A very classy White Burgundy from Chardonnay grapes in the Cote Chalonnaise area of Burgundy. This wine is a little more expensive than everyday plonk with supper, it comes in around £9 a bottle but you can get it on special at Tesco,s for about £6, it is elegant and smooth, it has a slight …
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What A Day!!!
Yesterday Wednesday 22 April was going to be an eventful day Paige was due to have her casts removed from her legs, I had promised when she got home I would take her to the toy shop. The ambulance collected them and off they went to Southampton, it all went well Paige helped the nurses …
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Novatel Offers
At the moment there are some really good offers around if you fancy taking the kids for a weekend away without breaking the bank. We have used Novotel so I can speak from experience, we stayed in there Nottingham hotel for one night, myself, my husband and 2 of our grandchildren, we booked online and …
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Tunisia
Tunisia is an acquired taste, people tend to love it or hate it, and for me I loved it and would enjoy another trip back there Arriving in Tunisia is a bit of a culture shock as parts of it look as though it could be Iraq, on the journey from airport to resort we …
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Chicken Breasts In White Wine & Tarragon Sauce
This recipe is easy and you can change the sauce, if you do not like tarragon it could be a mushroom sauce or just a wine sauce, you can make the sauce before and it can be heated later and finished off so it is quite a versatile dish. I would not recommend freezing this …
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Ducklings, Daisies & Dandelions, Spring Fever
Driving home today, I was struck by the image of the lanes, so many beautiful wild flowers springing to life, the trees also bursting into glory, the humble dandelion, without it and the common daisy our lanes would not look quite so colourful. I thought of the hours of pleasure I have had picking dying …
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A Wine for Cat Lovers !!
Chat-eu-Oeuf. This is a very happy French dry rose coming from the Languedoc region of France, you can taste the sunshine and smell the meadow flowers, it has just a hint of sweetness to it, complimented with a twist of lemon and echos of strawberry perfect for summer drinking. This wine is also very good …
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Lime and Corriander Chicken
This is a Delia Smith recipe and I just love it, tangy fresh and very easy and quick Serves 2 very easy to double up for a supper for 4 Ingredients 2 Chicken breasts, Grated zest and juice of 1 large lime. 5oz [150ml] tinned coconut milk 1 spoonful of oil 1 Green chilli 1 …
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Susie’s Eton Mess
This is my version of good old Eton mess, so easy yet so moreish, the secret lies in really good meringues and very good fruit. I found the combination of small English strawberries, fresh raspberries and blueberries just wonderful. Most of the time though I just go for rasps and strawberries with lashings of a …
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Pot Holes In The Roads!
This is for one of my very good friends Carole, we had coffee together this morning, she mentioned the state of the roads, so this rant is sounding off for her. I have got to agree with Carole, we both have to be on the roads most of the time as it is part of …
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Doubletree Castle, Orlando
We stayed on International drive in Orlando, our first drive in the states along International Drive was quite scary, huge roads, traffic everywhere and we were looking for our hotel also it was getting dark, panic had set in but the fact I had booked us into a huge pink castle for our first 2 …
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Red Nose Red Wine
A soft sultry sexy wine that leaves you wanting far more than is safe to drink, flavours of the hedgerows, bramble, rosehip and sloe berries all add to the fusion of flavours. I could see my self sitting on a french mountain side eating fresh cheese and bread and a bottle of this wine by …
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