November 2011 Archives - Coffee & Vanilla

Lunchbox # 115 – Cinnamon Raisin Bagel & Marshmallow Smurfs

Lunchbox # 115 (for 6 year old girl) toasted cinnamon & raisin bagel with peanut butter cherry tomatoes (my daughter loves them) pieces of clementine 2 marshmallow Smurfs lychee juice (not pictured) bottle of water (not pictured) Everything placed in glittery EZ-Freeze lunchbox with a freezable lid and placed inside insulated Charlie & Lola lunch […]

Cupcake Stand Christmas Tree

MATERIALS for the tree metal cupcake stand about 9 m of sparkly garlands / tinsels (we used 3 x 2 m green and 2 x 1.5 m golden ones) slim long chain small baubles with hooks for the star thick corrugated cardboard wooden skewer paint glitter in a shaker TOOLS scissors star shaped stencil or […]

Roasted Peppers, Black Eyed Beans & Rice Salad

INGREDIENTS 500 black eyed beans (soaked overnight) 1½ cups easy cook rice 3-4 red, yellow and orange bell peppers salt Maggi sauce handful chopped parsley garlic powder to taste 4 tbs butter or olive oil EQUIPMENT tongs to turn peppers container with lid, plastic bag or bowl and a plate gas cooker pot with […]

Hotel Chocolat Christmas Giveaway (CLOSED) – Announcing The Winner

On Monday, two weeks ago, I have posted The Sleekster Classic Christmas Double Layer Selection Giveaway by Hotel Chocolat. Thank you Everyone for participating. Today, using traditional method, together with my husband we prepared little scraps of paper with names and our 1 year old has randomly selected the lucky winner: The Duo Dishes, congratulations!! […]

The Village Bakery Rye Bread & “Try Rye” Challenge

The Village Bakery rye bread, from the left: Rye (Rossisky), Rye with Coriander (Borodinsky) and my favourite one Rye with Seeds (Seeded Rossisky). They are running at the moment “Try Rye” challenge when you can lose some kilograms while eating almost the same only replacing regular bread with the rye one. If you would like […]

Matchbox Christmas Countdown Calendar / Advent Calendar

Chest of drawers style countdown calendar made out of matchboxes.

Getting Ready for Holiday Season

With Christmas just around the corner it is a good idea to plan ahead and be prepared to avoid the rush. This can be done easily because shops start selling Christmas stuff before Halloween is over! This year, because of the small baby in the house, who has just started walking and grabbing everything, we […]

Free Lunch at Feeding the 5000 Event in Trafalgar Square (Friday 18th of November)

The highly successful ‘Feeding the 5000’ event returns to London to raise awareness of unnecessary food waste in the UK and demonstrating and educating on ways we can reduce waste. The Feeding the 5000 team, with the support of the Mayor of London and in partnership with Fareshare, FoodCycle, Love Food Hate Waste and Friends […]

The Sleekster Classic Christmas Double Layer Selection by Hotel Chocolat – Christmas Giveaway (CLOSED)

With Christmas just around the corner beautiful double layer box of chocolates filled with Christmassy flavours of mulled wine, chilli, rum, cherry, gingerbread and cinnamon, can be very handy, either to treat your guests or as as a delicious gift for someone special. And now you have a chance to win one of those gorgeous […]