Mill Road Winter Fair

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I am really sorry for the lack of recipes & posts this last week. Preparing for a stall is much more time consuming than I initially thought! All in all it was a really great experience and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. I'm happy to report that I sold out of everything before the end of the fair which was a really great feeling and a little unexpected. I am super grateful to all my family and friends for all their support with the whole thing. Having my niece & nephews 'back stage' sampling all my food really seemed to help with the sales so thank you Henry, Alice & Ben! I didn't manage to take many photos during the fair because it was so busy the whole day but here are the ones that I did manage to take. 


I am planning on taking part in the fair again next year, it was great trying out my recipes with people other than my nearest and dearest and I got some great responses. I will be back in full swing with the blogging towards the end of the week. I have some great recipes planned! Hope everyone's preparations for Christmas are going well. I am hosting Christmas for the first time this year and I am a little excited! Also, watch this space for my post about the FoodCycle Festive Feast which happened recently.

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Brioche rolls filled with Nutella

Chocolate Fudge, Sapice- Bosnian Christmas Biscuits & Flapjack to the right

Chocolate, Coconut & Oatmeal Cookies

Mid interview with Affinity radio

Pecan & Walnut Cinnamon Rolls

On another note, I have had a little change around with my blog. I plan on adding a recipe index when I manage to work out how to do it, if anyone knows how, please let me know! Also, I was asked by a few people whether I am able to make food to order which I am. If you are interested please contact me on my contact page above.

Week in Food- Week 9

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I really struggled this week and I think I have worked out why. By the time I serve dinner its too dark to photograph the food so the photos never come out all that successfully. I am going to do some studying to find out what things I can do to help. I am also going to try and take the majority of my food photos during the day to combat the problem and also push myself to look outside the box.


This weeks photos are available on flickr


I have some exciting news coming but I'm just going to wait a little longer before I share, I would hate to jinx anything!

Week in Food- Week 8

Pin It I have decided to make a little change to my Week in Food post. From now on I will post my Week in Food photos on my flickr account so as not to bore you with repeated photos. I will still post a link every week to my account if you want to see them. You can see the photos here

Week in Food- Week 7

Pin It I can't quite believe I am already onto week 7 of the Week in Food. Last week involved lots of comfort food as I started getting into the Autumnal spirit. I wasn't expecting the heatwave we are having so making pies and mac and cheese in this heat probably wasn't the best idea. I have lots of new recipes to try out and share this week. I can't wait to get started.

42/365- 27/9/2011 Butternut Squash, Mushroom and Leek Pies

43/365- 28/9/2011 Peppers

44/365- 29/9/2011 Sataras leftovers with pasta

45/365- 30/9/2011 Chocolate for cookies

46/365- 1/10/2011 Off-Setting some carbs with a peppery rocket salad

47/365- 2/10/2011 Sunday Breakfast of American Pancakes and Maple Syrup from Maine

48/365- 3/10/2011 Chorizo Mac & Cheese with Lashings of Cholula

Week In Food - Week 6

Pin It This week has involved an extra helping of chilli sauce. I don't quite know why, but chilli sauce seems to have accompanied pretty much every meal this week!

36/365- 20/9/2011 Garlic Pizza Bread with plenty of Garlic sauce

37/365- 21/9/2011 Coffee

38/365- 22/9/2011 Buttermilk Pancakes and Chorizo scrambled eggs

39/365- 23/9/2011 Eggs in preparation

40/365- 24/9/2011 Single portion flourless chocolate cakes ready for the oven

41/365- 25/9/2011 Birthday Cake

41/365- 26/9/2011 Courgette, Sweetcorn, Chilli, Feta and Lime pizza

Week in Food- Week 5

Pin It Another week of lots of cooking and finally a chance to do some more baking too. I don't know where these weeks are going. They seem to be flying by! It's going to be Christmas before I know it.

29/365- 13/9/2011 Mexican 'Pizza'

30/365- 14/9/2011 Cucumber sandwiches on homemade tear and share bread

31/365- 15/9/2011 Vietnamese Rice Noodles salad with grilled tofu

32/365- 16/9/2011 Prawn salad at Teri Aki

33/365- 17/9/2011 Baby Spinach, Giant Cous Cous and Chickpea salad

34/365- 18/9/2011 Lemon Meringue Cupcakes in the making

35/365- 19/9/2011 Peanut butter bagel

Week in Food- Week 4

Pin It This last week I have been cooking pretty much non-stop. I have tried so many new recipes and also have gained quite a few pounds (this I am guessing as I'm to scared to step on the scales!) I have decided that I need to make a trip to Ikea soon for some new 'props' for my photos. Any excuse to go to Ikea is always welcome!

22/365- 6/9/2011 Pad See Ew in the making

23/365- 7/9/2011 Roasted vegetable & polenta

24/365- 8/9/2011 Pecan, Walnut & Cinnamon rolls

25/365- 9/9/2011 Wild Mushrooms

26/365- 10/9/2011 Cabbage

27/365- 11/9/2011 Mushrooms

28/365- 12/9/2011 Homemade bread

Week in Food- Week 3

Pin It Ok, ok. I failed a little this week. I went on a little family holiday and even though I had every intention to blog whilst there I ended up having so much fun that the blog got a little sidelined. (sorry blog). I also have to hold up my hands and admit that I failed to do my food related photo every day this week. Boo! I do however have the photos from last week. On a more positive note I had a great little get away and even got to finally go horse riding for the first time in around 10 years. A 2 hour trek in the sun and beautiful surroundings was just what the doctor ordered although today I am walking around like John Wayne. I hope I'll get to do some more riding again soon, I've definitely caught the bug. I promise to do a little post about the week in the next few days!


15/365- 23/8/2011 Grilled Pizza's with Salad

15/365- 24/8/2011 Kale Crisps and paint covered hands

16/365- 25/8/2011 Asparagus, Tomato, Gruyere & Olive Loaf

17/365- 26/8/2011 Poached Eggs on Left over bread

18/365- 27/8/2011 Breakfast 'a la' Mum. Baked Polenta with homemade ricotta

19/365- 28/8/2011 Sunday night Meze

20/365- 29/8/2011 Pasta Pesto

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Week in Food- Week 2

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A food related photo every day for a year. I struggled a little bit this week, I definitely need to practice more.

8/365- 16/7/2011 Cereal for breakfast

9/365- 17.8.2011 Spagetti with homegrown tomato sauce

10/365- 18/8/2011 Garlic

11/365- 19/8/2011 Polenta topped with creamy wild mushrooms & pancetta

12/365- 20/8/2011 Chickpea & Spinach curry

13/365- 21/8/2011 Earl Grey & Honey Madelines

14/365- 22/8/2011 Artichokes