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Lockdown lingerie

Weekend wishlist: lockdown lingerie

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Hey! I hope you’re all surviving - what is this - lockdown week four, or maybe five (just googled, it’s day 33 today). I got all ready for a meeting on Thursday and sat puzzled when nobody logged in because I thought it was Friday. Duh. Last time I was talking about lockdown leisurewear so this time I thought I’d address the issue of what’s underneath. I’m assuming that - like me - you’ve mostly abandoned the push me up, suck me in kind of underwear that matters when you actually care what it looks like underneath proper clothes? So what should we wear instead? I’ve been looking at some gorgeous lockdown lingerie that I thought I’d share that will still make you feel lovely, whilst being super comfy as well. Read more

Easy no knead white bread

Back to basics: easy, no knead white bread

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I love making bread. I love the smell of the loaves baking that fills the house house with that feeling of warmth and comfort (and hell, don’t we all need a bit of that right now?) and I love the fact that it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than buying artisan loaves from bakers (although I love doing that too). What I don’t like is kneading, so you won’t see any of that in my bread recipes. I know some people love it (and I’ve gone through stages of making bread like that), but I prefer the ‘bung it all into the machine’ method. All the flavour, none of the arm ache. This easy, no knead white bread recipe makes two loaves. They don’t last long enough in our house, but if you want, you can eat one fresh, then slice and freeze the other one. It’s perfect for toasting.

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Charlies chocolate fudge cake with dark chocolate ganache

Charlie’s birthday chocolate fudge cake with dark chocolate ganache

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We seem to have had all our birthdays in lockdown - first mine, then Charlie’s girlfriend Amy’s 21st, then Charlie’s 22nd (yes, I sang ‘twenny twooo oooh oooh’ to him all day) and Sam next week. As is the family tradition, the birthday person gets to choose whatever cake they want and I’ll always try my best to make it. This time, Charlie wanted me to recreate the fabulous rich chocolate fudge cake with dark chocolate ganache that he always orders in Pizza Express. Thing is right now, there’s not a lot of point of making a huge cake as we can’t really share it around, so I altered my recipe a bit and just made one slightly smaller cake.The Pizza Express one is filled (generously), so I made a ton of ganache and split the cake in half to fill it, but you could just leave it whole and smother it in ganache.

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Peanut, coconut and chocolate chip flapjacks

Peanut, coconut and chocolate chip flapjacks

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If you’re looking for a sweet treat to bake at home right now (and if you’re lockdown parenting, something to keep the kids occupied for a while too), then look no further than these peanut, coconut and chocolate chip flapjacks. They weren’t supposed to have chocolate chips in, but Charlie requested them at the last minute, and they’re so good, I’ll definitely be adding them from now on. As long as you keep the basic fat/sugar/oat proportions in this recipe the same you can add or substitute ingredients for what you have handy at home. For the fat element, you can use butter, or coconut oil or plant based spread if you want to keep it vegan. Oh and if you don’t want to use peanut butter, just up the fat content to 175g.

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Lockdown leisurewear

Weekend wishlist: lockdown leisurewear

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How are we all doing? I hope you’re surviving the lockdown. It’s such a weird time isn’t it? Being locked down in the same house as your soon to be ex-husband has not been easy - thank goodness for Charlie coming home from uni and making me cry with laughter on a regular basis. If you’re suffering in a similar way, or just worried and anxious, like so many of us are, I’m sending positive vibes and big virtual hugs. I seem to have been checking out the online shops (the ones that are still open) for more lockdown leisurewear (I can’t help but say ‘leeeeshurewear’ when I read this word) to expand my limited jogging bottom/leggings working from home options, so I thought I’d bring you a bit of lockdown loveliness in the form of a few nice bits I’ve seen, and some special offers and discounts too.

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