Food and drink Chilling with Lucas blog full of family-friendly food and drink options and food and drink photos. Kitchen product reviews such as processes for a food processor for quick and easy food preparation and recipe creation. Quick family-friendly meals the kids will love and meal ideas and inspiration. Kitchen decor inspiration and kitchen appliance reviews to help you purchase the best kitchen products for your home. How to make rainbow spaghetti child sensory play and child sensory ideas and making fun and creative meals for kids. Food and drink benefits and health properties such as the benefit of drinking white tea. There are many types of tea to drink so researching the properties of different teas is important. There are also plenty of delicious coffees and ideal coffee cups for everyone. For the summer you might want to swap to coconut bowls and make refreshing cucumber salads. For green-fingered parents, you can get children involved with learning how to grow herbs in the garden. How to get fresh water with the zero water filter jug. Family-friendly recipes and slow cooker recipes such as slow cooker lemon chicken are delicious additions to family meal planning. Meal planning such as slim and save lifestyle plan to help dietary confidence and choices. Seasonal reviews and places to eat such as Sapporo teppanyaki Christmas preview and review of lunch at L’ecole, Vendoire. Family-friendly places to eat and have lunch with soft play for kids. Find out about a vegan diet and the benefits of kids going vegan. Vegan meal planning on a budget and vegan one pound meals can help with family meal planning. There are lots of delicious alternatives to ice cream for family food treats. Family-friendly food and restaurant reviews, great recipes the family will love and blog articles for recommended food and drink.
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…
Hamper.com got in touch with me to see if we would like to review* one of their Father’s Day hampers. I hadn’t heard of Hamper.com before so went for a browse on their site in the Father’s Day section. They have a huge selection of hampers to choose from including food hampers, drink hampers, […] Read more…
A couple of weeks ago we stayed at Low Wood Bay in Windermere. We stayed on a dinner, bed and breakfast board and had two choices for the dinner. We could eat in The Windermere that serves a selection of classic European dishes and Blue Smoke on the Bay that serves a wide range of […] Read more…