Best Ever Vinaigrette Potato Salad Recipe Vinaigrette potato salad is one of my favourite summer indulgences. Served warm or cold, this dish goes with just about anything. Especially delicious with ham in coke it goes equally well with salmon, burgers, ribs (or standing in front of the fridge stealing spoonfuls when the kids arent looking). Make more than you think … Read More
Ultimate Moist Carrot Cake Recipe
Ultimate Moist Carrot Cake Recipe This ultimate moist carrot cake recipe comes from my very lovely friend Barb. She is a baker extraordinaire, and runs a couple of bake sales each year for either MacMillan Cancer and Christian Aid. As well as 100s of cupcakes and other amazing cakes, she always makes several of her carrot cakes. Old ladies in the … Read More
Teen Afternoon Tea Birthday Party
Pretty Teen Afternoon Tea Birthday Party As I mentioned in our last few posts, we held a pretty teen afternoon tea birthday party recently at PaintSewGlueChew Towers for Abbi’s 14th birthday. Tiers ands tiers of pretty but teeny morsels of food. Perfection. Menu The biggest problem we had in deciding the menu, was editing down the list of favourites … Read More
Heart Canape Sticks
Heart Canape Sticks Heart canape sticks are a cheap and easy way to jazz up any plate of nibbles. It only takes about 15 minutes to make 40-50 sticks. These were made to pimp up the food for Abbi’s afternoon tea party last month. Because the tea party was held at home, we wanted to amp up the details, so that … Read More
Cute Butter Hearts
Cute Butter Hearts Before someone stages an intervention, I have to stress I am not in the habit of making butter into shapes, and I am well aware that most people have far more important things to do….but, in my defense, but we were hosting a fancy afternoon tea for Abbi’s birthday, and wanted to pull out all the stops. … Read More