A little taste of gourmet

Tonight I actually managed to get home earlier than usual and was greeted with the warm aroma of freshly baked bread. Mum always manages to surprise mewith her sudden urges to bake.

With the smell of fresh bread in the air I decided I didn't want the spaghetti bolognaise that was on the table I wanted something a little bit light and fresh. In the end I made myself an open sandwich, that was just a touch gourmet. I remembered the open sandwich I had at the organic restaraunt a few weeks back and thought I'd give it a try. There was avocado in the fridge and light philly too so I whipped up an open sandwich turned turned out quite well,almost as good as the one at the cafe. Mine was a bit more hearty because I had chunky slices and extra avocado. The only thig missing was a bit of balsamic, but I managed with olive oil instead.

It was pretty tasty and when you make something that your really proud of it you just want to share it with everyone. Mum a dad shared a slice and they liked it so I think it's something I'm going to do more often and add to my list of things I can put together. Lately I keep thinking about food and all the different things I want to make and try out. Now that I finally have my appetite back I want to experiment with new flavours and new textures. Finding my feet in life doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon so maybe you guys can atleast join me on my journey through all the different tastes.


Lots of love

MLP

Treacle tart and homemade custard

Today on my way home from work I popped into the shops and get a few things for baking. I got myself a baking tin for flan/quiche/fingers crossed tart, a pumpkin which whose fate is still undecided, some unsalted butter for a pumpkin pie.

At work it's been a bit of a long day, which felt like it was going no where. No matter how much I worked it was working I was moving in slow motion and time was flying by. SInce it was a complete waste of a day I decided to do something productive with the rest of my evening. I baked...

I've had treacle tart on my mind alot lately ever since I had some at a coffee shop once. It's so sweet that it would go perfect with a nice custard maybe even with a sweet tea after a l ong day at work, so here I am with a treacle tart and homemade custard about to brew myself a cup of tea(I sound really English for saying this, but you honestly cant beat a cup of tea in the evening).

Okay I won't lie, the treacle tart is store bought and ready made, I just stuck it in the oven, but the custard is all me. I'm a real beginner when it comes to making things from scratch. Normally I would just put custard powder in a bowl add milk, sometime I even buy the cake mix and just follow the instructions. After the great success I've had with the chocolate chip brownies I'm going to try and bake more.


Lots of love

MLP

Halloween is almost here

It's my favourite time of year...its halloween!! A great excuse to have a party, dress up and decorate the house,not to mention all the great accesories you can get.


Not long to go...There's are only 2 days to go and I'm super excited. I'm thinking to do a bit of halloween baking with spooky pumpkin pie and creepy cupcakes. My halloween outfit is already sorted and I've found a few great makeup ideas to bring it a bit of spooky yet fashionable look.  

Since I have to go to work during halloween I can't go overbaord with my outfit, so I have to be subtle but I think overall its going to be good. I might take a few pictures of my look and share them with you. 

Tomorrow I'm going to buy myself a tart tin and check out the web for some pumpkin pie recipes, it's something I've never tried before so who knowshow it will turn up.


Lots of love

MLP      

New phone

Today I thought I  would try and use my brothers new phone to blog...

It's taking a while to get the used to the touch screen. Its been ages since my last blog and I think I'm going to blame my job. Lately I've been considering upgrading my phone so I can blog on the move. I can't be bothered to charge my laptop all the time so the upgrade seems inevitable. The picture looks a little bit off but I'm still getting used to the settings and buttons... 

The Samsung galaxy note seems pretty good, I just need to learn how to use it properly it might be great for me plus the autocorrect and auto predict the is accurate because I must admit I'm a pretty bad at typing. 

Lots of love

MLP

My first brownie

Tomorrow is bake off day. Every other week we do a bake off and one person bakes something and brings it in to the office. It's week 42 and my turn to go to the kitchen and bake. 


So far we've had banana loaf, walnut bread and lemon drizzle layer cake. I decided to go very  indulgent and luxurious by making double chocolate brownies.  

Chocolate brownies with white chocolate chunks. They are soo chocolaty that only a small piece is enough to give you a sugar rush. Perfect with a glass of milk, I must admit I am really pleased with how they turned out. It's the first time I've baked them and I was really nervous. I only had enough ingredients for one batch but they are turned out great.


I've had a  taste of them while they were still warm and gooey and they were pretty good. Now I've had a bite once they've cooled down and they actually seem to taste better, so I can't wait to  see what they're like once at they make it to the office tomorrow.

There look great and taste lovely but there are a few tweeks I'm planning to make for the next time, just little things to do with the measurements and the timings so that I can get them even better.

The kitchens a mess but overall totally worth it. There are a few more things I want to try and who knows maybe baking is my thing and I can have it as a proper hobby. 


Lots of love

MLP    

 

Carnaby Street

Yesterday I got a text. It was from a old friend I made at uni. I haven't seen her since graduation and today we decided to meet up at oxford street and have lunch together. 

We went to a quant little organic restaraunt that was off Oxford street and near Carnaby street. I decided to pick the open avocado and pumpkin seed sandwich that was both organic and vegan accompanied with a glass of freshy squeezed orange juice. 

The food was delightful and the company was even better. It's been almost a year since we'dlast seen eachother and it was great catching up on all the things we've done since we graduated.
 
After our lovely meal we went to Carnaby street, it's a nice pedestrian street full of little boutiques and a whole bunch of little cafes on the corners of every street.

In the end we decided to go the a nice tea house where we had a rose bud tea and slice of lemon cake that I so incredibly tasty I was temped to ask for the recipe. My day was great I was amazed at how much of London I'm missing because I haven't ventured to different places.

Today was great and I look forward to meeting up with her again soon.


Lots of loveMLP

Tired...always tired

Lately I just can't seem to wake up, I don't feel like I've slept at all. My main problem is I can't sleep. My brain justkeeps buzzing, dark thoughts that wont let me sleep. When I do manage to get to sleep it's nowhere near the amount I need. My alarm goes off and I snooze it as much as I possibly can, even if its just for 2 minutes longer I keep snoozing my alarm.

My body aches and my mind gets fuzzy. Today I got stuck on the simplest simplest of tasks and I just couldn't get my head around it. I tried having bubble baths but I slept like a baby but couldn't wake up in the morning.I tried going to sleep earlier and getting into bed and waiting to fall asleep, instead it frustrated me more because I spent hours lying in bed getting annoyed at myself for not falling asleep.

Tonight I plan to watch Dallas, plan my outfit so its ready for the morning on my chair and then read a book in bed hoping I fall asleep.

Tomorrow is the range presentation for the AW12 Christmas range. Every year a celeb makes their appearance and theres a catwalks with all the clothes. That adds a little bit of glitz and glam to it all. Everyone is running around like crazy trying to get things ready in time the office has beenredecorated for the after party. I'm hoping to make a bit of an effort for the occasion.Im thinking lace on leather bit of a smoky eye makeup and possibly pull out the high heel boots.

Wish me luck, hopefully I can fall asleep and get the beauty sleep I need to look glamorous for the catwalk show.


Lots of love

MLP