What? Quality bistro, cocktails, modern bar menu Where? Church St, Colchester, CO1 1NF How Much? From bargain to blow out Overall: 11/10 Home I almost don’t want to tell you about Church St Tavern, because it is my favourite spot in Colchester and quite frankly I don’t want to share it. Tucked up just off […]
Read More A Little Plug- Church St TavernRight off the bat, I will confess proudly to being no kind of coconut scented veganuary detox guru. I eat meat, I’m overweight and I’m not sure how to pronounce ‘quinoa’. That’s not to say I don’t see the benefits to this planet and all the bodies on it to eating plenty of plants, easing […]
Read More Are you going to eat….Jackfruit?I first came across a broccoli salad as a side for possibly the best chicken wings I’ve ever eaten in Mighty Quinn’s East Village incarnation. How it took me 13 months to reproduce I’m not exactly sure, but I did in the end. My attempt came out for a soul food inspired family dinner recently […]
Read More Broccoli Salad. It’s so much better than it sounds.Last night, for reasons un-discussable, my Step Father sent me a video of three lovely middle aged, tinsel adorned ladies singing a comically sweary festive ditty urging one not to be unpleasant over the Christmas Period. It’s never a bed of roses for any one over the age of 12, is it? I think I’ve […]
Read More The X-mas Files: Why I Hate Christmas FoodIt’s been a rough couple of days on body and spirit so when faced with a free Wednesday afternoon I felt up to little more than filling the slow cooker and sitting still for a nice while. Fridge contents put me in mind of how frequently I’ve seen parsnip and apple soup on menus of […]
Read More Adventures In Slow Cooking- Parsnip & Apple SoupWeight watchers. Haven’t I slammed them recently? Don’t I hate commercialised weight loss plans? Yeah, I do, in a way. I understand weight loss science and the evil psychology of effective marketing. I also need to lose more weight. I’m also a begrudging fan of Elliot Hulse. Who? Elliot Hulse: Relentlessly in your face former […]
Read More The Skinny Thing- Weight WatchersI have to say I started penning this post on the Sunday afternoon of the end of my no added sugar challenge with every intention of a rum and coke and a slice of vienetta and no regrets about not seeing it through to the turn of the week at midnight. It didn’t quite work […]
Read More NAS Challenge- the summaryIt had to happen, right? I had to get something else edible from my first summer of amateur cultivation? Well that something turns out to be carrots, Nantes 5 carrots specifically and I am still reeling in the thrill of that little harvest 2 weeks ago. After tiny onions, sludge ridden herbs and desolated cabbage […]
Read More Grow Your Own- A Triumph of Carrots!It was anniversary day in the household yesterday (aaaaaaaaw) and afer much deliberation we concluded on celebrating 5 years of uninterrupted togetherness with a seaside walk and retro shop visits followed by a steak dinner and syndicated dinosaur themed blockbuster movie. Hooray! Smiths of Brightlingsea provided some stonking ribeyes and a quick leaf through my […]
Read More Quick Steak SauceI can take no credit for this one as it has come directly from the Mr this sunny Sunday morning before we take on the traumas of a Morrisons shop, inlaw visit and garden harvest. It’s going to be a busy day and this is a great, sweet start to it. Using whey, this is […]
Read More Smoothie #10: Pink Protein Power
Food. Boom. 