My new discovery this week is Curley’s Dining Rooms, which sits on the edge of a small reservoir near Rivington Country Park in Bolton and which I didn’t even know existed until weekend! It's part of Curley’s trout fisheries so as you’d expect they’re specialists in fish and if you look at their evening menu it’s full of … Continue reading Curley’s Dining Rooms for Sunday Fish and Chips
Well, it's been a long hard week. I've been unbelievably busy at work every day, and have been coming home too exhausted to cook, go to the gym (any excuse!) or even to give thought to blog posts - let alone actually writing them! I'm not saying it's been a bad week, just a completely … Continue reading Friday Treats
Hotel Chocolat has to be one of my favourite food-related brands - one, because of their amazing chocolate, but also because I think they have great ethics. So when I got the opportunity to attend one of their "Chocolate Tasting Adventures" in the Manchester Arndale store, I was more enthusiastic than I don't know what! … Continue reading Hotel Chocolat: School of Chocolate
This week I enjoyed a midweek treat, as Jamie's Italian invited me along to check out their Manchester restaurant. Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain now has 30 individual restaurants, and the Manchester one has the benefits of a great location on King Street and being housed in a gorgeous renovated 1930's bank building (complete with vault, which has been … Continue reading Reviewed: Jamie’s Italian, Manchester
I own two of the Hairy Dieters books now and as I have road-tested quite a few of the recipes I thought I'd share some of my favourites with you, and maybe even recommend one of the books as being better than the other. I think the main thing to remember with the Hairy Dieters is that many of these … Continue reading The Hairy Dieters – My Favourite Recipes
Nola recently got in touch with me to see if I wanted to try some of their Vodka Spritz drink. Well of course I did, and not least because one glass has 35% fewer calories than one glass of wine – brilliant! I’m not doing a dry January (I don’t drink regularly enough to bother) … Continue reading Nola Vodka Spritz and a Girls’ Night In
I saw this tag over on Leona's blog, and because I love tea so very much I decided to take part! What was the first kind of tea you ever had? It was regular old English breakfast tea, and that's still the main tea I think of when I have cups of tea. What is … Continue reading The Tea Tag
After being ill over Christmas I am determined to stay cold- and flu- free for the rest of the winter. I've also over-indulged for the whole of December, so today marks the start of a healthy January, and the first thing I did was blend up a delicious tropical smoothie using my Nutri Ninja and ingredients … Continue reading Tasty Flu-Busting Smoothie
The Garden Kitchen at Holden Clough Nursery may be a little out the way, but its picnic table afternoon tea spreads have made it a very popular little tearoom. So when they started advertising the Christmas version of the afternoon tea for December we booked in right away! As you can see the novelty presentation … Continue reading Christmas Picnic Afternoon Tea at The Garden Kitchen
Christmas DIYs are my favourite kind because I really feel that homemade touches add something to the magic of Christmas, whether it's decorations, gifts or tasty treats. I've been wanting to make my own truffles for a while, and as you can see, if you wrap them up festively they make a gorgeous little homemade gift for … Continue reading DIY Christmas Chocolate Truffles
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