About ME!

HELLO!!

I'm Christine. I'm a busy mum to 5 year old twins, Robin and Evie and wife to Ian. I also run a property management company. We live in a small village in beautiful, rural Northumberland. I love spending time at home with my family, running and exercising and socialising with my fabulous friends.

When I'm not busy with work, family or friends, my favourite pastimes are cooking and eating (often a combination of family/friends and food). I particularly get so much (too much?!) pleasure from making healthy, nutritious meals from nothing (well, whatever I've got in the house!), making leftovers exciting and not wasting a thing. I HATE waste. I've wanted to start a blog for a few years but time just hasn't allowed it. But I'm very excited about getting it going now and sharing my passion for food with the world!!

I'm very health conscious and want to feed my family good food, on a budget. As you can imagine, time is not something that I have a lot of so my cooking has to fit in with my busy life. Weekday cooking has to be fuss-free and speedy but I still want it to feel indulgent.

I am also a keen vegetable gardener. There is little better than creating a whole meal from produce that you raised with your own fair hands. And in the British weather, it's not always easy. It makes you appreciate it even more though! I would urge anyone to have a go at growing their own. Even if it's just a few of your favourites in pots or some herbs on the windowsill. Do it!

I'm going to try and share some of the recipes that I create and any tips that I have along with general ramblings about food and the good life!

Don't expect fine dining, just homemade, tasty, healthy and wholesome food. Always on a budget! Maybe with the odd flashy, entertaining number thrown in for good measure. The budget won't go out the window though.

I'm very new to this so please bear with me until I find my feet!!

I hope you enjoy it. All feedback very much appreciated!!

Thanks y'all!

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

My first foray into juicing... Apple, cucumber, kiwi, ginger and lime

Calories: Approx. 166 per person. Serves 1.

Happy Wednesday!

After a massively over-indulgent few days, I thought I would attempt to start my day on a very healthy note and take my first step into the world of juicing.. I fancied something a bit zingy and fresh so I decided to combine the following ingredients.  I thought they would all go together and I, more importantly, had all the ingredients in the house. The result was delicious! Really fresh, zingy and healthy! My daughter has just had chicken pox and my son has now also got it so I thought that I could do with an extra lift whilst there are germs aplenty floating around the house!!

Ingredients

1 apple
1/2 a cucumber
1 kiwi fruit
1/2 a lime
a chunk of ginger*

Method

Just chuck them all in your juicer and enjoy the result! Et voila!

I think I might add a bit of fresh mint next time too. And I might try it with something stronger for a cheeky cocktail some time (maybe not at 9 in the morning though!!).

*A tip! When I buy fresh ginger I never use it all before it starts to go wrinkly and lose it's goodness so I peel it (really finely so you don't lose any of the good stuff) then chop it into chunks, around the size that you would normally use for cooking, pop them in a freezer bag and straight into the freezer.  When you need it, you can grate from frozen and even chop (takes slightly more effort though) and it's as fresh as when you bought it. And no waste. Perfect.

It's Wednesday today so that means the fish man will be coming. Think I'm going to get some sea bass and have it with my home made salsa verde. Yumm. I'll pop the recipe on later...

I'm off to attempt to work whilst looking after my spotty soldier! Enjoy your day, whatever you're up to!


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