25th December 2021, approximately 08:30 “It doesn’t matter; at least we’ve learned something,” Jordan consoles me, smiling, unwavered. “All we’ve learned is that we can’t make hollandaise sauce,” I mutter, feeling helpless at the sight of two empty gold foil wrappers and countless egg shells that have amounted to absolutely nothing; one jug, one bowl […]
Yes, I miss catching up with a coffee and a friend; the background soundtrack consisting of the clatter of trays and the gaggles of girls giggling, playing grown ups, asking for a takeaway hot chocolate, just like we used to. And we still do. I miss trying to get away with my friends believing I […]
When this hangover has passed, I tell myself as I drain my glass of its water a little too hastily, I won’t have a drink for another week. Maybe two weeks actually. No, one week is fine. When this hangover has passed, I will go for a walk and listen to a podcast that will, […]
(This post is pretty fraudulent as I actually made my boyfriend this very brunch on MY birthday, BUT…) What is better than avo on toast? Avo on toast with bacon. If you feel like treating your partner, your friend or your family on Valentine’s tomorrow, I’ve got the simplest recipe to patronisingly tell you “how […]
Only half a year ago I begun working a Monday to Friday, Dolly Parton 9-5 (my actualy 08:30 to 17:30 hours don’t make such an epic tune). I hung up my waitress’s apron as well as the daily pasta and pizza. As much as I miss just this, I was glad for the change of […]
I spent this morning whipping together three lots of different meals so I don’t need to worry about work lunches for the next week. Or, by the look of my freezer, the next month. One meal I made four portions of was a sausage casserole; it took just over thirty minutes and I tested out […]
I’ve food prepped for the next couple of days at work, completed a brief jog and thought about what recipes I want to try from my new cookbook. If you weren’t aware it is January 1st then I’ve given it away now. Happy 2019! The last two years have definitely been my favourite collection of […]
A couple of months ago Aaron and I visited the wonderful Edinburgh Gin Distillery and, after trying their new limited edition gin, 1670, we purchased our own bottle. 1670 is a gin birthed from the collaboration of Edinburgh Gin and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. It’s described as botany meets gin distilling and it’s delicious. You can […]
As a fan of carbohydrates and Italian cuisine, I am unsurprisingly a big believer in the power of pasta the day before event day. As I am running the Edinburgh half marathon tomorrow, I’ll later be cooking up a pasta storm in our little Airbnb with the boyfriend so we are 13.1 miles ready in […]
To go from eating somewhere between seven and ten portions of fruit and veg a day to struggling to eat more than three, the end of university found me lose the health geek in me. A few things probably contributed to this. I no longer solely controlled my own food shop; I became a waitress […]