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
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 […]