[BLOG BITES] Caprese Salad

One of the things I most love about summer is eating Al Fresco! Alas here in the old U of K we only actually get about 3 decent days a year that are worth sitting and eating outside. Eating outside feels so good after being cooped up all day at the office. Al fresco dining always inspires me to cook more summery and fresh dishes like salads and Caprese salad is a particular summer time favourite in my household!

[COCKTAIL O'CLOCK] Skinny Mojitos

Skinny cocktails are all rage, seriously I should know - I'm such a trendsetter*. With an average cocktail racking up a whopping 500-700 calories minimum what's a girl to do when she's faced with the dilemma of wanting to save calories and sip on a delicious cocktail...TOTAL DILEMMA!

*Lie...

[WEEKEND EATS] A Day At The Farmers' Market...

This weekend has been a seriously foodie weekend for me, I have cooked up a storm in the kitchen from Friday evening right through til Sunday afternoon. Seriously there was no stopping me - I was on a roll! I'll be putting some of the links to my culinary delights up on the blog soon so don't panic, I'll share them with you!

London has a habit of always surprising me with it's many hidden gems and this weekend was no different. Since I was feeling particularly inspired to be a good foodie I hit up google to seek out some nearby Farmers' markets to test out the local produce - and whaddaya know there was one happening very nearby! That's what I mean, these things occur right under my nose and I never notice them. London always has stuff going on but you just have to know where to look...in this case it was google.

[BLOG BITES] Puerto Rican Pulled Pork

I've been eyeing up a big slabs of pork in the supermarket for a few weeks now, in the sort of way pork slabs should not be eyed up. I don't get to cook with big slabs of pork enough and this weekend I decided to put a stop to that. I bought a particularly juicy looking 3lb slab of pork shoulder, cradled it all the way home then dusted off my slow cooker and sat down with the pair of them to decide what to do.

[BLOG BITES] Mediteranean Orzo Salad

Salads are definitely a summer staple but when it comes to Orzo this is a year-round ingredient that can be chucked in just about any dish - winter warming stews, hearty soups, chunky casseroles - and of course salads! This is the perfect salad for a warm summer's day and is a guaranteed crowd pleaser too as it incorporates all the wonderful flavours of the Med.

Enjoy this simple salad with a good crisp glass of White Zinfandel on a warm summer's day.

*FYI I took the photos of this salad from my lunchbox in the park on a warm work day when I was not sipping on a good crisp glass of White Zinfandel (for obvious reasons) and trust me, it would have been really appreciated!

Sipping On Sunshine And Raspberry Cosmopolitans

Recently I have been experimenting with cocktail recipes and I have also developed a penchant for all things raspberry - hence my fusion beverage of cocktail plus raspberries, it's best of both worlds! Alas every time I eat raspberries now I feel a twinge of disappointment that they don't have an alcoholic tang...hmm might have to keep an eye on that...

Picture this - you, sunshine, glass (or 3) of chilled rasberry cosmo...don't that sound THE BUSINESS! Well you can make it happen with this here recipe!