Category Archives: Hints & Tips

10 top tips for great website images

For any of you that are thinking of starting your own website here are 10 Top Tips! Have a good camera that takes hi resolution images. Journalists will want to use images from your site so ensure they are 350dpi … Continue reading

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Homemade Butter

It is Sunday night and we are out of butter but long on double cream, so I have just made a pat of butter! It is easier than you think.  Just keep whisking the cream until it breaks up into … Continue reading

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Ludlow Food Festival

Everyone always wants to know what it is like at the Ludlow Food Festival.  Well, it’s fun! The other stall holders are always lovely and after a few years we become like a family meeting up for an annual gathering. … Continue reading

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Quirky Lighting

You may remember from previous blogs that I have a penchant for quirky lighting.  I have just come across some fabulous ideas from Rocketstgeorge.com an exclusively online shop with some fab ideas. How about this beautiful china swallow decoration for … Continue reading

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Which Barbecue is for you?

This is what my husband would like to happen when he lights our little Barbecue. An easy start, bottle of beer in one hand and matches in the other.  Fire takes hold quickly and before he knows it, coals have … Continue reading

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Top Tip – Cooking Onions

If you have a recipe that requires you to soften, sliced onions but not brown them, the best thing to do is slowly cook them in a heavy saucepan, stirring often.  When you get to the point that they look … Continue reading

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Cooking – Top Tip – Skinning Peppers

The easiest way to get the skin off Peppers is to grill them in the oven till burnt then put them in a plastic bag to cool.  The skins will then peel off with no effort at all!

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Cooking – Top Tip – Old Carrots

Old Carrots. If you have got some carrots lingering at the bottom of your fridge that look too wrinkly to use, peel them then grate them into a Bolognese sauce,  It adds a subtle sweetness to the mixture. You could … Continue reading

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Fish on a Friday.

It is a tradition in our home to serve fish on Fridays.  We always do it and even if I go out to dinner on a Friday I always order fish, so it got me thinking, why Friday? The origin … Continue reading

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Eat Yourself Young

This is no longer a dream, you can really do it! … did you see the article in the Mail on Sunday,  New Year’s Day?  If not check out the EPJ Health Website, it is awesome. I bought the book … Continue reading

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