Sipping cocktails on the seafront, swimming in an infinity pool and lying down immersed in hot bubbles whilst your face feels the breeze. You’d think my family and I were somewhere exotic when in fact we’d gone for a day trip to Scarborough. And whilst the car had to sail through the floods to get us … More Family days out : Alpamare & Scarborough Spa
We were challenged to create a tasty dish to pair with Krombacher Beer, with just four ingredients. So I got my chef husband Chris in the kitchen to come up with a dish as he loves cooking food and he likes drinking beer. Here’s what he rustled up for us… Butter Bean and Chorizo Stew: Ingredients: … More 4 ingredient recipes with Krombacher + WIN A 24-CRATE OF BEER and pottery glass #Sp
A theatre show for the adults this time… and I’d love to know what film you’d like to see at the theatre? One of the true masterpieces of modern cinema, Federico Fellini’s 1957 Oscar-winning film, La Strada (The Road), will be brought to life on stage in a brand new adaptation directed by Olivier Award … More Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning film LA STRADA live on stage
Many people find it weird that I co-sleep with my 5-year-old, 2-year-old and husband, let alone the fact that we have appeared on national TV doing just that. But to us co-sleeping is normal and, to the rest of the world it’s just sleeping. It’s mainly in the west that we have this fascination with “co-sleeping” … More Co-sleeping on national TV: Why I co-sleep with my kids and husband
I’ve not mentioned my eating disorder for a while because thankfully it has taken a bit of a backseat in my life (with a whole lot of will power and therapy). But it is still lurking which made me think of the challenges faced by those with a variety of eating disorders as we come … More Eating Disorders at Easter: How to care for someone suffering
I am a HUGE chocolate lover but when it comes to Easter, there’s too much chocolate, even for me, let alone my sugar-high kids. I do, however, like giving at Easter so I thought I would help you too, to think about gifts that aren’t chocolate -based but are equally (if not more) delightful. There … More A delicious Easter gift-list without the chocolate
Most of us are busy being busy these days and very few of us make space for “me time” but as a person who has suffered from mental health problems since aged 10, I have become pretty good at self-care (finally). So here are some top tips to look after yourself: Pamper: There’s nothing I … More Self-care: Top tips to look after YOU!
Whether you’re cooking breakfast, lunch, dinner or all three, we’ve got simple tasty recipes for some mid-week magic at your dinner table. And this comes from me – a rustic, impatient and forced home-cook. I’ve found my own secret “cheat” ingredient – using Dolmio sauce – which I was surprised to find out doesn’t contain … More Bolognese, Lasagne and Huevos Rancheros recipes #ThankGoodness
It’s been a year since MasterChef contestant Chris Hale aka my husband graced our screens with his outlandish creations and fine food. And the plates have been heated once again for a new series of the BBC cooking show. Here Chris describes what life has been like since making it to the quarter-finals of the popular … More MasterChef UK: How my husband’s life has changed in the 1 year since the show
As a child I craved for curly blonde hair, big blue eyes and, I dreamed of having a petite oval face with sunken cheeks. That way I could be pretty like the other girls, and better still, I could just fit in. Instead I was tall, curvy, round faced with poker straight dark hair. And to … More Dual Heritage: I’ll always tick the “other” box
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