I’ve neglected this blog now for quite a while….going back to work after having a baby meant I haven’t had as much time as I wanted to spend here.
I have however started a new venture aimed at helping parents save some money.
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Some quick and easy snacks!
Ingredients
• Dates (about 10)
• peanut butter
• mixture of nuts and seeds
• protein powder (any flavour – I used chocolate brownie!)
• Cocoa powder
• dark chocolate
Steps
• Put everything into a blender (apart from the dark chocolate) and mix until the mixture comes together into one giant ball
• Roll small balls out and roll onto the seed mixture.
• Melt the dark chocolate in a glass bowl over a pan of hot water
• Drizzle the dark chocolate onto the protein balls
Enjoy 🙂
A few weeks ago I tried my hand at baking a birthday cake for a colleagues milestone birthday. It came about after I had an unfortunate incident with the microwave at work and a piece of cod I was reheating. Our office smelt like cod for days so the most obvious theme I could think of for the birthday cake was a fish.
Like a good baker I researched away on YouTube on what the best fish shaped cakes were out there. I came across this amazing video and decided I had to give it a go!
Looks impressive!
So armed with my apron, YouTube and enough icing sugar to last a life time I gave it a go!
I think it came out quite well!
I should probably add we are still friends and she loved the cake!
Last year I signed myself up to take part in the Goodreads 2012 reading challenge.
I set myself the challenge of reading at least 30 new books within the year….needless to say I didn’t quite make it! I managed the grand total of 21 books throughout the year which I am still quite pleased about!
These included:
I Am Legend – Richard Matheson
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
The Silver Linings Play Book – Matthew Quick
Dinner With a Vampire (The Dark Heroine, #1) – Abigail Gibbs
PUSH – Sapphire
Dracula – Bram Stoker
Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
Life of Pi – Yann Martel
The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
The Hobbit – J.R.R Tolkien
Me Before You – Moyes, Jojo
Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3) – E.L. James
Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2) – E.L. James
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) – E.L. James
My Name Is Memory – Ann Brashers
Carmilla – Joseph Sheriden Le Fanu
The Lorax – Dr Seuss
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) – Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) – Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) – Suzanne Collins
Thirteen Reasons Why – Jay Asher
Whilst i’m pretty pleased I tackled a few classic books…i’m also ashamed to say I gave into the hype and read the 50 Shades trilogy!
I have quite a few books in my ‘to read’ pile for this year. These include:
The Passage – Justin Cronin (Currently reading and I love it!)
The Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Wonder – RJ Palacio
The Fault in our Stars – John Green
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time – Mark Haddon
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
The Odyssey – Homer
If anyone else is taking part in the reading challenge, let me know! It would be great to follow others progress too…hopefully it will encourage me to keep on track.
I will always be a book fan – theres nothing better than a great collection on your shelf! I will always choose a physical book over a download, theres just something about getting a brand new book.
My sister introduced me to the Penguin Clothbound Classics range in October 2012. As soon as I started reading the clothbound edition of ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ I just knew I had to collect them all!
The Clothbound Classics range are designed by the immensely talented Coralie Bickford-Smith in partnership with Penguin. If you are interested in learning more about Coralie and the process to create these fantastic books, you can find a fantastic interview here.
In the meantime…..heres some lovely photos (Thank you new camera!!) of the books i’ve already collected.
My dream Clothbound versions would be:
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Wizard of Oz
1984
The Chrysalids
Game of Thrones Series
More information on the Clothbound Classics can be found here and if you are interested in perusing them in person, head over to your local Waterstones and I hope you find them as beautiful as I do 🙂
The Edgar Allen Poe Leather-bound book is a Barnes and Nobel edition – also available at Waterstones! Not all of this series is available in the UK, although you can order then from the USA Barnes and Nobel website for quite reasonable shipping costs.
I would love the Jurassic Park and Wicked versions – Waterstones please get these in!
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