Sick Day Brownies

I’m going to start out by fully disclosing that my goal this morning was to sell you on brownies made with sweet potatoes and now I’m just going to rush right into your next question: WHY TF WOULD ANYONE WANT TO MAKE BROWNIES FROM SWEET POTATOES? This is a poignant, pertinent, and sensible question in […]

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#GIRLDINNER

I will start out by saying that I never have, and never will, be a tiktok person. Honestly I’m entirely too old cool headachey busy and important for such trifles. I do, however, live in the actual world, and through various other mediums (where you can follow me as jsboomboom) I have of course come […]

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Tomato, Avo & Asparagus Salad

Don’t you just love a recipe post without any history, pithy anecdotes or epic battle scenes to endure before you get to the shopping list?

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Earth Day ’23- Eat For The World!!!!!!!

It’s Earth Day people!!! And if you hadn’t noticed: Earth is in trouble, and it’s where we all live. Biodiversity has decreased by up to 60% in the last 50 years* whilst the average global temperature is rising year on year and the sea quite literally rises around us. Babies are being born with microplastics […]

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Thorrington Mill Wines

When it comes to very local food and drink options in this bit of Essex, one tends to think oysters, chippies and ice creams- wine doesn’t tend to be high on the list. Sure in a regional sense Dedham Vale have put out some decent vintages and New Hall in Chelmsford are certainly doing the […]

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Hank’s Dirty- Colchester

WHAT- Plant based filthy fast food.WHERE- Central Colchester plus the usual delivery servicesHOW MUCH- £10-15 a head with drinks and dessertOVERALL- I’m moving out of this postcode before they bankrupt me.https://www.peninsulaveganfoods.com/hanks-colchester In the rare moments over the past few months I’ve been at my actual office in an actual town centre, I tend to wander […]

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Breakfast Loaf Cake

Disclaimer: I am in no way prejudiced against any kind of cake and believe all baked goods deserve an equal opportunity to be served for breakfast. One is back in isolation again after app-detected contact with some infected party of the local township and frankly, this sucks. It’s boring and stressful at once and couldn’t […]

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Top 3 Compostable Nespresso Pods

The Mr has recently given up coffee (unless it’s in a martini of some sort) and so I say hoorah, more for me!!! Cutting back on the black stuff is not an option for this blogger and I am now a long term convert to Nespresso. Over the last year I’ve been trying to move […]

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The X(mas) Files: Zoom Party Food

As the 2020 Yuletide approaches a lot of us are planning a seriously skimmed Christmas day and it isn’t the cheeriest of prospects in some households. Like, households that love people who live in other households….So, much like the rest of 2020 it’s beginning to look a lot like a Zoom meeting. This doesn’t have […]

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The X(mas) Files- Spiced Clementine Cake

As per previous rants, I’m not a fan of Christmas cake and also doing my best these days to have a low/no dairy diet where possible. This recipe has come about from a potentially unholy union of ways I’ve tried to make a decent, grown up cake without butter alongside the apparent trend of levelling […]