40 something PR guru, herbivore baker and biker who happens to love rock music, tattoos and life
Let’s face it, the title is just an excuse for me to indulge in my favourite spices – cinnamon and ginger. I could eat these scones all year round, they’re light and fluffy and well just scrumptious. I adapted this recipe from godairyfree.org – the original had a lot of coconut in it – from … More Christmas scones
My Great Aunty Meg was some character. I remember her teaching my older brother and I to knit but he was far better at it than me. I also remember her making the most delicious of soups in her tiny wee kitchen. But the one thing that clearly sticks in my mind was her grotty … More Aunty Meg’s grotty cake
It’s pure indulgence – chocolate and banana jam, not your everyday find in a supermarket that’s for sure but one I can highly recommend as a treat. You can add alcohol to this mixture for additional decadence but whatever you do – just ensure you serve it with something not overly sweet to balance it … More Chocolate and banana jam
This afternoon I made some chocolate and banana jam. It’s been a jam afternoon, I cleaned out the freezer yesterday and decided to make some more gooseberry and ginger jam along with turning the last of our raspberry harvest into jam. Now back to chocolate and banana jam. I’ve heard of it before but I’d … More Chocolate chip scones
I am procrastinating today, I have loads of studying to do but of course I have done everything except that. On the upside the house is sparkling and I had a great workout at the gym. On one of my coffee breaks this morning from the cleaning, the Hairy Bikers were on TV and made … More Sage and onion tear’n’share bread
I’m not great at taking supplements but since turning to a plant based diet even if I wanted to take them I get fed up trying to read labels to see if they’re vegan or not. I’ve found myself some vitamin C tablets now so that’s a start, but I have a lot of issues with … More At last – a vegan alternative to Chondroitin from Vegetology
It’s taken a bottle of wine, fine food, followed by coffee, two iPads, an iPhone, a computer and a good old fashioned Reader’s Digest atlas – but we’ve done it. We’ve finally worked out a route that we’ll take for our MAD JOGLE (John O’Groats to Land’s End) motorcycle ride in aid of Erskine. Of … More MAD JOGLE route planned
Finding a vegan alternative to parmesan can be hard unless you want to make your own. If like me you are the only person in the household who can’t eat regular parmesan, then making your own isn’t really an option. So being given the chance to review not one but three alternatives – well how could I refuse? … More Get the taste buds singing with Flavour Fusion
When my latest product arrived to test – a deodorant suitable for vegans – I nearly sent it back. The deodorant ‘stick’ was hard and dry – not the usual soft block I would expect from this type of deodorant. Reaching for the glasses (curses to old age) I read the back and realised there was … More Natural is definitely best
I remember the first veggie burger I had – back in the 80s and it was the most disgusting thing I’d tasted. Sadly, it seems the nasty veggie burger is still used by lots of outlets who buy in from their regular wholesale distributor (in the UK at least). The burger was a mix of … More BBQ black bean burgers (GF)
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