Well, I finally got around to doing the draw for Heather's book last night. It has been quite a week - and I've had the 'flu. The real, genuine, full-on, fever, aches, cough flu. so, just starting to turn the corner now and feeling human again and realise that it's been a week since I posted about the giveaway!
Thank you everyone for entering. And I'm glad I was able to draw out two names and not just one - and the winners are #5 and #6.
Roz and Jessabel!! So excited that you can get a copy of this beautiful book. I will email you soon!
Beautiful Cookbook GIVEAWAY
Sunday, August 19, 2012
From the time of Prince William and Kate's wedding, through to the Queen's Jubilee and now the Olympic Games in London, all-things-British have been on the world's stage just lately. And it's so nice to have something in the news to celebrate, don't you think? And the British do celebrations the best I think.
And while we sit and watch the beautiful pagentry and celebrations from the comfort of our homes, it always makes me think of our English heritage, and how those ancient traditions have been passed down through each generation even here in our own little British colony, and even into our modern way of living - and one of those traditions is surely in the way we prepare our food and the way we eat it. And what is more quintessential to our culture than teatime. Morning tea. Afternoon tea. Scones and cake and lemonade - it's drummed into our genetics.
Which is why I am so excited to be hosting a giveaway for a beautiful book, London Summer - 12 recipes for festive summer teas, written by my friend, Heather LeFebvre, who lives in the USA, but who lived in Scotland for many years and has brought home to America a few of those lovely old British traditions, and Heather shows us how we can take those simple things and make them truly beautiful - a time of sharing with friends and family, celebrating summer, slowing down to enjoy tea and food and good company and moments of joy and happiness.
The photography alone in this book is good enough to eat, but you will love the recipes too. I tried out Heather's Honeyed Ginger Lemonade this weekend, which is one of the recipes in the book, and I could say that another name for it should be, Summer-in-a-Glass. The lemon and ginger combination is so delicious and refreshing that I can't wait to make bottles and bottles of it to take to our beach house this summer. I can just imagine sitting out on the deck under the umbrella with a large glass of this on a really hot day. Bliss!
Many of the recipes in the book also cater for gluten-free, or offer gluten-free options.
Heather has been generous enough to allow me to give away 2 copies of her book. The book comes in PDF format, so there's no need to wait for it in the mail, or to pay shipping! Being an instant kiwi myself, I love it when products have this option!!
I can't wait to try out the Lemon Cucumber Creams and the Fairy Cakes and the Summer Fruit Punch. And we are all enjoying the Dundee Cake - did you know that Queen Elizabeth loves this cake?... and my husband too.
All you need to do is leave a comment here and you'll be in for the win!
If you want to purchase your own copy of London Summer, here is where you do it ... and to get to know Heather on a more personal level, pop on over here to her lovely corner of the web.
I'll probably draw the winner in a few days. Good Luck!
And while we sit and watch the beautiful pagentry and celebrations from the comfort of our homes, it always makes me think of our English heritage, and how those ancient traditions have been passed down through each generation even here in our own little British colony, and even into our modern way of living - and one of those traditions is surely in the way we prepare our food and the way we eat it. And what is more quintessential to our culture than teatime. Morning tea. Afternoon tea. Scones and cake and lemonade - it's drummed into our genetics.
Which is why I am so excited to be hosting a giveaway for a beautiful book, London Summer - 12 recipes for festive summer teas, written by my friend, Heather LeFebvre, who lives in the USA, but who lived in Scotland for many years and has brought home to America a few of those lovely old British traditions, and Heather shows us how we can take those simple things and make them truly beautiful - a time of sharing with friends and family, celebrating summer, slowing down to enjoy tea and food and good company and moments of joy and happiness.
The photography alone in this book is good enough to eat, but you will love the recipes too. I tried out Heather's Honeyed Ginger Lemonade this weekend, which is one of the recipes in the book, and I could say that another name for it should be, Summer-in-a-Glass. The lemon and ginger combination is so delicious and refreshing that I can't wait to make bottles and bottles of it to take to our beach house this summer. I can just imagine sitting out on the deck under the umbrella with a large glass of this on a really hot day. Bliss!
Many of the recipes in the book also cater for gluten-free, or offer gluten-free options.
Heather has been generous enough to allow me to give away 2 copies of her book. The book comes in PDF format, so there's no need to wait for it in the mail, or to pay shipping! Being an instant kiwi myself, I love it when products have this option!!
