Hey, not only is it St David’s Day (or “Welsh day” as Ioan calls it!), but it is pancake day as well! Two excuses for delicious food in one day – perfect. St David’s Day recipes I have plenty of recipes for St David’s Day on this blog. Take a look below and try some […]
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Meal planning Monday, and some St David’s Day recipes
*For St David’s Day recipes, scroll directly to the bottom of this post* I have had a minor revelation and discovered the best way to find time to blog is to do it in the ‘dead time’ I have every Sunday evening when Ioan has a long soak in the bath before bed. He likes […]
Weeks 8 & 9 – a week of welsh cooking
After finally catching up on my weekly blog posts, life and work got in the way and I ended up falling behind again … but I am back now with a brief overview of some of the highlights of the last two weeks, and my plans for some St David’s Day celebrations for the coming […]
Week 9 – and almost a whole week of cooking to come
I started off this week with a pretty full-on day in the kitchen. To celebrate St David’s Day I made Glamorgan sausages for dinner (recipe to follow) and Welsh cakes (recipe here if you fancy making them). I made a double batch of Welsh cakes so that I can take them into work and educate […]
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi crempogs or St David’s Day pancakes
I am writing this post as Andrew screams at the television, urging Wales to beat France at their Six Nations rugby match*. At times like this, I am not so fond of having a Welsh boyfriend, but I suppose a footie-loving partner would be worse – at least rugby doesn’t seem to be on the […]
A St David’s Day feast of Welsh goodness
I am not Welsh. Well, officially I am a quarter Welsh, as my maternal grandmother was born in Aberdare (although she didn’t sound Welsh, and the only Welsh-ness I really remember from her is her love of Neil Kinnock). Plus my boyfriend is 100% Welsh, despite being born in Ipswich (he says he was born […]
Meal planning Monday – 24 February 2014
What I discovered after doing my first ‘meal planning Monday’ post last week is that I am very good at planning my meals, but not always so good at sticking to them. That’s because life seems to conspire against me and I end up having to re-jig my plans – that’s life though I guess. […]