Category: food

Blogmas 2024: Day 17 🎄Christmas Pudding Rocky Road 😋

Hi guys 👋🏻

I’m here with another delicious recipe for you, and this one really is worth your attention. If you are looking for something to really wow your guests but is also super easy to make, then look no further – a Rocky Road Christmas Pudding centrepiece is what you need.

Ingredients:

  • Dark chocolate 200g
  • Milk chocolate 100g
  • White chocolate X1 bar (topping)
  • Unsalted butter 125g
  • Small pack of digestives
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Golden syrup
  • Festive sprinkles (topping)
  • [You can add cherries/Raisins etc but I didn’t on this occasion]

I don’t usually use a specific recipe as I have made Rocky Road how we like it, for many years haha and we like lots of dark chocolate and golden syrup and we don’t add Raisins/Cherries etc.

I crushed up my biscuits, leaving some dust, mostly medium-sized pieces. I then melted my butter and chocolates (dark and milk) and mixed this all together. I then added my golden syrup (measure with your heart) and marshmallows.

I used one of my bowls as my mould, lined with baking parchment that I scrunched up so that it is easy to use.

I packed it in, making sure the bottom was flat, and then I popped it into the fridge to cool.

Whilst it cooled I melted my white chocolate.

Once it was cooled, I carefully spooned the white chocolate on top, allowing it to cascade down the sides to create the icing effect. I then added my sprinkles as the holly (you could use a fake or real sprig if you have one)

Leave this to harden up again in the fridge and voila! You have a very delicious, choc-tastic, and very impressive looking treat for any Christmas table.

It looks so effective when you slice it with all the bits of biscuits and marshallow, adding to the ‘Christmas pudding’ effect.

I took this one to my husbands work Christmas Wreath Making workshop, and it was a hit!

This recipe actually previously won us his works ‘Great British Bake Off’ comp, so why not try our winning bake! Haha.

Let me know if you give this a go and what you think!

8 days until Christmas!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2024: Day 15 My Work Christmas Meal (no 2)

Hi guys 👋🏻

We are on to the 15th of December, which means there are only 10 days until Christmas!!!! Whattttt. December is flying by.

Last night, I had my second work Christmas meal. We went to Ask Italian (our usual spot) for a yummy dinner together.

I really enjoyed my food – for the main course I went for the Festive Carbonara (which I enjoyed last year)

Fresh egg frilly tagliatelle with smoked pancetta & Brussels
sprouts in a velvety mascarpone & cheese sauce, topped with
crispy prosciutto

Me & my mum shared a couple of sides with our mains.

Bitesize lasagne pieces coated in crispy breadcrumbs, with a spicy tomato dip.

Sweet mustard roasted Brussels sprouts, green beans & pancetta.

For dessert, I had a really yummy sticky toffee coffee pudding.

Toffee sponge with a coffee infused sticky toffee sauce,
with a scoop of salted caramel gelato.

Annoyingly, I forgot to take a photo 🤦🏼‍♀️

And I always like to try one of their nice cocktails 🍸  they do have some yummy sounding ones every time I go!

Buttery toffee sauce shaken with spiced Caribbean rum & milk, with toffee popcorn on the side.

All in all it was a fun evening and I really enjoyed my food.

Have you had your work Christmas do yet? What did you get up to?

10 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2024: Day 12 Homemade Mince Pies 🥧

Hi guys 👋🏻

Here’s another yummy festive recipe for you to try. It’s super quick and super easy. Perfect for a festive snack, party table, or pudding. Mince Pies is an absolute classic.

You’ll need:

  • A jar of mince meat
  • A sheet of shortcrust pastry
  • A circle cutter and a smaller star cutter.
  • Butter to grease the tin
  • One egg for egg wash
  • Any other ingredients you want to use to flavour your mince pies.

I didn’t follow a recipe, but here’s what I did…

  1. Grease the 12 holes in cupcake tin with a small amount of butter, to stop the pastry sticking.
  2. Use the circle cutter to cut out the base of each mince pies. Use the star cutter to cut out a top for each mince pie.
  3. Press one circle into each hole in your baking tin.
  4. Bake the cases in the oven just until they start to turn slightly darker (7ish mins at 200°c)
  5. Spoon a teaspoon of mince meat into each pie case, this is when you can add any other flavourings of your choice. I added a square of dark chocolate and a dollop of caramel. If you want more traditional mince pies, just stick to mince meat on its own.
  6. Top each mince pies with a star, pushing it down a little so that it sticks.
  7. Egg wash the top of each mince pie to ensure it turns that lovely golden brown.
  8. Bake in the oven at 200°c for 10 minutes but keep an eye on them.
  9. Enjoy!

