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48 hours in Port Aventura with friends old (Laura and Alice) and new (tara and jo).
Day 1
1.30pm Land at Barcelona airport with Laura, drive to Port Aventura – the toll barriers were no contest for our driver who played chicken every time before stepping on the brake just before the barrier raised.
3.30pm Go for a late lunch at The Old Steakhouse. The food was really expensive, equivalent to ?15 for a burger, chips and drink. The Addams Family band provided some unique entertainment.
5.30pm Meet other bloggers …

This one is completely my own recipe made up of leftovers, it wasn’t perfect – please see possible improvements at the bottom
Ingredients
Slice of Crusty Brown Bread
Potato
Red Onion
Chorizo
Olive Oil
1. Par-boil diced potatoes.
2. Fry onions, add potatoes and chopped chorizo
3. Once everything is golden. Set aside.
4. Place the slice of bread into pan to toast in juices from chorizo and onions, add a little olive oil if necessary.
Serve toasted bread topped with chorizo hash.
Although tasty it was a little dry, I’d suggest either adding …

1. TA Basic Training
It was a teenage ambition of mine to become an army officer and complete the training at Sandhurst. Then I met Alex. So I decided to join the TA and the Basic Training was my personal challenge, I wanted to win a prize at the passing out parade, which I did.
It was a two week course that tested everything from fitness to mental strength and it was very hard, physically it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
2. Work in an …

Because cutting is a life skill…..

This recipe involves using a base roast tomato sauce which came about when I accidentally bought six punnets of tomatoes online. The base sauce can be frozen and used for any tomato based dish.
Base Sauce;
Roast Tomatoes
Salt
Sugar
Pepper
Olive Oil
Garlic
1. Line up tomatoes and garlic cloves, sprinkle with a teaspoon of sugar, a couple of teaspons of sea salt or rock salt, grind over some black pepper and coat with olive oil.
2. Roast at 180 degrees for an hour, or until tomatoes are soft.
3. Remove tomatoes and oil, blend, …

Time would freeze as you stepped through the door, leaving your life frozen behind you and giving you unlimited guilt-free time to spend there. What would you fill it with? What views would it have out the window?
My room would be large and airy with a huge wall-length window at the far end, the view would overlook a cliff and the sea. Sunlight would fill the room through this window and the temperature would always be perfect, there would be an intelligent system that would blow cold air in …

This mousse recipe was one I got from Good Food magazine. It’s one of the easiest and tastiest I’ve made to date and I think the little extra garnishes with this dish make it ideal dinner party fodder.

Serves 7
60ml milk
5 Mars Bars
4 Egg Whites
4 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
Chilli chocolate
Strawberries
Green & Black’s White Chocolate
1. Melt mars bars, milk and cocoa powder together in a pot. Once melted leave to cool for 15 minutes.
2. Whisk egg whites to soft peaks (get husband to do this if you don’t have …

We all go through it, don’t we?
Those times when you wonder why you bother. Any number of things can bring it on, a slump in traffic, a nasty comment, the housework piling up around your ears (just one more tweet and then I’ll do it). If you’ve ever found yourself wondering if now is the time to make your blogging exit try these tactics, and if you still feel like giving up then you probably should
1. A new theme/widget
It might be that you’ve …