Hebden Bridge Holiday.

Kyle and I have just been of on our summer holiday/honeymoon. Our cottage was amazing and Hebden Bridge was just wonderful! It is so vegan friendly and although we didn't get to eat in the main 2 veggie restaurants (we couldn't leave Aggi Pup alone at the cottage) there were lots of cafes and shops that allowed her in and did great vegan fair! It was also lovely to see Sam and Martin who we don't get to see enough, and have a good catch up with them! We got back to Norwich on sunday and now the bakery is back in full swing! I thought I would post a few snaps and mention some of the little gems we found while we were away!

 This peppermint brownie from Saker Bakery was amazing! As was the whole bakery! We ate cakes and pasties from there every day and their range of breads was fantastic! So reasonably priced too!

We went to a wonderful little shop called Pennine Provisions  which was a fab wholefoods and deli selling lots of redwood faux meats, cheese and cakes. It also had these wonderful Inspiral kale chips that were soooo moreish and I basically ate the whole tub in one go! oppps! The Om Bar was yummy, something I wanted to try for ages in Norwich, but was always put off the price. Although it was nice, at £2.50 for a small bar you are definitely paying for the fact that it is raw and organic.

 I tried Kombucha for the first time and it was so yummy! Kinda tastes alcoholic (well it is a fermented drink) and it was full of fruity flavour and made me feel more energetic for all the walking we did later that afternoon!

 We found a lovely little cafe called Mooch. Their vegan adaptable chickpea burger with cous cous and salad was really good. We were really excited to try their vegan cooked breakfast but we were pretty disappointed. It consisted of beans, half a cooked tomato, 3 pieces of brown toast, fried mushrooms (though  those were the good points) then 2 slices of unseasoned lightly fried tofu that were pretty greasy and 'raw' not all crispy like you would expect, and a pale hashbrown that was again greasy and undercooked. On the upside their soya Chai Latte was AMAZING and we had one every day of our trip!

 More goodies from Saker Organic Bakery!

 Olives from the Sunday Market. There is also a big market on a thursday with fresh fruit and vegetables.

 There are no Tescos or Sainsburys, yayyy! Only one small Co-op which had everything we needed! There are also no coffee chains or sandwich chains which is so lovely and refreshing!

 This shop Valley Organics we found as soon as we arrived and we then knew we were going to love our trip! We stocked up on Jolly Yum ice cream which is soooo good and very reasonably priced and good quality ingredients too!

My Week According To My Camera!

1, 2 &3) Abney and Teal Cake. Chocolate sponge and 'buttercream' with handmade sugarpaste models.
4) Coconut and Chocolate Girl Scout Cookies! Available tomorrow at Biddy's Tea Room!
5) I received a preview of Isa Chandra Moskowitz new cook book to review for it's october release. I have an exciting competition coming up too!
6) Lemon and Pine Nut cake available at Waterstones Cafe W!

Family Picnic!

Today we had a family picnic! It was so nice to get everyone together and enjoy the lovely weather we have been having, even if it was a little cooler today (thank goodness!)
I made potato salad, red cabbage coleslaw, broccoli and tomato mini 'quiche', corn on the cob, olive bread, watermellon slices, double chocolate brownies, cinnamon whirls, fruit juice lollies, and raspberry yoghurt lollies with added strawberry goodness and a lime and mint cooler to drink.
I hope you all had a great sunday! X

My Week According To my Camera

1) Busy few days with a birthday party cake order!
2) Vanilla Soft Fruits Cake with fruit from the farm we visited and my garden.
3) Lemon and Pine Nut Cake with the most beautiful lemons from the farm.
4) Vanilla and Choc Marble Birthday Cake with Strawberries from the farm.
5) GF Ginger, Pecan and Chocolate Cake.
6) Chocolate Orange Cake with Hand Picked Borage Flowers.
7) Tiramisu Marble Cake.
8) Aggi cooling down with a natural fruit juice lollie in the 30c heat we have been having in Norwich!
9) Red Velvet Cake at Dandy Horse Cafe.
10) Aggi being cute!
11) GF Iggle Piggle Cake.
12) My niece Vada is 14! She asked for a 'Big Bang Theory' birthday cake.

Strawberry Picking!

Some of my best childhood memories are going strawberry picking with my late dad and my Grandad. In the hot sunshine, cramming my mouth with sweet jammy strawberries until I had a belly ache and my dad would tell me to put some in the punnet box or I would get told off by the farmer who weighed them in the shop! Also broad beans are one of my favourite summer legumes. As you can see from the old photo I have put up at the end of this post, my mum got me involved with food from an early age. I am the little blond child in the photo, helping my sister to harvest the shiny beans from their downy pods.

So today my sister said she had found a lovely little vegetable 'pick your own' farm not to far from the centre of Norwich and I jumped at the chance to go with her! We took my niece and nephew too, passing on the strawberry picking tradition and memories. Showing my 3 year old nephew where fruit and veg comes from, seeing his amazement at finding the biggest strawberries and watching the sticky juice dribble down his chin as he tried them. It was such a lovely day! 

If you would like to go pick your own, we went to White House Farm . It currently has strawberries, cherries, potatoes, and broad beans ready to pick and a heavily stocked farm shop with lemons, sweet potatoes, onions, tomatoes and apples.