Snacking Saturday: Homemade

27th August 2011

Because sometimes you just can’t beat a homemade treat.

(Sticky) Date and Coconut Slice
a.k.a. a mish-mash recipe adapted from several other recipes.

Ingredients:
225g muesli (I used an un-sweetened one as this is sweet enough)
25g dessicated coconut, although you could add more depending on your taste
100g chopped dates
175g butter
1tbsp golden syrup
100g golden caster sugar

The How-to:

Weigh out/prepare the dry ingredients in to a large mixing bowl. Pre-heat the oven to 180*c (slightly lower for a fan oven) and grease a 20cm square baking tray (or two smaller round ones)

Melt the butter, sugar and syrup together until you have a smooth liquid. Tip this in to the dry ingredients and stir well until everything is coated.

Squash down in to the baking tray and place in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes then cut round the edges of the slice (to prevent sticking) and score the slice in to portions (mine made 9 generous bars)

Allow to cool completley, slice and enjoy.

A word to the wise…this is sticky due to the dates…and a bit prone to crumbling. Be prepared for delicious mess!

Have a recipe to share? Do it here!
Shop-bought or homemade for you? Homemade for taste, here, but shop bought for quick and easy snacks!

xxx

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starry eyed.

26th August 2011

Simple Thursday outfit, worn for a morning at home and an afternoon at work (hidden away in the office, else I’d have gone smarter!)

I’m pleased to see stars come back in for A/W as it gives me even more excuses to wear this dress, despite it being about 5/6 years old and from Primark back when a full price dress cost less than a tenner.

The shoes are by Clarks and came c/o this month’s voucher from Sarenza. I can’t believe how much Clarks have upped their game lately, there are at least four more pairs I want by them, if not more!
The bag is also via Sarenza…oh yes, they do bags too! Lots of them infact. This one is by Georgia Rose.

I want to take this chance to give a big shout out to Sarenza and their faultless customer service. My Mum ordered some shoes that were too big,
within five minutes of sending an e-mail I had a response, and less than 24 hours later the return was sorted. Fast AND friendly service? That alone is enough to keep me shopping there!

Have you checked out Clarks shoes lately? Bigggg fan!

How about Sarenza? Even bigger fan here!

Finally…it’s FRIDAY and a BANK HOLIDAY. I’m off work until Wednesday after this morning. Oh yeahhhhh. Let the fun begin.

xxx

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Now Voyager; hair lust

25th August 2011

I’m not a huge hair accessories fan, don’t get me wrong, they look amazing on other people…just not on my unruly mop,
however when a press release for Now Voyager dropped in my inbox I realised I should possibly have a re-think and these are just beyond awesome.

Now, Voyager are the Sister design duo who believes that every lady deserves to be a Pin up.
With different influences, Felicity and Jess both work together for the same goal of creating beautiful
and unique pieces that enhance the wearers style and confidence.

Pulling inspirations from a variety of eras and different objects, Now, Voyager aims to produce Hair accessories with a difference. As well as each item being home-made, the accessories are designed to sit comfortable and perfectly with any style or texture of hair, showing that Now, Voyager can be for every girl.

Now, Voyager is stocked in a variety of stores in London, Glasgow, Essex and Japan and can be bought from US websites as well as their own…www.now-voyager.co.uk

A massive breakaway from my usual style; but sometimes change is good, right?

Yeah, I’d say it’s time for a change…now…get me that bird!

xxx

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Indecision

24th August 2011

Yesterday I started out wanting to wear this Topshop skirt, several combinations later I ended up with this, and remembered how impossible I find this skirt to style. On other people, it looks great and so I’ve reluctantly kept hold of it, hoping…but really, the cut/fit doesn’t work well on me, so if you were looking for this skirt, it’s now on ebay
I have such a love/hate relationship with skirts. Being tall with long legs and a long torso I find it near impossible to find one that sits where it should

And so yesterday I ended up wearing this New Look dress with M&S tights (plus converse). I love these tights but they sadly laddered later in the day. I wonder if M&S still do them? Has anyone seen any two tone polka dot tights about?

In other exciting news, I managed to track down the MUA Heaven and Earth palette! My local superdrug finally got a stock; they only started displaying the pro range just over a week ago but the palettes had been distinctly missing. I want the pastel one too…so pretty and such a bargain price!

My Becca has started a blog too! It took a lot of persuading/bullying but she’s done it! Go over and say hello! she’s a gorgeous girly with lots of insight.

Happy mid-week dolls, half way to the (long) weekend!

xxx

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