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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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Blogmas 2023 Day Sixteen: Work Xmas Meal #2 🎄

Hi guys 👋🏻

Last night, I had my second work Christmas meal.

This time we went to Ask Italian.

I chose from the three course festivo menu.

I started with an Espresso Martini 🍸

Here’s what I went for…

Festive Sage meatballs. These were really tasty, soft, and delicious in the tomato sauce.

Festive Carbonara with Crispy Pancetta & Brussel Sprouts (Sounds weird, was amazing and a delicious way to serve sprouts!!)

Orange Panattone pudding with Ice cream 🍊 This was a really yummy mix between a sponge pudding and a Panattone. My only improvement would be that it needed more ice cream as it was quite a big pudding.

It was all really delicious. I particularly enjoyed the Carbonara.

We had a lovely time & it was good to have a chat not at work!

Have you had your work christmas meal yet?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Thirteen: Chocolate Christmas trees 🍫🎄

12 days until Christmas! – 12!!! Where is the time going.

So, lets make sure that we are fully in the festive spirit with another tasty (& super easy) Christmas recipe.

I made these with my nephews and we had lots of fun.

🎄 Chocolate Christmas Trees 🎄

Ingredients:

  • White Chocolate
  • Mini Kinder bars
  • Festive Sprinkles
  • Magic Stars
  • Green food colouring

+

  • Baking parchment

Method:

  1. Place a Kinder bar, vertical, at the bottom of your piece of parchment.
  2. Slowly melt your white chocolate, 30 second increments until it is all fully melted.
  3. Mix in some green food colouring.
  4. Mix until it forms a thick paste/dough.
  5. Roll out and cut into a triangle tree shape.
  6. Place the triangle on top of the Kinder bar leaving a bit sticking out the bottom as the stump.
  7. Leave to cool a little but don’t let it harden.
  8. Place a choc star on top and decorate with your festive sprinkles.
  9. Leave in the fridge to harden completely
  10. Enjoy!
They were a big hit!

Let me know how you get on if you give them a go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Half Term Diary 🌞

Hi guys 👋🏻

Disclaimer: (Its a bit late, sorry!)

Another half term has been and gone! How are we already half way through 2021!?!

It was a fun half term and the first one with more restrictions lifted, so I thought I would share what I got up to.

Let’s take a look!

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝔹𝔹ℚ 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕣

Saturday 29th May 2021

  • 1st BBQ
  • Make a wish
  • Bramford
  • Dude

𝔽𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕥 𝕁𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕪’𝕤 𝔽𝕒𝕣𝕞

Sunday 30th May 2021

Fun at Jimmy’s farm with Tim, Noah, Cakes, Evie, Charlotte & Wes
  • Tim made a friend
  • ♡
  • Meerkats
  • The Woods

ℂ𝕒𝕗𝕖, ℂ𝕒𝕜𝕖 & 𝔾𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤

Monday 31st May 2021

  • Bank holiday cake
  • Holywells
  • A much needed pit stop on our walk
  • Holywells

‘𝕄𝕖 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖’ 𝔻𝕒𝕪

Tuesday 1st June 2021

  • Back in my spot
  • Cafe Nero, reading & a treat
  • Back to the cinema, with Tim

𝔻𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣 (𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕕) 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜

Wednesday 2nd June 2021

  • ♡
  • Loaded fries

𝔸 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 💙 & 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕤

Thursday 3rd June 2021

  • Twister
  • Natural creativity
  • Art in the park
  • My boys ♡
  • The EYFS team
  • Lots of drinks

𝕀𝕔𝕖 ℂ𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖𝕤 & ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕫 ℕ𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

Friday 4th June 2021

  • Quiz night
  • I-Scream Sundaes
  • Primark hoodies to the rescue

ℙ𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕣

Saturday 5th June 2021

‘Ted’

𝔹𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝔽𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤

Sunday 6th June 2021

  • Giant biscoff & banana pancakes
  • Iced Lattes at Cult

How was your Half Term?

What did you get up to??

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Easter Baking 🐣🍫

Hi guys 👋🏻

I love an excuse to bake and Easter is the perfect one.

Also, I can now eat chocolate again as I gave it up on the 8th of Jan until Good Friday! Horray.

