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Pan Fried Sea Bass with Spinach and Tenderstem Broccoli

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Before I went on holiday, I was told that they key to solving a problem that I’ve had with my stomach for a couple of years was to cut out sugar for 6 weeks. What I didn’t realise was that this meant cutting out most carbs (except Brown Rice, Sourdough Bread and a few Pulses), all fruit, tea, coffee, alcohol – and the list goes on. Knowing that I was going to Australia, I decided to start the day I got back. I lasted 6 days without sugar and on the 7th day gave into a tripple chocolate chip cookie from Gails Bakery, oops. If I wasn’t such a sweet freak and I didn’t live and breath food, this could potentially have been a doddle – but I just can’t give up the things that I love. However, the recipe below does prove that you can still eat a delicious meal – it’s just the pudding afterwards that is the problem! Ingredients (serves 2) 2 Sea Bass fillets Pack of Tenderstem Broccoli Pack of ready …

Msmarmitelover’s Christmas Market – oof

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It’s the day after Msmarmitelover’s Underground Christmas Market and I’m shattered. But I’m still buzzing from the fantastic time I had yesterday. At first I thought I had bitten off more than I could chew by taking a stall. I then heard that around 300 tickets had been sold and the panic alarms in my head went off. With the help of my very understanding boyfriend, I made everything on the stall completely from scratch and bagged, ribboned and tagged, ready for purchasing. I had a week to do it and each night after work I spent my time in the kitchen beavering away. You may have already seen some of the results but I have more pics of the stall from yesterday. We arrived at 10am to set up and were ushered into the living room where the other stall holders were unpacking their goods. I was situated next to Bake Me Happy and her delightful cupcakes. She had a great range of flavours from Chocolate and Peppermint to White Chocolate and Cranberry, Gingerbread …

Msmarmitelover’s undergound Christmas market

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Msmarmitelover is hosting her own Christmas underground market on Sunday and I can’t wait. I like to set myself a challenge every once in a while and I have to say that this has been the biggest one to date. I decided to take a stall to sell my Christmas food creations – so I started my baking on Monday and I’m now half way through. After a long day in the office, I’ve been retreating to the kitchen until the wee hours of the following morning, baking, decorating and testing (of course!) For your pleasure, I’ll be selling a wide range of goodies including: (more pics to come as they are baked!) Gingerbread Christmas Tree decorations Gingerbread Houses Pfeffernusse Chocolate Bark Peppermint Cream coins Peanut Butter Christmas Rocky Road Rose Petal Shortbread Apple Bundt Cake Mince Pies White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies Chilli Jam Spiced Cabbage We will also be selling a range of home made Christmas cards, which my boyfriend Jack Hemingway has designed. You can buy your tickets here for £5 and …

Clarence Court eggs three ways

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There’s something magical about Hix, Soho. Maybe it’s the open dining room with high ceilings, the countless pieces of fabulous art or the snuggly bar in the basement. Whatever it is, I feel special every time I walk through the huge wooden door on Brewer Street. I haven’t been fortunate enough to eat in the restaurant yet (I really should get round to that) but I was lucky enough to be invited to an event in the private dining room by the lovely people at Clarence Court. The event, for bloggers, was an attempt to show us just how fantastic Clarence Court’s fabulous eggs are. After all, according to their motto, Clarence Court produces fabulous eggs from fabulous birds and if the recent adverts are anything to go by, I truly believe them. I wonder how they got their feathers so ruffled!? We had a surprise visit by Mark Hix himself who plonked himself down and explained a few of the reasons that he uses the eggs in his restaurants. We were then treated to …

Green & Blacks search for a Taste Assistant

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Have you heard? Green and Blacks have launched a nationwide search to find a brand new Taste Assistant! The lucky candidate will work along Head of Taste, Micah Carr-Hill and will be responsible for developing new flavour combinations for the brand. Sound good? You’ll get to travel the world to source the very best ingredients and devise new products. Is this your idea of a dream job? Then what are you waiting for, enter now! The job won’t come easy though, Micah is looking for the person that has the ultimate taste buds as well as smell. He’s looking for someone that fully understands the difference between taste and flavour – to enter simply head to http://www.pieceofgreenandblacks.co.uk. Closing date for entries is 16th December 2010. The successful candidate is expected to take up their role early 2011. I am a self confessed chocoholic. I can’t go a day without eating at least a teeny bite of the delicious brown stuff. Green & Blacks Creamy Milk is my bar of choice so imagine my delight when …