My favourite supper for a 5:2 intermittent fast day, is ratatouille.  Hot or cold this yummy meal is easy, peasy and will give you well over your quota of five veg a day!  Packed full of vitamins and minerals this quick meal is perfect for the 5:2 diet at only 250 calories. Halve all the ingredients, apart from the oil,  if you want to make it a 125 calorie meal…

Not everyone's choice for an autumnal fast day but if you are following the 5:2 diet, and let's face it who isn't, it's a great filler till your main meal in the evening…

It took 3 months of building, barking (Jack was a nightmare, barking at every noise!) and buying stuff for my new guest room en suite. The Garden Room has finally welcomed it's first visitors and it's so gorgeous that I may even Air BnB it next year!  Thought I would share the pics with you of some of the bargains and recycled stuff I managed to find, from as many independents as I could source. You really can do style on a budget, I hope you agree…

This is something for your bucket list!  I think everyone should try and do Glyndebourne just once in their lives.  It's part of the English heritage: full evening dress, a picnic in the gorgeous grounds, a bottle of bubbly & Opera…

Well, I survived my five days of music, mud & mayhem!  There was no mud, it was more of a dust bowl, and it was probably one of the best Festivals I have ever been to!  Every night the headliner was a band or artist that I truly love (Alt J, Portishead, James Blake & Noel Gallagher to name a few), and for the first time at Latitude I got to see a comedy from start to finish (The Last Leg) and a ballet on the Lake from start to finish (Sadler's Wells).  I stumbled across Gareth Malone & several choirs, danced my sox off, spent quality time with one of my oldest friends, met lovely people, ate delicious food, especially at new addition Blixen, and had a ridiculously awesome, exhausting & relaxing time…