Nurture with nature
There is a so much going on at the moment in the world, in the house, in my head. I have spent a week working out heating wattages, where pipes can go on repointed walls, how things will work in the kitchen to leave space for a sofa in front of the fire. How to […]
Dressing up and dressing down
It has been a bit mad here the last couple of weeks. I have started my French business, Desri’s Kitchen and been number crunching and trying to make that work on paper (in the French system – that is hard!). I am adding in teaching raw cuisine as well as healthy ways to tweak […]
Friday bits and bobs
Just checking in here, it’s been a week of readjustment and joy. Sometimes news knocks us off balance, not because we are not happy about it, just because it means we need to change course a bit, reballance, reappraise, realign. That is a good thing because it actually encompasses way more than the instigating factor, […]
Smash a mash.
Hello, hello! How are you feeling? Have you followed anything here, changed anything? Simply put, nothing will change unless you change something. I know I am repeating myself but please don’t hold back until ‘all the bad stuff has been used up’, ‘after the holiday’, ‘after Christmas’ and all the other delaying tactics our heads […]
Tweak… and twerking would help too!
Reminder Doing this is your choice. Everything is your choice. Everything you eat, drink, think and do will effect how you feel mentally and physically. If you have an illness, an auto-immune problem, lack energy, have hormone imbalances, mood swings, lack of concentration, brain fog, constipation, acne – you fill in the words for you […]
Renovations dirty, frustrating, exciting
Do you ever have days when the thing you found so motivating and exciting yesterday is exhausting and overwelming today? Welcome to my world! I have been scared of heights for ever; I couldn’t go up the ladder to the first floor of the ‘little house’, the old tumble down house we are now renovating […]
Little woman, me?
Well I am little physically, 5′ 1 1/2″ to be precise. I don’t like being called short but small, petite and little are fine. That is not the issue. It is far more sensitive than that. Yesterday I mentioned to someone how much I have always wanted a certain type of stove, the one that […]
Charlie Brown: “Some day we all will die” Snoopy: “True, but on other days we will not “
Charlie Brown; “Some day we all will die” Snoopy; “True, but on other days we will not ” Let’s make the best of our days, our loves and our lives. Some day we die, the other days we don’t and those days we need to enjoy the living not worrying about dying. If you are […]
A quickie and a little cry.
This is such a quick and satisfying meal, a bit like (a lot like actually) a creamy risotto. I do adore risotto, full of butter and garlic, wine and parmesan. My favourite is with scallops and prawns. And that is a treat, occasionally. This one is for any time, no guilt, delicious taste, lovely feel, […]
Save me with savoury and when is a problem not a problem.
I just neeeeeed something savoury. I am so distracted by it I couldn’t even decide on my title. I don’t want juice or smoothies or chocolate or ice cream or anything other than something mouth-wateringly savoury! So that is salty, deeply flavoured, oily, maybe a hint of sweet to push those flavours even deeper. I’m […]
