2021
Year: 2020
Vegan
VEGANUARY 1st-31st JANUARY 2021
Join the New Years Revolution – Since 2014, Veganuary has inspired and supported more than one million people in 192 countries to try vegan for January – and beyond. They have worked with businesses to […]
Chocolate
Foodie Tip
TWELVE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD CHANGE TO ORGANIC FOOD…
If your New Year resolution is to go organic then here are twelve reasons to go for it….. No ‘nasties’ organic means fewer pesticides No artificial colouring No preservatives Always free range No use of […]
Baking
3 GREAT EASY RECIPE COOKERY BOOKS…
Even though life has been strange over the last twelve months many of us have changed the way we eat and cook. I started doing a bit of batch cooking to help my daughter with […]
Tea
NEW WAYS FOR USED TEA LEAVES AND TEA BAGS…
These green tips on used tea leaves is from the site Green Living Tips which explains about how tea can affect the environment, and a few extra tips from One Good Thing website. Uses for […]
Cakes
Strawberry
Gift
A GREAT GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS – YOUR OWN TEA PLANT TO GROW YOUR OWN TEA…
Not On The High Street have a great Grow Your Own Tea plant Kit for £17.95 which would make a great Christmas gift for any tea lover. These amazing kits have all you need to […]
1960's Food
3 OF THE BEST WI BOOKS FOR WI LADIES…
When my WI Country Woman’s Year 1960 by Shirley Paget book popped through my door I was so excited to open it and even more thrilled when I saw that the cover was a special […]
Baking
STUNNING FLOWERING TEA GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS…
Flowering tea also known as blooming tea, consists of flowering bulbs with leaves tied around the flowers, which are made by binding tea leaves and flowers together into a bulb. Each exotic bulb once it’s […]
Baking
A LITTLE BOOK ON TEA, CAKE & CHOCOLATE – “FREE” BOOK PROMOTION…
I have just updated my Little Book on Tea, Cake & Chocolate and have it on offer for Free on Amazon Kindle from 8th December – 12th December. This little book on tea and cake […]
Christmas
THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS CRACKER
According to WHY CHRISTMAS Christmas crackers are a traditional Christmas favorite in the UK. They were first made in 1847 by a London sweet maker called Tom Smith. He had seen the French ‘bon bon’ sweets […]
Christmas
THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING
Christmas (or Plum) Pudding is the traditional end to the British Christmas dinner. But what we think of as Christmas Pudding, is not what it was originally like! says Why Christmas. Christmas pudding originated as […]
Baking Tips
THE HISTORY OF THE MINCE PIE…
According to Why Christmas, mince pies, like Christmas Puddings, were originally filled with meat, such as lamb, rather than the dried fruits and spices mix as they are today. They were also first made in […]