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Chinese Glazed Salmon

This Chinese Glazed Salmon recipe is found in Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook: 101 Delicious Recipes from My Mother’s Kitchen, which will be available to buy on 26th April 2016 on Amazon. This book pays homage to Katie’s late mother, the legendary chef and restaurateur, Leeann Chin.  Sharing a collection of beloved family recipes, Katie weaves a compelling tale of Leeann’s life and her pioneering role in popularizing Chinese cuisine in America.  From Chinese classics like Kung Pao Chicken and Shu Mai, to Chin’s signature Firecracker Shrimp, recipes defy the intimidation factor often linked to Asian cuisine.

katie chin everyday chinese cookbook

New Summer Menu at Pizza Express

Spring into the new summer menu at Pizza Express!  We are no strangers to Pizza Express and regularly enjoy their gorgeous and delicious meals.  While we love their regular menu and we all have our favourite dishes, their new summer menu looks delicious which they’ve just launched.

Yesterday, we popped by to the Pizza Express in Tamworth, which was opened in 2014 next to the Jolly Sailor Ventura Park.  There is limited free parking spaces but you could also park at the Sainsbury’s car park or John Lewis on either side.  The restaurant can seat 110 people and they get quite busy over the weekend, so it is best to book a table.

The artwork in Tamworth was inspired by local born Seaman, Colin Grazier, who captured codebooks vital for the breaking of the Enigma cipher from a sinking German U boat submarine. A series of screens and a selection of canvases with coded messages provide an intriguing environment based around the Enigma code.

pizza express tamworth activity sheet

Warburtons Giant Crumpets Competition

Have you seen that Warburtons are challenging their consumers to get inventive with Giant Crumpets in Dr Bunsen’s recipe challenge?  They want you to share your favourite Giant Crumpet recipe with him and his faithful assistant Beaker for a chance to win a Giant Crumpets Hamper, including a £200 shopping voucher or one of hundred runners up £50 vouchers that they are giving away!

warburtons giant crumpets

Sweet Piggy Bun

This Easter holiday, we have been busy baking and decorating lots of cakes and buns like Sweet Piggy Bun & Chick bun, thanks to Wilko who sent us a surprise bundle of baking goodies to make it happen! My children love to help me in the kitchen and with these extra tools we had a lot of fun!

We have received this gorgeous blue Mason Cash mixing bowl, Mason Cash measuring jug, revolving rolling pin, whisk, Oink Oink mixing spoon, Oink Oink spatula, mini scales, heart cookie cutter and 9” spring form cake tin.

love wilko baking goodies

Kellogg’s Unleashes Ancient Legends Range

Recently, Kellogg’s unleashed a brand new Ancient Legends range of delicious granolas, mueslis and cereals onto the shelves of British supermarkets. These six new Ancient Legends products, which come in colourful re-sealable pouches, take their name from the ancient grains and seeds such as spelt, chia and flax that make up the product.

kelloggs anicent legends

Beefeater Spring Menu

Have you heard that Beefeater have a new spring menu? Yes, now they have added freshly prepared dishes like Surf and Turf, Smoked Salmon On Toast, Spicy Chicken Wings, lighter options and many more. Also, there are Mr Men inspired favourites for the kids menu too. Do check out your local Beefeater for opening hours and offers from their website.

Yesterday, we went to our Ladybridge Beefeater for a meal. The place is very easy to access with a lot of parking and next to shopping areas with shops like Boots, Matalan, Mark & Spencer, Toy R Us etc. It is situated next to Premier Inn with free WIFI. When we arrived, we were shown to our table quickly and both children were given Mr Men colouring sheets.

beefeater mr men colouring

Pulsin’ Kids’ Fruity Oat Bars Review

Pulsin’ who are best known for making nutritional bars for adults, are using their expertise to make nutritious products for children. Pulsin’ Kids’ Fruity Oat Bars are the new deliciously wholesome oat bars made with real fruit and natural ingredients. They are tasty and sustaining snacks for lunchboxes, after school or anytime to keep them nourished throughout the day.

