Here’s What You Can Prepare In Your Garden This May Need ideas for the garden? Here’s what you can start planting and prepping in May:   Prune back spring-flowering shrubs such as flowering currant and forsythia.   Watch out for late frosts. Protect tender plants.   Plant clematis to swarm up old fruit trees, disguise fences, or even add colour ...

Garlicky Kale and Chickpea Salad Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 5 cloves garlic, minced 450g kale, chopped (remove any tough stems or inner ribs) 1 – 400g can chickpeas, drained & rinsed 2 tsp soy sauce 1 tsp sesame seed oil 1 tsp rice vinegar salt & pepper, to taste Directions: Heat a large pan on medium-high heat. Add oil, ...

Organised Family Life Hacks – Part 8 Planning ahead and doing a little bit at a time leaves a lot more time to enjoy yourself and just makes the general day to day running of life so much easier. You also can save money by being prepared through the year. Every Friday we’ll post a list of Organised Family Life ...

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Crowned MasterChef Champion 2018 Kenny Tutt Joins Foodies Festival Foodies Festival, the UK’s biggest celebration of food and drink, returns with a mouth-watering summer series of events throughout the country, and this year is excited to welcome MasterChef 2018 champion Kenny Tutt to the stage, who will be showcasing his award winning recipes. Enjoying the sweet taste of victory. Kenny promises to ...

Deliciously Salty & Sweet – Sea Salt Ice Cream Ingredients 310g sugar 12 large egg yolks 950ml double cream 475ml whole milk 1 tbsp flaky sea salt, plus more for serving 1 tbsp vanilla essence or 1 vanilla bean Method In a saucepan, whisk 200g of the sugar with the egg yolks until smooth. Stir in the rest of the ...

Spring Hacks To Update Your Home Springtime can encourage a cleaner, brighter, fresher perspective on your space, and it’s a great time of year to evaluate how you live and consider ways to update and freshen your home. Bring Spring Inside Now it’s Spring, the best season for livening up a space with blooms. Whether you prefer hanging vases, arranged ...

Classic Homemade Tomato & Chilli Soup Ingredients 2tbsp olive oil 2 shallots, chopped 1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, chopped 600g ripe tomatoes, quartered 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes 1l your choice of stock 1tbsp chopped basil, to garnish Olive oil, to garnish Method Heat the olive oil in a saucepan. Fry the onion, chilli, ...

Our Favourite Hidden Things On IKEA’s Website Assembly videos Check out the official IKEA assembly video page for visual guides to a few of their more popular items, including the HEMNES desk and the MASKROS pendant lamp. Also you can call IKEA and a real person will help you with directions on how to put something together. We called and within ...

Organised Family Life Hacks – Part 7 Planning ahead and doing a little bit at a time leaves a lot more time to enjoy yourself and just makes the general day to day running of life so much easier. You also can save money by being prepared through the year. Every Friday we’ll post a list of Organised Family Life ...

Vegetarian Feta & Shallot Stuffed Peppers Ingredients 4 peppers 3tbsp olive oil 200g Feta cheese, crumbled 200g cherry tomatoes, halved 50g olives, stones removed 2 shallots, thinly sliced Grated zest of 1 lemon 2 garlic cloves, crushed 4tbsp basil leaves Method Heat the oven to 200°C. Halve each pepper length ways and discard the seeds and membrane. Brush the peppers with ...

How To Be A Great Host To Your House Guests Pre-visit A few days before a visit, I like to do a deep clean around the house, do laundry and stock up on essentials like toilet paper, paper towels and tissues. The extra day ahead of their arrival allows time for any problems and delays. I always email and text ...