Winter is coming... We visited the medical practice yesterday for some travel inoculations. That was fun, as you can imagine: me, plus three large teenagers, in a small nurse's office, each receiving a variety of jabs in both arms... Anyway, as we were wrapping up (and retrieving one feeling-faint daughter from the floor) the nurse said … [Read more...]
Experimenting with Almond Milk
Do you have a preferred non-dairy milk? Luckily, we don't need to be lactose-free in our house, though there was a little friend some years ago who was dairy-free, so I got used to using Pure to cook with, to having Swedish Glace dairy-free icecream in the freezer, and even soya milk occasionally. Though I'm not a fan of soya milk... I was … [Read more...]
Braving the Dragons Den
Are you a fan of Dragons Den? It's a 'reality show' where entrepreneurs face a team of potential investors and try to persuade them to invest money into their business in exchange for a share in the business. Naturally, for it to make good television, there has to be a certain amount of drama... a few completely bonkers ideas, a bit of … [Read more...]