21.05.13 | ORZO SALAD WITH FETA & ROASTED PEPPERS

Hey! I made you a salad! Not only that but I made you a salad that will a) fill you up b) stop you reaching for the chocolate come 8pm and c) will sit happily in your fridge as leftovers for a couple of days (perfect for late night spoon snacking)!!

It's fresh and zingy and everyone in this little home loved it. The faff part for me was roasting the peppers (lazy me) so the next time I made it, i turned to my trusty old jarred roasted peppers. Don't feel bad if you're tempted to do the same because well, life is short and anyway i saw Sir Jamie of Oliver use them on the TV once and if that isn't a green light to cheat then i don't know what is!

I serve this with grilled meat and a glass of super cold pinot grigio for the ultimate in BBQ chic.

Err, did i really just say that? Oh dear.

C'mon, lets go!

21.05.13 | THE LUMINEERS - HO HEY

The Lumineers - Ho Hey!

Happy Tuesday x

17.05.13 | FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE

1. Awwww sweet.
2. A new-to-me blog :)
3. Mmmm  interesting!
4. Love this boy :)
5. Shoes in my fave colour palette? Hell yeah!
6. Are you ready? I'm ready!
7. My life needs more Dragon Fruit in it.
8. Go on, swish up some clogs.
9. I want a workspace EXACTLY this colourful.
10. And so what? I'm having fun anyway!

*psssst:

14.05.13 | DODGY - IF YOU'RE THINKING OF ME

Tuesdays tune: sharing what i'm listening to and the songs I love. 

This week,  If you're thinking of me by Dodgy.

Simply because I've got some happy memories surrounding this song. 

The message is important too, right?

13.05.13 | SPICY SWEET POTATO WEDGES

We eat loads & loads of everything sweet potatoes in this house which is (a lot) good but also a little bad/boring/samey.

It's obviously good because they are amazingly good for you aren't they, these giant golden nuggets? But what is bad/boring/samey is that I always get stuck in a foodie rut with them.
You see, if something works for me in the kitchen and I know how to do it so well that I could make it blind folded, then the temptation is there to keep on churning it out the same old way. That means that whenever we eat sweet pots it's either baked with lots of different toppings (my fave is soured cream & rose harissa!) or we have them this way.

Then a couple of months back i saw this recipe on my favourite fail-safe / go - to food blog Shutterbean and I started making them Tracy's way instead. They are pretty damn good and because they aren't quite as spicy as my other ones, the kids aren't scared to dive on in.

So here you go, here's how to make them (doh!) Well, it would be rude not to share...

10.05.13 | FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE

1. Check out the beautiful Collectiv42. It's a new vintage retro shop set up by one of my besties Soraya :)
2. I'll be making this chicken tostada salad this weekend.
3. I love this saying, and now I waaaaaant that print.
4. I would have loved to attend this Letterpress Craft Night. But y'know a 12hr plane ride would have been a little excessive!
5. When we jiggle the bedrooms around here, I want this paper in our bedroom. And now i'm impatient and C will be rolling his eyes back into his brain. Ha!
6. Speaking of bedroom changes I think I may order these for the girls room!
7. It's Mothers Day in the US this weekend (Happy Mothers Day!) and i think they should all be treated to a class of Raspberry Rose Fizz. Actually, so should us UK mamas, why not?!
8. Wedges. Can't stop, won't stop (can't walk).
9. New iphone case? Love this one.
10. True. Just be NICE.

07.05.13 | DAFT PUNK - GET LUCKY

Tuesdays tune: sharing what i'm listening to and the songs I love. 

This week,  Get Lucky by Daft Punk (Ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)

I'm OBSESSED with this song and that was before I even saw this video...

07.05.13 | A LONG WEEKEND

06.05.13 | SPRING TACOS

Yesterday was cinco de mayo & although I'm neither Mexican or living anywhere close to Mexico, I am as you know a massive fan of Mexican food so i wanted to celebrate the holiday too! I'm not going to lie and say the temptation to sit drinking margaritas all day long in my sunny garden wasn't pretty high but I do have three small(ish) children to look after so instead TACOS it was.
Well it had to be really, didn't it...
I'd already made a similar version to this earlier in the week but these Spring Tacos are so good that we wanted them again. The chicken is rubbed with spices & lemon juice and griddled making these super healthy too. Serve with some spicy jalepeno sauce  and some fat free natural yougurt & you'll be laughing all the way to skinny town. Mmmmm.

Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

SPICY JALEPENO SAUCE

This is a really simple sauce to brighten up pretty much anything. I wanted it for my spring tacos, but this would be good with steak, or drizzled over some grilled halloumi! It's going to be perfect for all your grilling needs now BBQ season is finally here - thank goodness!

03.05.13 | FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE

1. How amazing does this Tuscan Kale Cesar Salad look?
2. Who doesn't want to make these Braided Rope Necklaces?
3. I saw this funny animation on Shutterbean this morning and HAD to add it to todays top ten!
4. Who dares Gins! I'm going here tonight...
5. Bag love!
6. Sunglasses love!
7. I'm going to (attempt to) do this fun little craft with Florence. She loves dream catchers!
8. This from Gluten Free Girl & The Chef looks AMAZING!
9. I love Camberwell. I'd love it even more if I lived in this flat!
10. SALTS

02.05.13 | THIS AMAZING AGE

India is at that amazing age where her little (read massive) personality is starting to blossom. Her fingers are ever pointing, her eyes ever inquisitive, her excitement and energy knows no bounds and she is just desperate to play, play, play. 

I'm lucky enough to be able to be at home with her full time and watch her potter about, her imagination taking her to wherever she decides to land. 

At the moment her big thing is playing mummies and homes. We brought her a little cooker set from Djeco for her 2nd birthday, filled it with lots of fabric play food and off she went making meals for anyone who sat down at her table (wonder where she gets that from?!). She is in her element playing 'being mummy' where she pushes around a baby in her pram sipping at her juice cup or an old take-out cup i've left lying around! She bumbles about the garden with my pegs pretending to hang out the washing and she sweeps the decking down with our gigantic sweeping brush. I wish our garden was big enough to accommodate one of these amazing wendy houses (the crooked cottage is super cute) because India would go bonkers for it.