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Soup Season: Parsnip Soup

When I went food shopping a week ago, Sainsbury's were selling bags of parsnips at a reduced price. They were all perfectly fine so I bought a lot, deciding I would make a parsnip soup 🙂 I've said before, and will say again, soups are so easy you really don't need to follow a recipe… Continue reading Soup Season: Parsnip Soup

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Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

I love baking. It's something I have a real passion for and love trying out new recipes as much as developing old ones. Last year Mom bought me The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook which is full of delicious baking delights! One recipe in particular grabbed my attention right away, pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, but… Continue reading Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

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Soup Season: Pumpkin and Carrot Soup

We are now definitely into "soup season" where everyone loves comfort, warm fires and hearty food. Soups are so easy to make and you really don't need a recipe to follow - just throw a bunch of vegetables into a pot with some stock, cook, blend, et voila! Soup 🙂 But there are a lot… Continue reading Soup Season: Pumpkin and Carrot Soup

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Lest We Forget: Rememberance Day

In Flanders Fields - John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were… Continue reading Lest We Forget: Rememberance Day

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Tea For… Three

Well, hot chocolate actually 🙂 Yesterday my Mom and I went to meet a friend (my best friend's Mom, who also happens to be my Mom's friend) for coffee in the morning. I'm not fond of hot coffee so that quickly turned into orange juice for me... and then we added scrambled eggs, toast and… Continue reading Tea For… Three