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Nov 15th, 2011
Making changes, feeling confident in your own skin and embracing your inner weirdo!
I was chatting to my homey Erica recently about making changes. Every so often I get to a stage where I think: yup, things have got to change. I’m full of enthusiasm for a few days and then it tails off. Current moans include:
Organisation. We can’t seem to get out the door in the mornings on time without forgotten ID cards, missing ties and the wrong books. Birthdays have been missed,...
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English Mum |
Nov 14th, 2011
Trout with a lime and caper butter sauce
I’m REALLY enjoying this Fish is the Dish project. They send a ‘fish parcel’ every couple of weeks and I get to cook with all sorts of really beautiful fresh fish.
This week, it was some gorgeous fresh trout from a company called Dawnfresh. The colours were absolutely amazing. We all gathered round oohing and ahhing at the beautiful skin (and then had a big family argument about how to...
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Nov 11th, 2011
The Disreputable one and the nasty case of the travelator nun pile-up
My Disreputable Dad popped by for a cuppa today. He does make me laugh. He was telling me about his business trip to Santo Domingo (I don’t know either, you’ll have to look it up).
I’m really not sure he should travel alone. He was telling me about the amazing seats Iberia have in business class now – there are loads of buttons and apparently you can lie almost horizontal ‘although...
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English Mum |
Nov 9th, 2011
Eating my way around Boston and New York, a guest post by the gorgeousness that is Erica
Hello lovely English Mum readers. I’ve hijacked her blog today so that I can exercise my foodie passion. I’ve been eating my way around Boston and I thought I’d share my highlights with you. The trip was a two-legged trip, first few days were spent in Boston and the last two in New York. The food in America is pretty good depending on what you like, we went for standard American fare during...
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English Mum |
Nov 8th, 2011
The murder of Billy Dove
On Saturday night, well, early Sunday morning, when many people were enjoying the aftermath of bonfire parties or, like me, were safely tucked up in bed after lovely evenings with their families, 21 year old Billy Dove was stabbed in Hemel Hempstead town centre. Obviously I can’t speculate as to the circumstances, but the end result was tragic: Billy died.
As the parent of teenagers, this terrifies...
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English Mum |
Nov 7th, 2011
A trip to Billingsgate Seafood School
I’ve already told you about the lovely chaps at Seafish – they work really hard promoting great quality, sustainable seafood, and their campaign, Fish is the Dish, is all about encouraging us all to eat more fish and the website is a fabulous resource for recipes, cooking tips and advice about choosing and cooking fish.
They’d noticed the Sea Bass debacle, and invited me up to Billingsgate...
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English Mum |
Nov 6th, 2011
A wonderful bonfire night in pictures
Saturday night, we went to my big bro’s for a few fireworks and a bite to eat. Having lived in Ireland for a while, I’ve really missed bonfire night. There’s something about the smoky smell of the air that made me feel really nostalgic (and hungry). I took some peanut butter brownies, but there was no need. My niece and nephew, Turtle and Jackson, are both incredibly good cooks. Turts had made...
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English Mum |
Nov 3rd, 2011
Ugly face chicken pies for bonfire night
I’m not completely sure where I first saw this recipe. Rest assured it wasn’t my idea – I’m thinking maybe Martha Stewart or somewhere like that?
Anyhoo, if you’re entertaining on bonfire night, these little beauties are a great talking point. If you don’t fancy chicken, just fill them with your usual minced beef recipe, or even just squeeze sausagemeat out of the casing...
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English Mum |
Nov 1st, 2011
Chocolate wookie cupcakes and the 11-teenager sleepover
So the Mad Prof decided that over half term he was going to have a Star Wars Marathon. This marathon, he informed me, would take the form of a…
‘…no-holds-barred 11 hour Star Wars fest where me, Jake, Mick, Sam, Harry, Max, Tom…’
Wait.
‘Six mates?’
‘Yup. Oh, and the two girls…’
‘Wait, EIGHT of you?’
‘Yup, as I was saying, we’re...
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English Mum |
Oct 31st, 2011
Scary severed fingers with black bat’s blood sauce (oh alright then, ‘posh’ fish fingers with olive tapenade)
You know when you write up a whole recipe, then the internet gremlins get to work over the weekend and delete it all? Yes, that.
Ah well, I’ve blown my nose, wiped my tears, and here’s my second attempt at telling you all about our spooky Halloween fishy supper. I was sent a lovely, fresh box of coley and haddock from the lovely chaps at Seafish over the weekend, and challenged to make them as...
