An award-winning tasty tipple for “the adventurous, the confident and the curious”. In my youth, hanging out with girlfriends in London’s pubs after work, I spent too much money on my favourite tipple: spoiling perfectly good whisky with dry ginger ale. This habit was scotched (literally) after a trip north to the land of heather […]
Gin and Ginger Christmas Cocktail and a Christmas #Giveaway
Gin and Ginger Cocktail for Christmas made with Brockmans Gin Christmas eve is cocktail night in our household, so every year I’m on the lookout for a new festive cocktail, something aromatic that captures the spirit of Christmas. I recently received a bottle of Brockmans Gin, which comes in a beautifully dark and mysterious bottle, […]
Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Olives
Easy Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Olives: At this time of year, I love spicy food, warming stews and rich, deep flavours. A Tagine is a Moroccan dish that usually involves meat or fish and some kind of fruit. It seems particularly appropriate to make a chicken and preserved lemon tagine with olives – It’s the […]
A Spookily Delicious Stormy Rum Cocktail from Kennington
Storm Clouds and Thunder over Kennington: I have probably done more cocktail mixing classes than anyone in London other than a professional mixologist. I go along and join in various events, shaking away with the best of them to make a whole range of cocktails. I’ve done special rum cocktail mixing events. I’m a regular […]
Celebrating with Betty Crocker – Pumpkin and Ginger Fairy Cakes
Pumpkin and Ginger Fairy Cakes for Halloween, Thanksgiving and More: Regular readers of London-Unattached will know that I am known for my lack of baking skills. The challenge for me, as someone who rarely needs to make a cake and who tries to avoid doing so for the sake of saving a few calories, is […]
5:2 Diet Plateau and a Gingered Parsnip Soup Recipe for a 5:2 Fast Day
Weight Loss Plateau – Gingered Parsnip Soup Recipe for 5:2 Diet: Every so often with the 5:2 diet, I seem to hit a diet plateau and no matter if I am fasting twice a week or not, I simple stop losing weight. Although I find the 5:2 diet quite easy to follow it’s quite often […]
5:2 Diet – Feasting on a Fast Day with Chilli Beef
5:2 Diet Chilli Beef Stir-Fry I’m still doing the 5:2 Diet. I even went out and bought some BRUTAL scales that weigh me accurately (I could lose a couple of kilos by getting on and off the old scales enough times…and that wasn’t through exercise!). And the nasty new scales also show my body fat! […]
5:2 Diet Vegetarian Stir Fry
5:2 Diet – Meat Free Meal I am not vegetarian. Not even close. But sometimes I do want a completely vegetarian day – usually when I’ve over indulged on the day before – and since yesterday I spent the evening eating pork in very large quantities at the Greatest Pork Event, today was one such […]