Something a little different for you today. Sure we love our crafts but along the way we need to eat and knowing what treats to keep you going are a winner for us.
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Showing posts with label sainsburys. Show all posts
Accidental Dairy Free treats
Something a little different for you today. Sure we love our crafts but along the way we need to eat and knowing what treats to keep you going are a winner for us.
Make it: Plants DIY
You must have noticed that plants are taking over the world at the moment, it started with succulents in cute pots and then over to terrariums. I am not a green fingered person and so I am starting with some succulents and a spider plant or two, but I have been known to kill cacti before and so I am not sure how long either will last.
Makers Month: Food Round-up
So I thought I would try and find some Dairy Free and just darn tasty treats to keep us going, seem as though the weather seems determined to just be drab and make us all want to hibernate and eat!
From the Top left is a recipe from Lucy Bee, these Smoked Salmon and Broccoli Muffins look amazing. Lucy has her own range of Coconut oil and as the oil of choice at the moment and a great alternative to butter for those of us who need dairy free. You can also get a free little recipe brochure so that you can start using coconut oil from their website.
Top right is another Jamie Oliver recipe, have you seen his new Super Food programme? I feel its going to be a new like for me and the book Everyday Superfood may have to be purchased! This squash dhal looks like a great way to mix up my dinnertime and have some leftover for work lunches too.
Bottom Left are the cupcakes I made for my youngest nieces 1st Birthday Party - yes I know, I made them - super proud. I adapted a coffee cupcake recipe from Iced Jems and made Frozen style dairy free cupcakes with some help from some sprinkles from Sainsbury's. I basically just left out the coffee and added some vanilla extract to the cupcakes and blue food colouring to the icing and also made them with gluten free flour. They went pretty quickly so that must have been good. I wonder if anyone noticed!
And lastly in the bottom right is this Mango and Passionfruit Coconut cake which I really want to try using my new dairy free best friend of Pure sunflower spread. They also have an Olive oil version and Soya version, but I find this one is the best for cakes and for spreading on toast. It's all about multi-purpose items when you need dairy free! They have loads of recipes on this site too, so no excuses of not knowing what to make.
So, that's the food round-up for September. Now just to get on with some baking and cooking. I have been doing a fair bit of batch cooking at the moment as with the darker days, it's nice to come home and not have to prepare a whole meal. Plus it makes it cheaper for me, always a bonus.
If you have any recipes I should try or have tried anything I have mentioned in the food round-up posts, do let us know in the comments, would love to hear how other people adapt or find them to make.
Off to go food shopping for all these ingredients now!
H, xxx
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Love it: Christmas Adverts
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As Sammy mentioned on Tuesday, it appears everyone around us is getting in the Christmas spirit! Brands have been thinking about this Christmas since January and beyond - always gearing up for the next season!
Some people know it's time to get all Christmassy when they see the coca cola advert on telly! It used to be all about the R Whites advert when I was growing up, but that was much nearer the big day than the adverts seem to come out now.
There are so many amazing adverts that have come out so far this year and so I thought it would be good to showcase some of my favourites - so far!
By now you must have seen the John Lewis Advert, apparently sales in John Lewis have gone up massively since the advert came out, so someone is definitely watching it!
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This link leads to the making of the advert, which is just amazing. It was made using 2D and 3D animation techniques and just goes to show what can be done with a little imagination.
I love this Baileys advert as it gives a different spin on the Nutcracker - one of the Ballet's I need to go and watch. I love the Moulin Rouge feel of the ad.
Sainsbury's have used real people to show what Christmas is to each of us and used Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald, (of The Last King of Scotland fame) not too shabby.
It also just shows how different people celebrate Christmas, but that what's it's all about is family and friends.
Cadbury's have done their first ever Christmas advert - I know amazing hey! This one is so good as who wouldn't want to unwrap everything you own!
It seems the Famous Grouse is not a fan of Z-list celebrities! You have to love the famous grouse ads as they have taken over from R Whites with the waiting to see what they do this year!
I love to see what the brands get up to for their adverts and there always seems to be something extra special about the Christmas versions.
What's your favourite advert this Christmas or even just another other time of year? I love the really clever ads, like the Honda one a few years ago where it was lots of car parts on a domino effect.
I'm off to wait for the R Whites advert!
H
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