I am grateful for many things in life, but one of the things I am most grateful for is having sisters.
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A few days ago Sandy and I took some time out to go on a sunset picnic.
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I love pie. Any kind of pie, and if I can get my hands on some home grown organic fruit, so much the better.
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Sorting, organising and packing have taken up most of our time over the past few days. But still, I managed to bake a batch of hot cross buns.
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Popcorn is one of those nostalgic snacks that is wholly synonymous with fun: it reminds me of long hot summers, 90's films, sleep overs and first dates.
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Do you ever have one of those days when everything goes wrong and you feel, for lack of a better expression, like falling to pieces?
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Waffles are one of those things that just make me supremely happy.
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Valentine’s Day this year was wonderfully ordinary. Nothing special or exciting was planned. There was nothing to mark the day, save for one small, admittedly heart shaped, tea cake.
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Just because food is fast doesn’t mean that it invariably has to be unhealthy.
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I’ve recently fallen in love with ice cream made from frozen bananas!Who knew?! Not me, that’s for sure.
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There are few things in life better or more pleasurable than time spent with those you love and a table filled with a selection of good food.
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I’m a lover of all things that include carrot and ginger. I especially love them when combined in treat form.
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I'm slightly obsessed with carrots at the moment. I eat them daily in one form or another but lately it feels like I’ve been putting them into everything:
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It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to! Or make myself a healthy carrot cake instead of my usual sugar filled version for my birthday.
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What does one make when it’s Halloween? Zombie piparkakut (Finnish gingerbread cookies) of course!
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‘What a curios feeling!’ said Alice. This is very much how I feel when spring arrives and the landscape starts to change.
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For as long as I can remember, my pappa (grandfather on my mother’s side) has always eaten porridge for breakfast.
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For a few weeks now I've been craving Finnish meatballs, which for me is a rare thing. But once a craving takes hold, it rarely goes away, so I had no choice but to succumb to the whims of my taste buds.
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