Saturday Night Beans

Whilst I’m hopeful for another handful of days this year that are sunny enough to call us to salad and bbqs, there’s no denying that the temperature is dropping and the nights are drawing in. It’s time to revers to some wholesome and comforting autumn dinners.

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The Irony of Healthy Eating

Your body doesn’t make any iron, you need to consume it. So, steak, stout and plenty of greens, right? This is not only going to be easy, it’s going to be delicious!!!!
This is where the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh comes in. Because iron deficiency isn’t just about eating enough iron, it is about ensuring that iron gets out of your stomach and into the rest of you.

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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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Summer Stuff

Greetings. As the days get lighter and the weeds start springing I find myself in an early mid-year review, wondering what the hell has happened to the last six (twelve?) months. Whilst I could certainly regale you with endless fascinating and inspirational tales of what I’ve been up to, it feels time to look to […]

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Applemint Syrup

Balance, sustainability and my desperate need to cover my failings have recently lead me to reconsider my attitude to some areas of the grounds of Castle Boomboom. There’s something soul eating about spending all of your time trying to banish the unwanted, to the point of having no time/energy/garden centre vouchers left to focus on […]

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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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The Breakfast Club- Continental Cafe

It’s been a while since I’ve found myself in the streets of Maldon, a saltmarsh town in Essex I’m pretty fond of. It’s equally twee and grotesque- traditional narrow streets and upcoming mega housing estates of doom; cutesy indie shops and a bloody Card Factory; beer and sea salt. And a lovey little prom walk […]

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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 […]