So, here are two Easter bakes that I have made this Easter weekend.

They are super easy, relatively quick and even child friendly.

Let’s take a look!

Chocolate Easter Nests

Chocolate Easter Nests

I surely don’t even need to include a recipe for this Easter classic!?!

This Easter season special is great to do with kids and one of my favourite ‘cakes’ whenever I seem them on sale.

I had to use shredded wheat this time as we already had it in the cupboard but my preference is cornflakes, and of course I used Cadbury chocolate and mini eggs.

Cadbury Creme Egg Brownies

Cadbury Creme Egg Brownies
Gooey goodness!

These brownies came out super gooey and were so delicious, especially warm!

I had this ‘Brownie in a jar’ mix from Christmas, that I hadn’t used yet and all you needed to do was add 125g of butter and 2 eggs (whisked together first). Super easy!

I then cut the creme eggs in half and pushed them into the batter, fondant side up.

A brownie recipe that I use alot is a BBC Good Good one, I’ll leave a link here .

What is your favourite Easter bake?

Let me know if you have a go at these.

Have a great Easter Weekend.

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Happy Mothers Day 2021 💐

I used to share snap shots of my life on her, things we had done to celebrate different occasions, fun days out, holidays, however, obviously this last year has been quite an unpresidented one.

I feel like I haven’t really shared much of what I have been doing because really we’ve all been doing the same haven’t we! Staying home, Locked down, on and off since Summer, working and just trying to stay safe.

But I thought to myself, why not share the celebrations we are still having, as wierd as they may seem in comparison to how it used to be, because it’s all we’ve got at the moment and we should still be grateful for what we can do during such a mad time.

Today is Mothers day and I have shared on here, for several years, our tradition of our Mothers Day, homemade afternoon tea.

This year was a very 2020/21 affair, via Skype, but it still involved Afternoon Tea so no complaints here.

We ordered the individual Afternoon Teas from a small local business (All Covid safe) and enjoyed them at our own homes via Skype.

They were delicious and it was nice to be able to continue the tradition, even if it was a little different to usual.

Most of our ‘Usuals’ seem a distant memory right now don’t they 😣 but, it’s also so important to embrace what we can do, communicate and spend time together however we can, whilst staying safe, because we can still stay in touch and stay connected, and we will all be back together properly one day.

It gets to everybody at some point, this wierd time we are a part of, but I’m so very conscious that there are people in such a worse situation than me, who have experienced some of the worst times during this pandemic.

If the worst part of this whole situation, for me is that I can only speak to people through a computer then I’ll be forever grateful. I know some people have it much worse.

It’s still ok to find it hard though and I hope you’ve had a little bit of light and joy come your way today!

• Happy Mothers Day Everyone •

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Pancakes, 3 ways 🥞🤤

ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℙ𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕪!

…ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴜᴍᴍɪᴇꜱᴛ ᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ! ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʏᴇᴀʀ ɪᴛ ꜰᴇʟʟ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ꜰᴇʙ ʜᴀʟꜰ ᴛᴇʀᴍ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴅᴜʟɢᴇ.

ɪ ᴡᴏᴋᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛᴜᴍʙʟᴇᴅ ᴀᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴊᴀᴍiᴇ ᴏʟɪᴠᴇʀ’ꜱ ɪɢᴛᴠ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ᴏꜰ ‘ᴘᴀɴᴄᴀᴋᴇꜱ 4 ᴡᴀʏꜱ’ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀᴇᴅ.

ꜱᴏ, ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀ ɢᴏ (ᴛʜᴇ 4ᴛʜ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴀ ᴡᴀꜰꜰʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ 🤣)

ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ꜱᴏ ʏᴜᴍᴍʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴏ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ… ᴡʜᴏ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ᴘᴀɴᴄᴀᴋᴇ ʙᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ꜱᴏ ᴠᴇʀꜱᴀᴛɪʟᴇ!

ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ!

