Family and Lifestyle Blog
Reviews of food products, meals out at restaurants and recipes
A couple of weeks ago we were invited* to Spitroast on Smithdown Road in Liverpool. Spitroast have two restaurants and the other one is situated in Crosby. Spitroast believe in providing great quality food at affordable prices that can be enjoyed by all ages. They source their produce as local as possible […] Read more…
Have you been to Pizza Hut lately? We were invited* a while back so Lucas and I took my Dad for some dinner after we visited Sea Life in Blackpool. We went to the one on Church Street near Blackpool Tower. It’s been so long since I last visited a Pizza Hut […] Read more…
A couple of weeks ago we spent the day at Blackpool Tower. Whilst we were there, we had Afternoon Tea in the Tower Ballroom for our dinner. I absolutely love the ballroom so I was so happy to be invited* to try the afternoon tea. Dating back to 1894, the ballroom is […] Read more…
Last Wednesday we were invited* to Liverpool to have lunch at Wheelers of St. James, one of Marco Pierre White’s restaurants situated in the four star Pullman hotel on Kings Dock. The restaurant specialises in meat and sea food dishes but says it does offer vegetarian dishes, the day we went, there was only […] Read more…
On Wednesday we were invited* to The Brasserie in Lancaster. The Brasserie is the first part of transforming the Royal Kings Arms into a luxury boutique hotel. There is a stunning bar area to the left as you walk in and to the right is the restaurant. The wooden tables are set simply with […] Read more…
We were recently sent* some bottles of Lifeway Kefir to review. If, like me, you haven’t heard of Kefir, it is a live and active cultured milk smoothie. It is high in protein (100ml of Lifeway Kefir contains 3.2g of natural protein), calcium (one serving of Lifeway Kefir provides 30% of your […] Read more…
A couple of days ago I wrote about us finding a bargain dinner of 4 courses with wine for €14 at Ange and Lo in Villamblard. Today, we found another bargain 4 courses with wine for €14 in the neighbouring village of Jaure. L’Auberge is on the corner as you are going through Jaure and […] Read more…
At the moment we are staying in a gorgeous gite a couple of miles outside of Villamblard in the Dordogne, France. We absolutely love it and I will write more when we are home but wanted to do a quick review of where we had lunch today. It was incredible and I love how the […] Read more…
The lovely people at Summit to Eat sent* us a selection of their freeze-dried meals for when you are on the go. The selection that arrived included Pasta Bolognaise, Chicken Tikka with Rice, Chicken Fajita with Rice, Salmon and Broccoli Pasta, Scrambled Egg with Cheese and Morning Oats with Raspberry. The packaging is very clear on […] Read more…
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to a BBQ masterclass with Richard Holden at John Whaites cookery school. I was really pleased to be invited as when food is cooked well on a BBQ it is immense but all too often you go to a BBQ and end up either getting undercooked food […] Read more…