Baking Tips
7 UNUSUAL WAYS TO USE TEA…
1. To reduce travel sickness or morning sickness drink camomile, fennel or ginger tea. This is also good for indigestion. 2. To make your own herb tea put one small handful of the fresh herb […]
Year: 2020
Baking
A TOUCH OF CINNAMON FOR TASTE AND TO HELP WITH WEIGHT LOSS…
Cinnamon is a great addition to your diet as it lowers blood sugar levels. They suggest you only have one teaspoon to help lower your blood sugar level. Cinnamon is a popular spice, especially for […]
Tea
TEA COCKTAILS, A DIFFERENT TASTE ON TEA
If you go to the Tate Galleries in London, Liverpool or St.Ives you will see that they supply JING teas. JING is run by Edward Eisler and his team. By building relationships with the worlds […]
Baking
FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT GRANDMA’S APRON..
The principal use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons used less material. […]
1960's Food
SOME PUDDING/DESSERT RECIPES FROM THE 1960’S
Some great dessert/pudding recipes from the 1960’s are coming back into fashion. Remember the Fondue? No young, hip couple was complete without a fondue set. Dipping strawberries and cake cubes into molten chocolate and bubbling […]
Cleaning
10 OLD FASHIONED HOUSEHOLD CLEANING TIPS…
With us all spending so much more time at home at the moment I though a post on some of the old fashioned type of cleaning tips might come in handy. So here are To […]
Gift
Herbal Tea
FREE HERBAL TEA SAMPLES
Eloments Organic Vitamin Tea is offering free vitamin tea just by signing up for their newsletter. Eloments is made from 100% natural ingredients and is filled with vitamins and minerals. Herbal teas are perfect for cleansing your […]
Baking Tips
7 HANDY BAKING TIPS
1.When baking shortbread cookies, substitute half of your plain flour with cornflour. It gives them a really nice taste. 2. Before icing a cake, sprinkle the top with some flour, this will stop the icing […]
Herbs
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN TEA GARDEN
As we are all at home during this awful pandemic I thought you might like this infographic and link to Sugar and Charms website on how to create your own tea garden. Take lots of pictures so […]
Cakes
Coffee
AMAZING USES FOR GROUND COFFEE
I found these amazing uses for ground coffee on Real Advice Gal’s Blog and just had to share them with you. 1. Mix ½ cup of used coffee grounds with 2 tablespoons of olive oil […]
Tea Facts
TEA IN SPORT IN THE 1900’s
Did you know that in the early 1900’s the great lawns of private estates were filled with countless croquet and badminton fanatics. They spent their summer days playing these games until the early evening. Of […]
Tea
FIVE FASCINATING TEA FACTS
In 1484 teas popularity reaches a new height when Zen priest Murata Shuko introduced the Cha-no-yu or Hot Water For Tea ceremony, which celebrates the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of tea preparation and drinking. […]
Baking Tips
10 SECRETS TO BETTER BAKING…
10 secrets to better baking – Leave your cake on a wire rack in the tin you have baked it in for 5 minutes before you turn it out. When making your cake, leave the […]