I can't wait to try out the Lemon Cucumber Creams and the Fairy Cakes and the Summer Fruit Punch. And we are all enjoying the Dundee Cake - did you know that Queen Elizabeth loves this cake?... and my husband too.
All you need to do is leave a comment here and you'll be in for the win!
If you want to purchase your own copy of London Summer, here is where you do it ... and to get to know Heather on a more personal level, pop on over here to her lovely corner of the web.
I'll probably draw the winner in a few days. Good Luck!
Online Grocery Shopping
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
My sister-in-law was telling me a few weeks ago that she was about to try ordering her groceries through the internet! Can you imagine what our grandmothers would have thought of that?
I pricked my ears up, because truth be known, I absolutely detest grocery shopping.
I used to love it when I didn't have children, but the more children I have had, the harder it has become to find an hour to do it, and if I take the children with me I usually get a bit distracted and forget something on my list, or get talked in to alot of food that wasn't on my list. ;o)
And it was actually getting to the point where if I did a 2-weekly shop I would need 2 trolleys. And my dear little 3 year old loves to have temper-tantrums in the aisles when I don't buy her the coloured, glittery bracelet hanging between the flour and the spices.
So, I have been thinking about this whole online shopping thing, and then at my patchwork class another mum with three children told me how she hates grocery shopping too, and has been online shopping for months. She told me she saves at least $50 a week on her budget, and probably more.
So I thought I'd try it out. The first time I placed the order it took awhile to do - the store (Countdown) is laid out in goods aisles: eg: Bread. Meat. Frozens. Vegetables, etc, etc. And under each category are subcategories: Bread: Baked goods, sliced bread, donuts etc, etc. So it takes time the first time.
But the second time is a snap, and it remembers your previous orders. You get tons of specials on line - all the same ones that are instore, and if you order over $250 delivery only costs $8. I figured I would spend at least that (and probably much more) on impulse buys.
And I love it! I am free of the grocery store! I sit down of an evening when the children are tucked up; coffee in hand, feet up and shop. Ahhhhh.
The groceries all come tied up in bags, delivered inside the front door by two very chatty young men - who told me my sister-in-law said to say hello as they'd just delivered her groceries before mine! Ha!
Here's a sweet wee girl who loves to help.
Delivered to the door.
I'm still getting into the swing of it - planning out my menus so I hopefully only have to make one trip to the store for milk during the week, and if I can convince my husband that frozen milk is really no different to fresh milk (yeah right) then I won't have to make any trips!
This has revolutionised my life and I'm looking forward to seeing how much money it saves us.
I pricked my ears up, because truth be known, I absolutely detest grocery shopping.
I used to love it when I didn't have children, but the more children I have had, the harder it has become to find an hour to do it, and if I take the children with me I usually get a bit distracted and forget something on my list, or get talked in to alot of food that wasn't on my list. ;o)
And it was actually getting to the point where if I did a 2-weekly shop I would need 2 trolleys. And my dear little 3 year old loves to have temper-tantrums in the aisles when I don't buy her the coloured, glittery bracelet hanging between the flour and the spices.
So, I have been thinking about this whole online shopping thing, and then at my patchwork class another mum with three children told me how she hates grocery shopping too, and has been online shopping for months. She told me she saves at least $50 a week on her budget, and probably more.
So I thought I'd try it out. The first time I placed the order it took awhile to do - the store (Countdown) is laid out in goods aisles: eg: Bread. Meat. Frozens. Vegetables, etc, etc. And under each category are subcategories: Bread: Baked goods, sliced bread, donuts etc, etc. So it takes time the first time.
But the second time is a snap, and it remembers your previous orders. You get tons of specials on line - all the same ones that are instore, and if you order over $250 delivery only costs $8. I figured I would spend at least that (and probably much more) on impulse buys.
And I love it! I am free of the grocery store! I sit down of an evening when the children are tucked up; coffee in hand, feet up and shop. Ahhhhh.
The groceries all come tied up in bags, delivered inside the front door by two very chatty young men - who told me my sister-in-law said to say hello as they'd just delivered her groceries before mine! Ha!
Here's a sweet wee girl who loves to help.
Delivered to the door.
I'm still getting into the swing of it - planning out my menus so I hopefully only have to make one trip to the store for milk during the week, and if I can convince my husband that frozen milk is really no different to fresh milk (yeah right) then I won't have to make any trips!
This has revolutionised my life and I'm looking forward to seeing how much money it saves us.
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