Just call me Goldmember!

Yes it’s true folks I am now a gold member (of Weightwatchers) – meaning I have reached my goal weight. Hooray!!
Actually I have reached the top end of the weight range but lets not quibble.
21 pounds, that’s what’s gone from me howzat? And what’s more it’s really really easy if you follow the WW core [...]

Glebe Farm gluten-free bread mix

Glebe Farm gluten-free bread mix
Being wheat -free is very trying, especially now that I have to make lunchbox sandwiches for the kids, so I’m always on the lookout for decent bread. Believe me I’ve had some rotten bread from health food shops and the like. I don’t know who’d enjoy leaden bricks of solid dough [...]

The haggis files

Haven’t revisited this for a while. I’ve eaten a few haggi since then but I’ve thrown the packaging away before I remembered to blog about them. What a rubbish blogger.
SO anyway, had a haggis last night for the sake of my brother, exiled for many years in Londonshire.
This was a Malcolm Allan ‘Quality Butchers’ ‘Haggis& [...]

Leek, potato and pea soup

I recently remembered this soup, haven’t made it for while, but about the only thing left for picking in the garden are leeks and very sorry looking they are too, but fine for soup.
This started off as a baby food recipe that a friend told me and it was loved by my kids, but all you need to [...]

The haggis files

I love haggis, truly the great cheiftan o the puddin race and I’m going to note down for myself the different haggi as I try them to see which are my favourites.
A good haggis, in my humble opinion, should be made only with sheep’s offal and oatmeal and should be really peppery.
I was at a [...]

Banana loaf and procrastination

What have I put off until today? DS2 has beaver scouts tomorrow for the first time since the 16th  of December. The last time he wore his uniform he dribbled ketchup down the front but I didn’t want to wash it until I’d taken the badges off (that I’d sewn on the wrong side) and [...]