Pulsin’ Kids’ Fruity Oat Bars are available in Strawberry, Blackcurrant & Apple and Orange Choc Chip variants. Priced at £2.99 for six 25g bars in a multipack and they are available from selected leading retailers, Pulsin’ website and Ocado and in Holland and Barrett later month.

Pulsin’ Kids’ Fruity Oat Bars

Cooking with Wing Yip

Earlier last month, we received a Chinese New Year pack from Wing Yip to help us to cook some nice Chinese meals. We are no strangers to Wing Yip as we pop by our local Birmingham store every few months to stock up on all our favourite Asian ingredients and foods. We often buy a 20 kg bag of rice, frozen dim sum, instant noodles and not forgetting all my favourite snacks! I love to buy prawn crackers, dried fish slices and various drinks many more!

Anyway, I have received these four different type of sauces: Chinese Fried Rice Sauce, Curry Sauce, Sweet and Sour sauce and Yellow Bean sauce.

wing yip sauce

Primal Pantry Review

If you are looking for snack bars that are free of any kind of additive, preservative, flavouring or colouring, look no further. Primal Pantry are handmade in the UK and each cold-pressed bar contains no more than 6 real food ingredients and nothing else in the bar.

primal pantry bars review

Asian Fish Parcel with McCain

Asian Fish Parcel with McCain is an Asian Fusion dish that we love eating as a family. Since young, I have always loved the Asian spice flavour but my husband and children were born in the UK and they tend to prefer milder flavours with potatoes being a regular staple. Hence I am serving this Asian meal with western sides!

asian fish parcel with mccain

Kitchen Trotter Review

Recently, Kitchen Trotter launched their monthly country subscription kit. They aim to bring the global cuisine experience to every UK household. This is a French start-up with a successful Kickstarter campaign under its belt; Kitchen Trotter will allow their cooks to create recipes from the four corners of the world with great and exotic produce.

Founded in 2012 on the passion of three French entrepreneurs Pierre-François Lotiron, Aicha Mansouri & Kenza Hachimi from different backgrounds, sharing their love of cooking, the best memories of their travels and the flavours they discovered.

Each month, Kitchen Trotter kits offer a culinary journey through a menu full of mystery, delicious products and authenticity. In their kits, subscribers learn how to cook the traditional recipes of a surprise country. Kitchen Trotter also offers tailored subscription with kits accessible to every budget starting from £29,99. To subscribe to Kitchen Trotter, visit www.kitchentrotter.co.uk

kitchen trotter indonsian review

Bella Italia Walsall Review

Bella Italia is now open at Waterfront North Leisure, Walsall. They are surrounded by other restaurants, sports shops, big clothing brands, cinema and many other retailers and there is further development to come. There is plenty of pay and display car parking available and the fee is very reasonable. We paid 2 hours for £1.40, if you required 3 hours, it is only £2!

bella italia walsall

Coffee and Walnut Cake

I asked my friend what to bake next and she gave me a few suggestions. I decided to bake coffee and walnut cake which I had not baked before. After a few searches on Google, I found Nigella’s recipe and I made it last week. It was very successful. It is a typical English style cake with thick icing. So I decided to modify the recipe slightly to make the cake nuttier!

coffee and walnut cake

Jucee Lunchbox Ideas

Are you worried that your children don’t get their 5 portions of fruits a day or maybe they have been consuming too many sugary drinks? Let me introduce you to Jucee. Jucee comes in three ranges: 100% pure juice, juice drinks and squash. All the ranges are 100% no added sugar.

Jucee re-introduced their 100% pure juice in 2011 as small lunchbox cartons with a straw. At the end of 2012, they launched their juice drinks in small bottles. So whatever your children’s preference, they can be enjoyed conveniently when they are out and about or at school.

Jucee product range

PizzaExpress Walsall Review

PizzaExpress was opened at the beautiful Waterfront in Walsall on 12 January 2016. They are surrounded by other restaurants, sports shops, big clothing brands and many other retailers and there is plenty of pay and display car parking available. We did struggle to find the restaurant as our sat nav took us to the wrong place using the postcode. In fact, PizzaExpress is just opposite Crown Wharf Shopping Park.

pizza express walsall

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