

As the hunt for a job continues...so do my culinary adventures. After a nice swim this morning and some time to relax this afternoon, we took a trip to our local farm shop to get some mince for me to make chilli. They also have this great freezer section in which they keep mixed fruit, so that seemed like the perfect idea for dessert! This is so easy I don't need to share a recipe, i'll use my own...

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Easy Peasy Lemon (Drizzle) Squeezy!

This week we invested in Paul Hollywood's new book titled 'How to Bake,' (copy and paste this link - it's got some lovely recipes: look here. Anyway, I was flicking through it in the supermarket and quickly spotted my first challenge. It was so easy and delicious (and very fast at disappearing) so I thought this should be the next recipe I should share.  'Mrs Post's Lemon Drizzle Cake'  Equipment...

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Recipe of the moment: Fruit Cobbler

One thing I may not have mentioned is that I am a kitchen dweller. I love cooking and baking and am always on the hunt for good recipes to experiment with. I think everything tastes better when it's homemade, so I thought I would share a few of my favourite recipes that I pick up as I go. Baking is so much easier than people think it is - there usually isn't much prep for simple cakes and once it's...

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From flip-flop frolics to flood warnings...I miss America.

So, my American vacation has been and gone and life has returned to normal. Getting caught in the rain with my flip flops on has happened most days since I got back, and I am still in denial about my broken Cath Kidston handbag umbrella...I just cannot bear to throw it away, so I have been quite wet this week. On my first week back I have visited a few coffee shops, (I missed these whilst being in...

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