Let me know if you give these a go!

13 days until Christmas!!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2024: Day 8 Festive film mix 🍬🍿✨️

Hi guys 👋🏻

I hope this finds you well and you are enjoying Blogmas so far!

This is a different post to one that I’ve done before, but it kind of came to me randomly, and I thought it would be a fun one to share.

We love going to the cinema (unlimited card ftw) and watching Christmas films at home all cosy. Me, my twin sister and my husband all went to the cinema for an Unlimited screening and I thought it would be fun to make us a yummy treat.

The latest trend in cinema snacks seems to be toppers for popcorn, so I thought I would take that to the next level, and of course, add a festive twist. I went down to our little Tesco and chose my treats before assembling at home.

I went for:

  • Tesco sweet and salty popcorn
  • Lindt mini balls
  • White chocolate buttons
  • Milk chocolate coins
  • Mini choc chip penguin biscuits
  • Squashies ‘Naughty & Nice’ sweet mix

I mixed them together in a big bowl (which was actually way harder than I thought 🤣 – I did make a bit of a mess!!) I then shared it between out three tupperware boxes to transport to the cinema.

It was super yummy, festive, and just something a bit different! This would be great for a trip to the cinema, a cosy film night in, or for a gathering /party over the festive period.

What would you include?

17 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2024: Day 7 My work Christmas meal 🍽

Hi guys 👋🏻

We are officially one week into Blogmas! It’s been fun so far. Now that we are well and truely into December the Christmassy events are really starting to happen, and this week I had my first Christmas work meal.

We went for a lovely 3 course meal at a cosy local pub. It was very cosy in there and I loved their real Christmas tree.

I had a delicious cauliflower and parmesan soup for my starter. This was so yummy. I don’t usually go for soup but this was really tasty and perfect as it was such a cold and wet evening. It also came with the softest bread.’

For the main course I went for the turkey Christmas dinner. Now I always used to have a rule that if I went for a Christmas meal I didn’t get the turkey, I waited until Christmas day… but then I realised this year that its such a wasted opportunity to have loads of different versions of my favourite ever meal.

This was a really yummy roast with delicious roasted roots, pigs in blankets and a massive Yorkshire pudding. I also came with the yummiest homemade gravy (this was my favourite part).

For dessert, I chose the chocolate orange (one of my favourite flavour combos ever) profiteroles. These were so yummy I could have eaten about 3 more portions, haha. They came with loads of chocolate orange sauce, and the cream inside was so light. Lovely.

All in all, we had some really yummy food and a good laugh together! You don’t always get the opportunity to chat to everyone at work during the busy day so it was lovely to have a catch up.

Only 2 weeks until the end of term!!

Have you had your Christmas party yet?

18 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2024: Day 6 Festive Chocolate Orange Fudge 🍊

Hi guys!

I think its time for a festive treat don’t you!? And what better way to start than with this delicious but also super simple Chocolate orange fudge recipe.

I think that Chocolate orange and Christmas are synonymous with one another and it is one of my all time favourite chocolate flavours, but it just hits different at Christmas. Who needs a satsuma in their stocking when you can have a chocolate orange, right!!

This recipe is by Jane’s Patisserie and you can never go wrong with her recipes.

Here is the link:

Terry’s Chocolate Orange Fudge!

It is so simple and you only need three ingredients… A chocolate orange, a can of condensed milk and some festive sprinkles of our choice.

These would make brilliant as homemade Christmas gifts, yummy sweet treats at a work get together or Christmas party, or just as a easy activity with the kids.

These went down a treat with my husbands work colleagues and I can confirm that they go brilliantly with a cuppa!

What is your favourite festive flavour?

Let me know if you give this recipe a go!

19 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Halloween fun! 👻🦇

Hi guys 👋🏻

I love Halloween! So I thought I would share with any of my fellow Halloween fans out there, what I’ve been up to this spooky season!

Let’s take a look…

Decorating!
Pumpkin picking!
Halloween nails!
Pumpkin carving!
Halloween film night!
Spooky reads 📚

What have you been up to this Spooky Season?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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May Highlights ✨️

Hi guys 👋🏻

Here are my May highlights…

Promotion to the Premier League…

An absolutely unbelievable weekend, one we’ll never forget.

