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    Non-alcoholic Dinner Drinks

    What do you drink with dinner or when out for dinner when you don’t drink alcohol? I’m currently pregnant so off the wine, and there’s only so much fruit juice, water or appletise you can drink! I don’t really drink standard ‘pop’, especially as that...

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    Cromwells Restaurant is Moving

    Our favourite local restaurant, Cromwells, recently closed at their location in Irby to move to new, larger premises in Wallasey Village. Their new premises are currently undergoing a major refurbishment but we’ve had a sneak peek and can’t wait to see the final result. If...

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  • Focaccia Bread

    Rosemary and Garlic Foccacia Bread

    Last week I picked up a packet of Wrights Foccacia bread mix. A bit of a cheat I know, but until I get a decent bread recipe book there’s only so much I can do guessing! Anyway, I used half the packet and mixed it...

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    Wirral Food Festival

    Today we visited the Wirral Food Festival. It’s held every year over the August bank holiday, and despite living up here for almost 5 years, I’ve never had a chance to go before. The weather was glorious and the food and drink aplenty! There were...

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  • Breadmaking Adventures

    Breadmaking Adventures

    Unlike some of the gadgets we’ve bought for the kitchen and don’t get to use (purely because we don’t have the space to keep everything out!), the bread machine is probably one of the most used kitchen ‘gadgets’ along with the George Foreman grill. Making...

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