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I’m back with the main events from our Boston and New York trip.
Lunch
The food courts in America are amazing, so we didn’t mind making a quick pit stop at one while shopping. We went to Panda Express and had orange chicken and kung po with rice. The best orange chicken ever might I add.

In New York we hit it lucky and found that our hotel was attached to Tick Tock Diner. After travelling on Amtrak from Boston to New York we arrived just in time for some …

The Guru has been a favourite of ours for over 10 years. The restaurant itself isn’t anything to shout about but the food, oh the food.. well that’s delicious and great value too.
The last time I went with my mum. We’d been to see the new version of Wuthering Heights which was quite frankly hell, how we managed to last for whole 45 mins I’ll never know. After creeping out part way through we needed something good to cheer us up and The Guru is always a …

I wrote this post for English Mum, but the first weeks in January are always a bit dull so a good time to remind myself what a fab time we had
I’ve been eating my way around Boston and I thought I’d share my highlights with you. The trip was a two-legged trip, first few days were spent in Boston and the last two in New York. The food in America is pretty good depending on what you like, we went for standard American fare during this …

After catching the foodie bug again while in Boston, I’ve decided to add some reviews of restaurants closer to home. We live half way between Edinburgh and Livingston and like to eat out in both, although Edinburgh has a lot more to offer in the way of restaurants.
We had an unexpected child free night on Saturday and decided to head into Edinburgh for something to eat. Not wanting to go to one of our usual restaurants we devised a plan to ensure we’d end up somewhere new. …

Guest post by Antonia Chitty
We love to bake, so getting sent baking kits is a great bonus. It’s not that long since cupcake week, and now it is National Baking Week and we’ve been trying out some of the Home Baking range from Asda. D, 9, loves to bake, and is good at mixing and making, but often needs help with measuring. With this range she’s been able to come up with some great results without too much trouble and minimal input from me.

We started with the chocolate tray bake, …

This isn’t a recipe but it was so tasty I thought I’d blog it anyway. Instead of a usual tomato base I roasted a chicken and shredded it into a bottle of budweiser barbecue sauce and the chicken juices. I spread a layer of the barbecue chicken over the base of the pizza then added mozarella, bacon and onion. Not exactly healthy but it tasted good!

So after the virtuous fruity summer salads earlier in the week we deserve a treat, right?
This is one of the nicest desserts I’ve made and so simple! All you have to do is either griddle or barbecue some fresh wedges of pineapple. In a seperate pot make a syrup from brown sugar and rum, add a few fresh or dried chilli flakes. Serve pineapple with syrup over the top with good quality ice cream.

Fruit in a salad, I’m probably way behind the times but it’s a revelation. Here are two of my favourites;
Feta & Pineapple Salad

Ingredients;
Feta
Fresh pineapple
Fresh mint
Salad leaves
Dressing – lemon, olive oil, sea salt, pepper
Watermelon and Goats Cheese Salad

Watermelon
Goats cheese
Salad leaves
Pine nuts
Croutons
Dressing – lemon, olive oil, sea salt, pepper

I must admit I was pretty proud of this, I think I’ve cracked the pork thing. I decided to turn this into Honey Chilli Pork but it would have been just as nice with apple sauce.
I started off with a rolled belly joint. I unrolled it (removing the string) and put it into a roasting tray skin side up. I brushed the skin with olive oil and cracked a bit of black pepper onto it. After about 1hr 40 mins it looked like this..

I could have …

Ok so it sounds a little weird but this is an adaptation of Jamie Oliver’s ‘Coley Korma’ and my husband professed it the best thing I’ve ever made! And no, that’s not because I’m a rubbish cook!
Ingredients
Haddock Fillet
Basmati rice
Korma paste
Low fat coconut milk
Coriander
Chilli
Spring onion
Lemon
1. Gently fry 1/4 of a jar of korma paste.
2. Add the haddock fillets and spread the paste over the flesh so the spices flavour the fish. Fry for a few minutes.
3. Add the coconut milk and simmer gently for about 15 minutes …