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Christmas

Christmas and Thanksgiving Dinner Leftovers

16 Ways to Jazz Up Your Christmas Dinner Leftovers

January 1, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

Helping to prevent food waste one recipe at a time. Happy New Year! May I take this opportunity to wish all of my readers and fellow bloggers all the best for 2017. May it be the best year yet for you all! Now that the Christmas decorations have all been cleared, and the fridge looks …

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Roasted Baby Carrots with Grana Padano and Prosciutto di San Daniele

Roasted Baby Carrots with Grana Padano and Prosciutto di San Daniele

December 16, 2016 by Elizabeth Atia

In collaboration with Grana Padano and Prosciutto di San Daniele. Preparing Christmas dinner can often be quite a stressful experience. So many dishes, so few hobs and so little oven space. Here’s a quick and easy side dish recipe that can be prepared in advance as it needs to be served at room temperature. It’s a …

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Cartwright & Butler - The Harrogate Luxury Christmas Hamper

Review: Cartwright & Butler’s Harrogate Hamper

December 8, 2016 by Elizabeth Atia

Available exclusively from Harrods. Christmas has come early to our house. A few days ago (on my 40th birthday, in fact!) I took delivery of the most posh collection of festive foodstuffs to ever cross the threshold of our house. When this arrived I truly felt I’d made it in the world of a professional …

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Coconut Mint Christmas Chocolates

Coconut Mint Christmas Chocolates + Giveaway

December 5, 2016 by Elizabeth Atia

In collaboration with Albert Bartlett Potatoes & Üutensil.  So who else put up their Christmas tree this weekend? We usually don’t put up our tree until the 12th of December, but this year my best friend surprised us and delivered a tree to us on Saturday afternoon. She’d picked up a five foot real Christmas …

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Personalised Marmite Jar - Elizabeth

Review + Giveaway! Our Weekly Top Five Picks

November 23, 2016 by Elizabeth Atia

Issue 13 of our weekly bite sized review series. This week we’re sharing the opportunity to personalise a jar of Marmite with your own text, we’ve got a brand new cast iron casserole dish, a personalised mixing bowl, chalk markers (with an exclusive discount code) and a children’s advent calendar craft kit plus a Christmas …

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Hotel Chocolat Christmas Giveaway

Hotel Chocolat Christmas Giveaway

November 11, 2016 by Elizabeth Atia

Win £30 worth of Christmas themed chocolate from Hotel Chocolat. Hotel Chocolat has become a household name ever since it opened its chocolatier doors for the first time in London in 2004. Now, with over 80 stores across the UK as well as a number of cafes and restaurants, they continue to create delicious seasonal …

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White Chocolate and Clementine Ice Cream Bombe

White Chocolate and Clementine Bombe

December 9, 2015 by Elizabeth Atia

Something a little different for Christmas pudding. It has many, many years since I last made an ice cream bombe – 14 or 15 of them, to be honest. Back then I’d taken to cutting recipes out of supermarket magazines while I was learning how to cook for my new family. One Christmas there was …

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Christmas Gift Guide 2015

Christmas Gift Guide 2015 + 3 Giveaways!

November 27, 2015 by Elizabeth Atia

aka: stuff I like. It’s that time of year again already! Plans are being made (real tree vs. artificial?, chicken or turkey?, visit the family or just stay home for a quiet one?) and gifts are being bought. I’ve compiled together a collection of things I like. Some of them I’ve been sent over the …

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Baker Days Christmas #CakebyPost Letterbox Cake

Review + Giveaway: #CakebyPost Letterbox Cake

November 25, 2015 by Elizabeth Atia

Win a Baker Days Christmas #CakebyPost letterbox cake worth up to £18. Can you believe it’s only a month now until Christmas morning? I haven’t even begun to think about Christmas preparations! However, I had my very first taste of Christmas cake yesterday thanks to the lovely folk over at Baker Days. They are a …

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Hotel Chocolat Classic Christmas H box

Hotel Chocolat {Review and Giveaway}

October 23, 2015 by Elizabeth Atia

Win a Hotel Chocolat Dark Chocolate Festive Wreath RRP £22 The first time I ever tasted the delicious morsels from Hotel Chocolat was the morning of my wedding day. Leading up to Christmas 2013 the company were sending out samples of their Christmas collection, and I was delighted to have been included in the group …

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wooden cross with basil

A Traditional Cretan Christmas Feast

December 20, 2014 by Elizabeth Atia

Christmas traditions from the island of Crete (a sponsored post) I’ve never been to Crete. For that matter, I’ve never been to Greece either. The closest I’ve ever been was to Sardinia, once, over a decade ago, for a whirlwind weekend adventure away. I do, however, love Greek food – the flavours of lemon, olive …

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candy cane chocolates

Peppermint Candy Cane Christmas Chocolates

December 13, 2014 by Elizabeth Atia

A great edible gift idea that the kids can make! When I was a little girl there was a Christmas sweetie tray on the kitchen counter at my grandmothers house. It was filled with American gum drops (you know, the big semi-hard ones covered in sugar), assorted chocolates and jelly beans. It was just there …

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Christmas Gift Guide 2014

Christmas Gift Guide 2014

December 5, 2014 by Elizabeth Atia

I do love Christmas! Have you started your decorating yet? Our Christmas decoration filled boxes are slowly making their way out of the closets and I’ve even managed to wrap some presents already! I’m loving all the decorations appearing around the islands – especially this shop display in the rural village of Walls on the …

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