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Book launch photos + event organising tips

Although I am very excited to share a few photos from my book launch last week, I thought I would give this blog post a little more ‘oomph’.  A few...

I wrote a book. Here’s how to turn your dream into reality.

I wrote a book and turned my dream into reality.  A real book with an ISBN number and 240 pages brimming with valuable advice.  Had you told me I will...

Slow-cooked Galician octopus {just 15 minutes prep!}

Octopus is something I really enjoy eating.  I have tried it in a number of ways: as a stew, with a red caper sauce, as part of a seafood pasta...

Pasta with white aubergine sauce

    Have you ever had a last minute change of plans and had to whip up an easy dinner with whatever you had in your kitchen?  I have no...

Genius things to pack for your family holiday (which you probably didn’t think of)

Figuring out what things to pack can be a long, arduous process.  Packing for a family holiday is even more so!  Of course, the younger your children and the more...

Why you should wake up early & how to do it

As I write this I sit in my silent, almost pitch black, dark kitchen with a mug hot tea next to my laptop and a warm, fleece blanket thrown over...