Pago fruit juices

I love a good fruit juice. Especially on a hangover. It is refreshing, thirst quenching and full of goodness. However it is really difficult to find a good quality fruit juice at a reasonable price, usually the ones I pick up turn out to be bland or bitty. Thankfully Pago Fruit Juices came to the…

The Groovy Food Co – Gingerbread Cookies

The lovely people at The Groovy Food Co gifted me some products so that I could make delicious Christmas cookies for my friends and I. I have used coconut oil previously in cooking but have never thought to seek out baking recipes that also use it. The Groovy Food Co are all about healthy alternatives for…

Matcha cake Mix – Review

Matcha cake is a traditional Japanese cake. I had never heard of it, and when the guys at Hope Makes It Easy asked me to try and recreate this with their cake mix, I jumped at the chance.  Nozomi, (Japanese for Hope) the founder of Hope makes it easy, loves Matcha cake. Born and raised in…

Brockleby’s Pies 

I bought a Brocklebys Pie from the South Notts Food Festival in the rain last weekend, having seen them at the Notts Food Fest a couple of weeks before. I had already bought too much there though and that meant I couldn’t carry any more, so I was glad they had popped up again. Based just…

Freshly Spiced

When I was asked to review the Freshly Spicedbest  range of homemade spice blends, I jumped at the chance. Tom, the mastermind behind Freshly Spiced, wanted to provide natural spice blends and spices without additives. Tom creates all his blends from scratch, in his home, and chatting to him I could feel his passion and…