I can’t wait for the football season to start up again!

Our Birthday!

We had a fun birthday weekend celebrating together. We grabbed lunch and spent the day hanging out together on Saturday. Delicious picky bits at Revs in the sunshine, mini golf, cocktails, and the cinema.

On our birthday, on the Sunday we had a delicious brunch together, exchanged our presents, spent time with family and had a birthday meal with cake to round off the weekend.

Oh… and we may have got a matching tattoo on our birthday as well 👀

(See the blog post below for the inspiration)

Promotion in pictures 💙🤍⚽️

Celebrating special birthdays with friends.

We enjoyed a bottomless brunch in the sunshine 🌞 followed by some fun and games at a local bar, including interactive darts & karaoke.

A lovely family holiday to Norfolk.

We stayed in a lovely air bnb cottage in Norfolk. We went along with my mother in law, brother in law, my husbands Auntie, Cousin, and Grandad. We had a lovely time chilling out, cooking together, exploring nearby towns and Norwich City, walks  (weather permitting), and we even hired a boat, which was a highlight!

& I saw some bats, which was epic.

Going to see Take That live!

I will always love seeing Take That live! No one does it better. I can’t believe that this was the 7th time I’ve seen them love!!

Another fun month! And we are almost halfway through the year!!! Madness.

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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March highlights ✨️

Hi guys 👋🏻

Here are my March highlights…

I took my nephew to the cinema a couple of times in March. They are my little cinema buddies after all. We watched Migration & Kung Fu Panda 4.
I went to the football a few times this month. We go with my Dad and I share a season ticket with my sister. The bottom photo is from the women’s match, this was the first time they had played at the stadium, and it was a great game 5-0
We celebrated ‘World Book Day’ at work – I dressed up as Harry Potter ⚡️
We celebrated ‘Mothers Day’ with our traditional homemade afternoon tea. I made a Victoria Sponge, topped with buttercream and a Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake! Me & Mum also went out for a nice lunch at a nearby cafe/garden centre.

We celebrated my Uni friends’ baby shower this month, too!! It was lovely to celebrate and catch up.
WE FINALLY HAVE NEW FLOORING AND WERE ABLE TO MOVE BACK INTO OUR HOME !!
We enjoyed a fun (& delicious) Easter Sunday! With our traditional Chinese for dinner.

& finally,

We watched Mark Watson, the comedian in our hometown. I bought these tickets for my husband, for Christmas! He has seen Mark Watson a few times and really enjoys his comedy. I myself hadn’t seen him live before but he was very funny and I would definitely watch him live again. We got to meet him afterwards, too, and get a signed copy of his book.

What’s been your February Highlight?

✨️

Here’s to a good April!

🌈

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Easter Chocolate Bark 🍫🌷🐣

Hi guys!

I’ve always enjoyed doing a few ‘baking’ recipes on here, every now and then, particularly at Easter time.

All that delicious Easter chocolate in the shops or that you may receive can be put to good use by yourself or your small people – it’s super easy and great fun too!

So what is Easter Bark you say? 

Well it’s shards of decorated chocolate.

And here’s how it’s done (by us anyway)

Ingredients

  • X2 large bars of Milk Chocolate
  • X2 large bars of white chocolate
  • Sprinkles
  • A selection of your favourite Easter chocolates to adorn

Recipe

Prep a baking tray with a lining of baking parchment, make sure it covers the sides of your baking tray a little too, not just the bottom.

Melt your different chocolates (we went for milk and white for the kids – dark would also be delicious) in separate bowls over water (or in the microwave)

When the chocolate that you wish to have as your base is ready (ours was milk), pour that into the baking sheet and spread out so it covers the bottom in an even layer. Don’t spread it too thin.

Drizzle over the other chocolate/s that you’ve melted (our white chocolate) either yourself or the children need a cocktail skewer to swirl the chocolate carefully to create the marbled effect.

Adorn with your sprinkles and chosen Easter Chocolate, trying to evenly distribute it throughout.

Pop into the fridge (or freezer if you are impatient like us!! 😂)

Once it is fully solidified, break it up into shards and ENJOY!

Super easy, fun & delicious! Perfect for occupying the kids this Easter hols – my nephews and niece loved it (especially the eating part!)

Happy Easter Weekend

🌷🍫🐇🪹🐥🐑🐣🌷

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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