Once upon a time there was a young girl who married a Prince. There is no fairytale ending - but it's a great starting point to talk about cake. So, let's talk cake. Let's also travel back to Wednesday 29th July 1981 - the day Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles, it was the first time I baked a celebration cake. ...
Simple Indian Butter Chicken and Naan Bread Recipe
There's a whole-lotta-home-cooking going on at Chez Wright. The UK, and a lot of Planet Earth, have effectively been on lockdown the last few months, which means many of the take-out meals we normally enjoy as a family haven't been available at a click of a finger (or rather 'button'). Apron well and truly back on it was time to take on a firm family ...
That Was Then, This Is Now
As a teenager in the 80's, I was a huge fan of the genre of Brat Pack films. If asked to choose, I'm not sure whether 'The Breakfast Club' or the film below was my ultimate favourite: That Was Then, This Is Now (wiki for further info if you do not know of it!) If put on the spot I'd go for the latter, because I really enjoyed the film (still not ...
Tips For Reducing Air Pollution Outdoors
This is a sponsored post in support of National Clean Air Day 21 June 2018 Did you know National Clean Air Day is 21 June 2018? If you didn't... you do now. Did you also know it's estimated as many as 40,000 deaths each year are caused by the air we breathe when we are out and about? I didn't. It's quite a daunting figure, isn't it? What we ...
What Will You Do For 1 Day?
Photo by Prasanna Kumar on Unsplash It’s kind of a cliché isn’t it? New Year, New Year’s resolutions. Although one can never be sure when anything really began, a quick Google returned this: The ancient Babylonians are said to have been the first people to make New Year’s resolutions, some 4,000 years ago. They were also the first to hold recorded ...
The Most Wasteful Time Of The Year
Oh dear I'm sounding very Bah Humbug. Photo by freestocks.org on Unsplash But I'm not. I love Christmas. As the song goes it's 'the most wonderful time of the year'. It's magical, a time to spend much needed memorable quality moments with those you love. It is also a very wasteful time of the year. Let's be honest, it is. So when the knowledgable ...
Old School Food Waste Friday
It's a return to old school Food Waste Friday this week. Yes, I know, It's been a while. And don't I know it from how my fridge looks this Food Waste Friday. It's embarrassing. How did this happen? Well let me explain... ...
Spicy Butternut Squash One Pot Recipe
(please feel free to scroll down to skip to the recipe and miss out my ramblings about being a bad mom) It's a sign the kids' are growing up when the old's in the household take the initiative on putting the Halloween decorations out for the very first time. Oh yes, we did not decorate until 30 October this year (whaaaat?) and only when I took the ...
Slow Cooker Five Bean Vegetarian Chilli Recipe
Being British I just have to comment upon the weather we are having here at the moment. Yes it's wet, windy and altogether a little bit dreary. It is October after all! On the bright side it is perfect weather for us to have our spirits (and internal temperature) lifted with a simple Slow Cooker Five Bean Vegetarian Chilli Recipe. Checking out my fridge I ...
Apple, Fig and Pumpkin Cheesy Crumble Recipe
One of the beauties of blogging is that it's a great online journal. From time to time a particular post, or series of posts, from the past, pop up and remind me of great memories. Just such a post popped up today on one of my social media accounts. 2 years ago to the day I was competing to be crowned Top Chef by Grana Padano. I didn't win, but I ...