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I just got back from a sweet little weekend away with my family driving around The Cotswolds – stomping through fields, getting lost down farm lanes, scoffing pub curries and wandering through pretty little limestone villages (…oh and also getting rained on by shotgun pellets…). It was cold and most definitely welly weather – but it […]
Happy Saint Dwynwen’s Day! Or, for the uninitiated, Welsh Valentines Day! I went into a little bit more detail on why exactly we celebrate Valentines Day a little earlier than the rest of the world here in Wales in this post (along with a little recipe for Blood Orange Doughnuts 🙂 ) – but it’s basically a Game of Thrones-esque story about a time when Kings had 24 daughters and princesses routinely ran off into the woods and turned their lovers into blocks of ice. As you do. 😉
Just before Christmas I had a really bad bout of Insomnia and I knew I had press the reset button on my nightly routine. I did a lot – a loooooot – of research (…zombie-eyed googling at 2am, 3am and 4am) in the midst of my little sleep crisis, and eventually something “clicked” into place and I did nod off. What it was specifically, I can’t say – but here’s how I adjusted my routine…
I think 2018 will be remembered as the year I officially, head over heels fell in love with Thai food. It’s fresh and filling and colourful (I don’t know about you, but colourful food cheers me up this time of year); more importantly, it’s so quick and easy to make! Pad Thai (♡♡♡) and Massaman Curry […]
Can you believe that it’ll be Christmas Eve this time next week!? Crazy! How many Christmas Parties have you been to so far? If you haven’t, then I’ll bet you’ve got one coming up this week. Or are you hosting one yourself? If so, then this post’s for you. Hosting at Christmas is one of my favourite things to do (I love planning and organising around Christmas more than any other time of year), but it can also be really stressful (in fact, I wrote a whole post about it here). So here’s my ten step guide to hosting a banging Christmas Party.
The Cardiff Cwtch - Welsh Food, Fashion and Lifestyle