To kick start the New Year my first post for January was – 1. How to Kickstart Your Health in the Right Direction. This was a reblog from my other blog Back Pain Blog UK. 2. Fact – There is a Certain Way to Pour Tea According to Scientists 3. Fruit and Vegetables in Season for January 4. Use Healing Herbs in Your Cooking 5. As a chocaholic I can almost guarantee there will be a post on chocolate every month. Last months was National Chocolate Cake Day 27th January 2022. 6. I had to repost this blog from Lifestyle…
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A little bit of History about tea from 1422-1502. The Japanese tea ceremony emerges onto the scene. First created by a Zen priest named Murata Shuko, the ceremony is called Cha-no-yu, literally meaning “hot water tea” and celebrates the mundane aspects of everyday life. Tea’s status elevates to an art form and almost a religion. In 1484 Japan’s shogun Yoshimasa encourages tea ceremonies, painting, and drama. “Tea is the elixir of life.” – Eisai, Kissa Yojoki Eisai, the father of Japanese tea, was a Buddhist monk who brought Zen Buddhism and tea from China in the late 12th century.
Wakefield Express wrote an article on how you can earn £500 just by testing teas for a UK based company that are looking to pay three people £500 each to test what makes the ‘ultimate Builder’s Brew’. If successful you will be hired to sample different tea brands and a range of milk, as well as drink-making methods, as part of content research for the marketplace’s website. As well as payment for making and drinking the tea, the company are providing the candidates with a weekly supply of biscuits as it states a ‘Builder’s Brew isn’t complete without a biscuit…
Search Search Home About Me Recipes Resourceful Living Garden Hey there, friends! Today I want to share with you a recipe that I’ve been making for …Baked Oatmeal Recipe — The Well-Sourced Life
To prolong the life of herbs and salads, take them out of the plastic bags, wrap them in damp kitchen paper and store them in the salad drawer.
Baking tip, Thursday – “Before putting your cake mixture into the oven, tap the cake tin on a counter to release any large air bubbles in the mixture.”
Lifestyle Asia has written a list of 15 of the best cooking tips learned from Chefs in 2021. Immersion blenders make great whipped cream.Sourdough belongs in bread pudding.The best biscuits have butter and shortening.Cook your pie for longer. Bake until they’re really a good colour golden-brown.Cilantro stems are for saving. Cilantro refers to the leaves of the coriander plant. It is commonly eaten as a food or used as a spice.Barista-style oat milk makes a great base for sherbet.You can use Goldfish to make an ice cream cone. Seriously !! Chef, activist, and Studio ATAO-founder Jenny Dorsey made Banana-Rum Ice Cream in…
There is just about an awareness day for everything nowadays but as a chocaholic I made a note of any chocolate ones all in my diary. National Chocolate Cake Day is Thursday 22nd January – Sainsbury’s wrote about a great idea for National Chocolate Cake Day and that is as it falls on a Friday “why not stretch your cocoa-based celebrations over the whole weekend and rustle up some decadent treats?” Some of Sainsbury’s magazine team say what good choccy cake means to them. Anna’Flourless chocolate cake with a huge dollop of sweetened mascarpone for breakfast with a black coffee’ Frankie’Chocolate Guinness…
With so many amazing herbs to add to your cooking to create tasty flavours why not add some that are healing herbs. There are some herbs we use in the kitchen which have medicinal benefits as well, Woman & Home wrote. Rosemary – (one of my absolute favourites), is uplifting and aids memory, concentration and even mathematical ability ( I definitely need that). Studies have also shown that it is high in antioxidants. Sage is great for hot flushes and delicious with onion as a stuffing. It has antibacterial, anti-sweating and muscle-relaxant properties. Sage is also linked to wisdom. Marjoram…
I bet you did not know that there is a scientific way to pour tea to get the best taste? Well, according to News 18 the way you filter your tea has a big impact on its taste. Apparently, the speed with which you pour your tea from the kettle into a cup can have a significant impact on its flavour. After the scientific way of pouring tea was introduced, many found that they had been filtering their tea incorrectly all their lives. The proper way to pour it is to pour tea from the kettle directly into the cup,…
I can’t believe 2021 is nearly over. What a strange year we have all been through. I hope all my readers are well and are taking care during the next phase of Covid-19 we are dealing with. I wrote 14 posts in December which I will list below in case you missed any. Thanks for reading through my posts and a Happy and Healthy New Year to all my readers. LADIES VINTAGE HANDKERCHIEF FOR CHRISTMAS MADE INTO SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT SETS FOR OUTDOOR AND INDOOR LIFESTYLES 15 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD READ THROUGH AFTERNOON TEA4TWO’S BLOG POSTS FOR…
If you buy most of your groceries online, which many of us have turned to due to the pandemic. Then you will notice the delivery costs are pumping up your grocery bill. However, most supermarkets have food delivery “saving” options. At Asda you can get an Anytime Delivery Pass, which is available for 12 months. You have to pay £6 a month for 12 months (recently hiked from £5 per month) or a £72 one-off payment (up from £55). Alternatively, there is also a midweek 12-month pass for deliveries on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, which will set you back £35…
It’s not too late to add a couple of great books to your Santa list especially with Amazon Prime. My two last-minute picks are… Finch Bakery: Sweet Homemade Treats and Showstopper Celebration Cakes by Lauren and Rachel Finch. A Sunday Times Best Seller on Amazon for £11 There are no healthy alternatives in this book – the fantastic showstopping cakes and cookies are pure indulgence. The successful sisters who started a bakery from their parent’s kitchen deliver some confectionary wonders. Lauren and Rachel Finch, founders of Finch Bakery, share their best-kept secrets to decorating all-out celebration cakes and let you…