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Yesterday I reviewed 3 supermarket brands of mince pie. But over on my YouTube channel I have been baking my own! Here is the recipe: Ingredients: 8oz flour 4oz hard margarine or butter 1 tsp caster sugar 2 eggs water mincemeat optional: granulated, caster or icing sugar to sprinkle   Method: Rub the margarine into […]

  I love mince pies so it was no chore to taste test this year’s offerings. I usually buy the Tesco and Sainsbury versions (both cost £2 for a pack of 4) but this year Aldi also produced gluten free mince pies (they sold out much too quickly, please stock extra next year!) So here […]

Oh, the joy! Anya came home with the class bear this weekend (or is it a dog? difficult to tell…) Anya was absolutely thrilled. I was somewhat less so! However, this weekend we actually have plans so at least we have something to write about! Yesterday was the school Christmas Fair so good old Daisy […]

Actually I miscounted: it is 7 toy ones, a cosmetic one and 5 chocolate ones! We opened the toy and make up ones in November to countdown to advent (kind of makes sense 🙂 ) and then started the chocolate ones last night. I think the kids were more excited by the chocolate! Below is […]

This time in 3 weeks the Christmas holidays will be starting, eeek! via GIPHY But do not panic: I have some ideas for fun things for the whole family that will create happy memories without breaking the bank. Home cinema There are always tons of film on TV over the Christmas period or you may […]