Food


WIN (ended) – Gourmesso coffee capsules for Nespresso 27

Like Coffee? Yep, me too. Sadly I don’t have a pod/capsule machine. Boooo! On the plus side, this means I can offer you lot, my lovely readers a chance to win some Gourmesso coffee capsules instead of me trying them out for a review. Gourmesso have 16 types of capsules, which you can see here.     Gourmesso is the premium online retailer of coffee capsules compatible with Nespresso machines. Founded in Berlin in early 2013 by serial entrepreneurs and passionate coffee drinkers, Gourmesso has turned into the number one online retailer in Germany for alternative coffee capsules. Moreover, the company is successfully operating in France, Spain and the UK as well. The foundation for Gourmesso’s quick success across Europe is the unique combinations of high quality coffee, made of the finest Arabica and Robusta beans from around the world, offered at a price a price unmatched by any of […]


Thorntons The Snowman and Snowdog Chocolates

Bring a little bit of festive magic to someone special’s Christmas or New year with this extra-special range of choccy treats. The Snowman and Snowdog are favourite festive TV characters, and these gorgeous models are carefully crafted from Thorntons creamy white chocolate so won’t melt in the morning like snow but I can’t promise they’ll last too long as they are rather tasty!


Stop horsing around!?

I don’t know about everyone else but I’m fed up about hearing about horse meat. Seems like there is horse in everything in our freezers these days. I prefer whole chunks of meat, where you can tell its all from one animal. That said we do buy some processed items like sausages and occasional burgers. Like most families we’ve probably eaten horse. That doesn’t bother me too much, horse is safe to eat and horses are clean animals. I would buy horse meat deliberatly, but what nags at me (sorry) is that I don’t know what meat is in what foods anymore. I am grateful that the scandal is about horse rather than say, road kill or wild rats! I just want the labels to be honest, if something is half beef half horse I’d like it to say so I can decide myself. Seriously, why not eat horse? Most […]