Category Archives: Food and Drink

Fresh Gourmet – a new take on croutons and toppings

Posted on July 14, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

I’m always one to try something new, although I’m certainly no Masterchef in the making! I received a parcel a couple of weeks ago with some products from Fresh Gourmet – the number one brand of croutons and toppings in … Continue reading →

Posted in Family life, Food and Drink, Reviews | Tagged cheese and garlic croutons, ciabatta croutons basil pesto, crispy onions lightly salted, croutons, eating, food, Fresh Gourmet, My monkey, salad topping, sea salt and cracked black pepper croutons | 1 Comment

Any one for a curry tonight?

Posted on July 12, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

I don’t know about you but I love a good Indian curry, luckily Monkey seems to like them too. Once a month some of my girl friends come over for the evening and we order an Indian delivery service – … Continue reading →

Posted in Family life, Food and Drink, Reviews | Tagged Butter chicken, cooking, creamy, curry, Dopiaza, easy, food, meal in, mild, My monkey, Sharwood's indian Sauces, Vindaloo | 4 Comments

Discovery Foods are on Instagram – join their competition

Posted on July 11, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

I am not alone in joining Instagram this month. I’ve been joined by Discovery Foods who are celebrating all this month (July 2013) by offering us all to get creative in the kitchen with their products – what do you … Continue reading →

Posted in Competition, Food and Drink, Reviews | Tagged competition, Discovery Foods, fajita seasoning, food, Instagram, lovely meals, photo, sour cream | Leave a comment

Postal cake? That’s my kind of delivery

Posted on June 29, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

We are big cake lovers in this house, I do a fair bit of baking myself, but when Baker Days offered to give me some time off I jumped at the chance! So who are Baker Days and what do … Continue reading →

Posted in Family life, Food and Drink, Reviews | Tagged Baker Days, cake, carrot cake, delivery, enjoyable, family, Fathers Day, food, gift, letterbox cake, My monkey, personalised, postal delivery, surprise | Leave a comment

McCain Home Chips challenge!

Posted on June 27, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

I have to be totally honest and say that I have never cooked frozen chips at home before. I do cook homemade potato wedges but Monkey is very funny with potato and refuses to eat them – think it’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family life, Food and Drink, Reviews | Tagged children, eating, fish and chips, food, frozen chips, home, Home Chips, McCain, My monkey | Leave a comment

#schwartz2in1 What’s For Dinner Tonight?

Posted on June 25, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

This post is an entry for BritMums ‘What’s for Dinner Tonight?’ sponsored by Schwartz – sign up to get your free sample here I always like to try new things so when BritMums told me about the new 2in1 range … Continue reading →

Posted in Family life, Food and Drink, Reviews | Tagged #schwartz2in1, BritMums, chopped tomatoes, dinner, easy, grated cheese, hassle free, Mediterranean Chicken Pasta and Cheesy Crumb Topping, my money, pasta, quick, sweetcorn, Tuna, What's for Dinner Tonight? | 6 Comments

TeaIndia – a new taste of tea for me

Posted on June 21, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

I received a lovely little sample package from TeaIndia a few days ago. I noticed their Facebook page in the week, and they offer some teas that I have never tried before so I requested the samples which have now … Continue reading →

Posted in Family life, Food and Drink, Reviews | Tagged blends, Cardamom Chai, Chai, Christmas, drink, flavour, Masala Chai, spice, tea, TeaIndia, Vanilla Chai | 2 Comments

Baking with tea? Seriously I have …..

Posted on June 20, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

Baking with tea? Yes, seriously, I have tried it today, all thanks to a request from the lovely people at teapigs. You may remember my Iced Tea post from a few weeks ago, when I received a variety of teas … Continue reading →

Posted in Family life, Food and Drink, Reviews | Tagged baking, baking with tea, cake, chocolate frosting, food, green tea muffins, green tea with mint, iced tea, PrezzyBox, recipe, teapigs, The Hummingbird Bakery, yummy | 2 Comments

#Hungry2Happy Challenge

Posted on June 10, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

This post is an entry for BritMums’ Hungry to Happy Challenge sponsored by Richmond Mini Meatballs and is linked to http://wp.me/p3bVjd-5wB We love meatballs in this household; I had a passion for them following numerous work trips to Gothenburg. Every … Continue reading →

Posted in Family life, Food and Drink, Reviews | Tagged #Hungry2Happy Challenge, BritMums, food, Pork meatballs, quick meal, review, Richmond | 5 Comments

Mr Kipling still makes exceeding good cakes – Strawberry Fancies

Posted on June 5, 2013 by over40andamumtoone

Something arrived in the post today which took me straight back to my childhood and visits to my Granny. We’ve all heard of Mr (& now Mrs!) Kipling and his wonderful cakes right? I for one, grew up with his … Continue reading →