Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
With Father’s Day just around the corner, this year we are very well prepared by personalising a lot of fantastic gifts from norma&dorothy for Mr C. norma&dorothy was founded by Grace Sherriff in 2013 and it is based in Manchester. In just a few years, their wedding stationery company has grown to a respected and thriving business, with a dedicated team of staff. They design a wide range of hand-crafted wedding stationery to personalised gifts for everyone!
It can get a bit difficult to find toys that are exciting and new and choosing a gift for other people’s children can be quite daunting! Fear not, as Wicked Uncle is brilliant for exactly this. It is a gift website that stocks interesting and unusual children’s presents. They are essentially a present service for birthdays, Christmas and other occasions.
Wicked Uncle is more than just a toy shop, it can also help you choose what to buy. Simply fill in the age and gender of the child and it will select for you a range of toys that should suit that child. They have personally tested every product before they stock it; they build the kits, play the games, bake the rainbow cakes, blow the giant bubbles, and test drive the remote-control spiders! They stock a lot of items you just won’t find elsewhere.
With the temperatures getting warmer and BBQ-friendly weather finally on the horizon, we might finally be able to enjoy our outdoor space! Now with these beautiful evenings, I think it’s the perfect excuse to get a garden centrepiece to keep the evening chill at bay with this modern Copper Rim fire pit from VonHaus.
We are a big fan of Stamptastic and we knew what to expect as their products are always great quality and last for ages! We are still using both my children’s personalised name stamps that we had from five years ago. This is how great their products are. They’ll last forever if you use them carefully!
Last month, on the 8th February, marked the yearly National Kite Flying Day by many kite flying enthusiasts. We were so lucky to try out this Kitedrone Twinstar Hot Rods from Character Options, especially at this time of the year, when it is quite breezy and with clear skies.
If you are looking quick and healthier ways to cook your food, then steaming food is one of the best cooking methods of all. It helps to retain the nutritional value of food by conserving the fibre, colour, texture and flavour of vegetables. It also helps in preserving the water-soluble B & C vitamins, potassium, phosphorus and zinc.
Do remember that steaming is not just only for vegetables and fish! There are plenty of ways to cook a meal using steam! You can also steam a cake/cupcake, dim sum, chicken and many more! Do check out my recipes: steam rose bun, niao gao, rice cake, seabass, sponge cake.
In a week’s time commencing on Monday 4th March 2019, we will be celebrating the National Spring Cleaning Week. This campaign is to inspire and educate everyone to spring clean not just their homes but their lives as well! You may also hear this campaign called the ‘KonMari’ style where you choose joy and complete your tidying adventures!
Cleaning can seem like a mammoth task, but there is nothing better than a clean, streamlined and harmonious home. So let us embrace this annual spring clean with wide open arms!
This new year, if you are after the increasingly popular industrial-style theme, then look no further! The iconic housewares specialist Wesco has recently launched this exciting new collection “Loft” that give kitchen and bathroom accessories a matt-powder-coating finish to give a modern, edgy look.
Clean lines, simple forms and stark contrasts are a must for this minimalist look. The collection’s colour palette of black, white, cool grey and graphite captures this perfectly and add an industrial sharpness.
These days we understand that there’s much more to being healthy than how much we weigh and to help us to get on track and more detailed health statistics, the eufy BodySense Smart Scale is the way to go. I know that smart scales with Bluetooth are not a new thing in the market, but what I love about this scale is how affordable it is and how smart it looks!
Buying gifts for young people/adults who like to play games can be very tricky. They might already own many gaming products and gadgets. To help with some alternative gadgety toys, we are delighted to receive this selection of merchandise from Paladone! These items should give you a few ideas to buy this Christmas. Personally, these are things that I like and even before I had a chance to unbox them, my children and husband already had their eyes on them!
As we are running towards the festive season, the number of presents our children will be receiving can easily overrun our living space. Now thanks to these cute and affordable Maqio boxes, we can keep everything organised and our children’s bedrooms neat and tidy. Unsurprisingly, my children can generate a lot of mess, especially Ms C! She has so many small collectables that always clutter the floor!
Have you seen the latest range of His and Her Elf pyjamas sets from New Look for this Christmas season? It is not very often that both Mr C and I own similar sets of clothing. The last time we did was years ago, where all of us dressed up in Captain America t-shirts for the new year.
This ZeroWater filter jug removes virtually all dissolved solids, thanks to their unique 5-stage Ion Exchange Filtration system, to provide you with the purest tasting water. It has a capacity of a 10 cup pitcher and 2 cups in reserve, which is great for a big family or at work. This big jug is well made with a soft grip handle. The lid comes with a detachable water quality meter, a small opening spout and a big removable lid for filling the water.
Let me introduce you to this new stylish kitchenware range from Kaufmann, which is only available on Amazon. This Sienna range is designed to stand the test of everyday use and to ensure you get the best value for money.
They offer a 3-piece saucepan set, a 2-piece frying pan set and a 5-piece saucepan and frying pan set. We were thrilled to receive the 5-piece saucepan and frying pan set for review. It consists of a 14 cm non-stick milk pan, 16 cm, 18 cm, 20 cm saucepans and 26 cm non-stick frying pan.
Let’s us do our part for the environment! It is time to ditch those disposable plastic coffee cups and single-use microwave containers that you used for your office lunch or school meal by using these gorgeous sleek looking Hydratem8 cup and food pot!
Hydratem8 products are the perfect solution to be plastic free for everyday life! I am so pleased to have received the Hydratem8 reusable coffee cup and food pot to test out.