Thick, fluffy, American style pancakes. Draped in Bananas and Biscoff spread.
I’ve never been able to make these thicker, fluffy pancakes before so I was so happy with this delicious stack!!
Savoury Ham & Cheese filled pancake toastie.
This was so delicious and I was pleasantly suprised with this one.
Traditional, thin crepe style pancakes. I always have these ones every year.
Lemon, sugar & golden syrup.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀?! 🥞

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Festive Leftovers 🥧🎄

Hi guys! 👋🏻

Now I don’t usually post after Blogmas until New Year but, I felt inspired and we all have a bit more time on our hands at the mo don’t we!

So, heres my festive leftover pie!

Perfect after those big roast dinners on Christmas day and great for being a bit thrifty.

Here’s what you’ll need:

  • A sheet or block of puff pastry
  • Leftover turkey
  • Leftover veg
  • Bacon or leftover Pig in blankets
  • 3 table spoons of double cream
  • A little milk
  • Cranberry sauce
  • A little grated cheese (optional)
  • Salt, pepper & garlic powdee to season

Lay out/or roll out your pastry. Cover the pastry (leaving half an inch around the edge free) with your cranberry sauce.

Heat up the cream and milk lightly, simmering it. Season.

Fry off some bacon.

Add your Turkey and bacon into the bubbly, creamy mixture.

I would also add the leftover veg at this point too. I added frozen peas to mine as I had no leftover veg.

Make sure it’s all warmed through thoroughly.

Grate a little cheese on top of the cranberry sauce.

Carefully spoon your creamy filling onto the pastry, on one side.

Fold the pastry over to cover the filling. Use a fork to create a seal around the edge. Pierce the top a few times to allow steam to escape.

I decorated mine with stars from the pastry scraps.

Spray with butter frylight or egg wash before baking in the oven for 25 minutes.

Yum!

I was slightly inspired by Jamie Oliver’s Hodge Podge Christmas Pie, I watched a video on his Instagram yesterday!

Here’s a link to that recipe:

Jamie Oliver’s Hodge Podge Pie

Let me know if you give this a go!

Enjoy 🍽

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Twenty Four: An Easy Christmas Day Dessert 🍫🥧🎄

ONE DAY TO GO!!

The penultimate post is here.

As I said a few days ago, I have one more recipe for you! And it’s perfect for a special Christmas day occasion.

It’s a delicious, and relatively easy and quick, Salted caramel (do I need to say any more?) and chocolate tart.

It doesn’t require a lot of ingredients which is great! And apart from time for it to set it doesn’t take too long either. It only took me an hour or so one evening so its great as a fancy, last minute showstopper.

Don’t let the making caramel stage scare you… it’s not as horrendous as you’d think and, if you have a food thermometer this will really come in handy.

I will link both of the recipes that I used below.

I used pre made shortcrust. Remember to bake it blind for 15 mins before removing the baking parchment and beans (or whatever you have, I used dried pasta) pop it back in until it starts to turn golden.

Chocolate Ganache

Caramel

I had some nice flakey salt that I added during the caramel recipe process (as stated but I doubled it) and I sprinkled more salt on, generously, once I had poured the caramel into my cooled tart.

Leave the caramel to set and then add your silky smooth ganache on top. Good quality Dark chocolate is the best.

As someone who likes baking, I enjoyed this recipe because it uses lots of different techniques that perhaps I wouldn’t bother to try usually.

And it looks impressive too!

This is going to be our Christmas day dessert, served with some thick double cream, YUM!

Give it a go!

It’s indulgent but you won’t regret it.

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Twenty One: Chocolate Orange Cookies 🍫🍊

Time for another baking post!

Especially because I feel like I haven’t done enough of these this Blogmas!

I do have another recipe up my sleeve, that I am hoping to make for our Christmas day dessert, so keep your eyes peeled for that one too 👀

Chocolate Orange is one of my absolute favourite flavours ever, but I also think its quite festive too.

I used a ‘Tasty’ recipe this time which I will leave a link for here

I obviously adapted it to make them Chocolate Orange flavoured.

I added some cocoa powder to make the cookie batter chocolatey, a little orange extract instead of vanilla and I used chopped up Chocolate Orange segments, instead of choc chips.

These don’t take long to make, honestly the longest part is refrigerating the mixture for a minimum of 30 mins before baking. They only take 15 mins in the oven.

This is how they turned out. The chocolate orange pieces were all gooey 😍

They are a lovely, soft cookie.

Let me know if you give them a go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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