My few regular fans (hi Mum!) may have noticed that I missed last week’s meal plan. This is because I was in no position to type: I was either eating, in a stupor recovering from eating, or listening to live music (whilst eating). Annoyingly I also had to fit in the usual work-related tasks which […]
Meal planning
Week 23 – birthday countdown
On Monday 15th June I’ll be celebrating my 39th birthday, which is quite exciting, especially as this time next week I’ll be starting my celebrations by having dinner care of Galton Blackiston and his crew at Morston Hall in Norfolk. I need to make the most of the festivities you see, as it’s Andrew’s 40th […]
Week 22 – going out on the pull
Don’t worry, Andrew and I haven’t decided to part ways. My night out on the pull, which is happening on Tuesday, is actually a tug of war at the House of Lords to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. As part of winning Team AXA / AXA IM last year, we’re going back to pull ourselves […]
Week 20 – chicken with courgettini
After my two days in Paris I have been struggling to catch up with my sleep, and with my work, so am feeling a little bit stressed. I’ve had the weekend to recover a bit, so am hoping I can crack through with some work this week and get back to feeling under control. Of […]
Week 19 – off to Paris again
Yes, I am indeed off to Paris again – just for a couple of days of meetings for work: I literally won’t have any time to spare as I am booked solid with meetings, so I am sure the time will fly. Then my Mum is visiting on Wednesday and wants to try courgettini (courgette […]
Week 18 – May the 4th be with you
Happy Star Wars Day! Okay, I am not a Star Wars geek like my brother Jason, but I did grow up watching the original films (and remember a mad hunt around London in the early 80s to try and find the Princess Leah toy … her wearing the white dress and buns was much sought […]
Week 14 – did somebody mention CHOCOLATE? And a trip to La Patisserie des Reves
Well, I am pleased to say that Andrew wisely listened to my pleads (demands) and bought me a lovely – and huge – Cocoa Loco egg again this year, so I’ll be munching on chocolate for a few weeks (even I can’t get through 1.2kg of delicious rich chocolate that quickly). Of course that means […]
Week 13 – and a few kitchen disasters
I am a bit late posting up my plans for this week … mainly due to my first kitchen disaster: a bout of food poisoning. As much as I hate to blame my own culinary skills for anything, I fear that a night of intense sickness during the early hours of Sunday morning – from which […]
Meal planning Monday – 9 June 2014
Good news and bad news from last week. The good news was that Team AXA won the Macmillan Cancer Support House of Lords v Commons tug of war. It was a lot harder than I had anticipated but the adrenaline rush was fantastic when we won (either that or the effect of the champagne – […]
Meal planning Monday – 2 June 2014
Another short post this week as I am barely going to be at home so can’t really plan my meals. I have defrosted some beef mince for dinner tonight – not sure yet what I’ll be making but I am thinking of stuffed peppers. Then on Tuesday I have somehow volunteered myself for the Macmillan […]