Archive for July, 2009

In praise of good neighbours

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Isn’t it a dream come true to have good neighbours next door?

Well, I am lucky enough to have a lovely family next door, and to me it’s like a dream come true!

In an ideal world we all would have nice people living next to us, at hand when you need last minute babysitting, an egg or just a chat over a cup of tea, but the reality is often very different: screaming kids, loud music, offensive smells and nasty looks…

If you don’t know your neighbour, try and bake some cookies and just bring them some: if they are anything like me they will jump at the chance and you’ll be friends for good!

I have had some vary nasty neighbour over the years, the worse being a guy who tried to attack his partner with a very long kitchen knife (all this in the garden, with a crowd of people watching!!!) and ended up in prison for trying to kill someone!

So, thanks to my Lucky Star for my lovely neighbours, more cupcakes coming their way!

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Approved by me: coffee substitute

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Hi there!

This is my first review of a product, I thought it would be useful if I wrote something about the things I tried, as many times I have been looking for opinions on products and they’ve been very useful to me.

"Wake Up" coffee substitute

I am Italian and I do love and drink coffee, however I only drink sometimes it after lunch, so my afternoon special is a cup of this amazing drink: Wake Up, and I am totally hooked on it, it tastes great and it seems to give a nice lift to my brain (that’s the guarana in it).

The nice thing is that when you put water on the powder it forms a little bit of cream on top, which makes the drink really inviting!

You’ll find it in health food shops and some Holland and Barrett, it is absolutely worth looking for, it is the only coffee substitute that I ever liked, the others are too “burnt herbs” in taste.

my afternoon cup

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The beauty of Nature

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Lovely carrots

These carrots arrived in my vegetable box last Monday, they look really cute and reminded me of how great Mother Nature is, producing unusual looking things for us.
I found it really sad that you cannot see any funny looking vegetables in supermarkets, and unfortunately it’s a serious problem for farmers as well, who must meet the standards of big companies, who only want perfect looking fruit and veg.

So try and visit farmer markets and buy local organic products from the people that actually grow them!

have a look here:

www.farmersmarkets.net

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