Category: Features
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TIPS: BBQ Like a Pro This Summer
*This post contains Amazon affiliate links, which means if you use them I make a small amount at no cost to you. Summer is the perfect time to fire up the BBQ and cook some delicious meals outdoors. I know you can’t always trust the Great British summer, which is a shame, but if you…
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RECIPE: EASY Greek Inspired Chicken Kebabs
*This post contains Amazon affiliate links, which means if you use them I make a small amount at no cost to you. You would think that someone living on Ensure milkshakes wouldn’t have the motivation to go back through the things she cooked a few weeks back and provide you with the recipes. The truth is, I am…
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PERSONAL POST: My Big Bowel Bombshell
People with a chronic illness will probably be able to relate to thinking you are cracking on fine, and getting better, and then having some bad health news come completely out of left field and takes you out. You’ll remember in my last personal post I talked about my MRI scan. This come off of the…
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REVIEWED: Nameplate Anti-Strangulation Collars
*This post contains Amazon affiliate links, which means if you use them I make a small amount at no cost to you. If you know me or follow me on social media, you’ll know how much I love both of my cats, Albert and Alfred. When people use the phrase “you’ll end up living alone with loads…
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RECIPE: Spinach, Bacon and Egg Bakes
*This post contains Amazon affiliate links, which means if you use them I make a small amount at no cost to you. Eggs are great aren’t they? Like potatoes, I find eggs so versatile and thankfully I’m able to eat them. I don’t want to know too much about who the first person was to…
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PERSONAL POST: Diazepam just for an MRI?
*this post contains Amazon affiliate links. There’s a reason I share so much personal stuff since my Crohn’s journey started isn’t that I want sympathy. Admittedly, I AM an attention seeker, but not when I am unwell. When I am unwell I want to be left alone as much as possible. The reason I share…
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REVIEWED: The King’s Head, Ongar
I can only begin to imagine what type of images you conjure in your mind when people say “Essex” to you. As a county, we don’t do ourselves many favours with how we let ourselves get represented in the TV and media. But take it from someone who lives here, it isn’t all Sugar Hut…
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RECIPE: Massive Mac & Cheese
*This post contains Amazon affiliate links, which means if you use them I make a small amount at no cost to you. Many times I’ve cooked mac and cheese for myself and one other person, or three at a stretch. It probably makes me sound quite friendless that I have never mass-cooked it, but there…
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REVIEWED: Salt Yard W12, Westfield London
As I sat at my desk working on a media plan, a Teams message popped up and confirmed any “foodies” worst fear; our lunch the next day had been canceled. We go into the office twice a week, and honestly, where is the motivation if I am not going to get taken out for lunch?…
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LOCAL NEWS: Ava Grace Opens Shop in Ongar
When I think about how mischievous we all were in school (or more pertinently, some of the things the teachers told us would happen in our post-school lives that would be the result of this behavior), I wish so much they could see what we are up to now. Because I am so proud of…
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