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Tray-Baked Chicken with Vine Roasted Tomatoes

I am not sure about you, but we eat chicken quite often during the week, which makes it essential to keep the meals interesting! This Tray-baked Chicken with Vine Roasted Tomatoes is both delicious and super easy to make! [Read more…]

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Tomato Soup with Parmesan Toasties

Soup is one of my favourite comfort foods and something I love eating all year round, but especially in winter. Tomato soup is my ultimate when it comes to comfort, feel-good food! Making tomato soup is also a great way to use up excess tomatoes.

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Coriander Pesto with Chilli & Lime

I love fresh coriander, especially sprinkled over a hot curry! Coriander or cilantro (as it is known in the US) leaves are so versatile and are delicious as salad leaves. Coriander contains antioxidants and has been found to have significant antibacterial properties! I thought I would try my hand at making a Coriander Pesto, as an alternative to Basil Pesto. [Read more…]

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Tomato and Feta Tart with Rocket | Today Pastry

I was recently sent a “Mystery Box” from Today pastry, with the challenge of creating a culinary masterpiece. My “Mystery Box” contained tomatoes, feta, rocket, balsamic vinegar, as well as the essential Today Puff Pastry!

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Inspiration ~ Creativity

I am not sure about you but the past few weeks have been crazy and we are only just approaching the “silly season”! Blogging has been near on impossible over the past few weeks, so please excuse the sporadic posts! Things are slowly reaching some sort of normalcy – thank heavens.

We have been in our new home for three weeks, which I cannot believe, it seems like just yesterday that we moved. To say that it has been an easy transition would be an outright lie! There have been quite a few unexpected issues with the new house {to put it mildly}, which has meant we have had to throw ourselves headlong into renovations. Not to mention both girls trying to study for exams among the chaos. Needless to say stress levels have been at an all time high in our home!

The thing is you need to find an outlet for the stress, to avoid complete and utter melt down! Generally there are two main things which help me de-stress, one being running and the other Creativity! The need to be creative is definitely in my DNA and from very young age, I found that creativity needs to be a part of my daily life.

Creativity comes in so many forms! For me it started out as drawing when I was younger and as I have matured my blog has become one of my creative platforms. I also love the creativity of cooking. There is nothing more satisfying than creating something amazing, from just a few simple ingredients! Then there is my love of photography which has evolved so much over the past few years.

Home decor and interior decorating is also a great creative passion of mine and has been a great help keeping me sane over the past three weeks! Yes the dust and general mess still drives me crazy but focusing on the creative aspects of decorating, like colour and design have made the journey almost bearable! Something as simple as deciding on a wall colour or witnessing the transformation of a space, is sometimes all I need to fill my creative “tank”.

How do you handle stress? Do you also find being creative helps! Please share your thought below in the comment section.

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