Do

There is something pretty refreshing about witnessing new life...

I spent this Easter holiday on a farm down in Devon. I'm a city girl at heart but escaping for a week was just lovely. I drank tea from teapots next to the open fire, I walked the dogs in the mornings and I adorned myself in comfy jumpers and wellies. Helping the farmer to heard the lambs and their new mothers into the barn for the cold night, we moved the heard from one field to the next and as we did so we saw a ewe sitting down and bleeting. She gave birth to a lovely little lamb right there infront of us, something that to the farmer was just standard practice but to me was rather beautiful. The lamb stood up and walked after its mother in a matter of minutes. It was so simple, so natural and completely lovely. For everyone who wants to escape...sometimes you don't need to leave the country, you don't need sun and some swanky hotel with a pool. Just go back to basics...back to nature!

Think

One to ponder....

The needle used for administering the lethal injection is sterilised

Cook

Sweetcorn fritters with a spicy tomato sauce and rocket salad.

Ingredients
30g plain / all purpose flour quarter cup
half tsp baking powder
quarter tsp salt
1 large egg (US extra large)
1 x 200g can sweetcorn, drained (drained weight 170g/1 cup)
1 large or 2 small spring onions, finely sliced
2 tbsp sunflower or canola oil for frying

Method
Put all the ingredients except the oil in the bowl of a food processor and whiz for one minute to make a batter.
Heat a little of the oil in a large frying pan and drop in teaspoonfuls of the batter. Cook for 1 to 1 ½ minutes in batches of 5 until golden on the underside, then carefully turn and cook for a further minute.
You can use the back of a spoon to help push the fritter onto a spatula to make turning easier.
Drain briefly on kitchen paper before serving

Serve with a simple rocket salad, with a dressing of honey, whole grain mustard, olive oil and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Totally perfect for those start of summer nights like tonight :-)

Shop

ASOS.com 50% mid-season sale...
Gorgeous cropped jackets perfect for the summer plus some other amazing bargains!

Listen

Check out the WLT (Watch Listen Tell) videos on YouTube.

Gorgeous acoustic versions of songs sung by artists such as Ben Howard and Two Door Cinema Club. Set in simple everyday places around the country; under bridges and on park benches. Filmed beautifully and allows you to hear the true raw talent of the artists.

Eat

Cook

Cook is a wonderful company from Kent! The ethos is simple, no additives no preservatives! Lovely frozen meals with that wonderful home made taste...all cook straight from frozen. Over 50 shops around the UK. Also deliver to your door. Check it out at www.cookfood.net
A wonderful alternative to a night in a restaurant- bring back the dinner party!

Download

Snap chat

Seems silly but it's a brilliant little app that lets you send images to mates, but they can only view it for a few seconds. You can draw silly things on the image and write a caption line before sending....

Love it!

Try

Getting your nails done costs a friggin fortune...so do it yourself. I love having a feature nail, simple but effective!

There are loads of amazing nail transfers on Amazon and EBay for less than a pound per pack. Transfer them on to your nail like you would have done the old school transfer tattoos. . Wet cotton wool bud and wipe them until the design transfers from paper to nail.

Also I love love love the new Barry M textured nail varnishes, gives a concrete effect that just looks fab!

Buy

Madebywallflower.com

Really lovely iPhone and smart phone cases that are original and unique.
Follow on Instagram @madebywallflower

Go

Norway...
Totally.self.sufficient.Totally.beautiful.Public.transport.is.brilliant.Expensive.but.worth.it.

To do: Oslo
Try Brunost the national cheese favourite that is a caramel ish taste, take a walk around the Folke museum to see the traditional costumes and history of Norway, see the strangely beautiful nake statues in Vigeland Statue Park, Walk up the side of the beautiful iceberg design opera house, rent a totally tiny electric car to whizz round the city, eat taco which the Norwegians do weekly, for smokers try a Snus (the Scandinavian way of smoking, a small tea bag like pouch of tobacco that you place under the upper lip), take an open air aerobics class at Vigeland Park, Make sure you Fest! Fest! Fest! (Party! Party! Party!)

Buy

Dolce Gusto Coffee Machine

Traded.my.starbucks.addiction.for.this.little.machine.

Amazon =£59.99...100% worth it! I'm a religious coffee drinker and spend at least £3.10 a day on coffee out. I was bought this little godsend and it's saved me a fortune. Myself and my flat mates at Uni take it in turns to but refills off amazon which come next day. I now recreate the Starbucks experience at home...with the help of the Monin set of 5 syrups on Amazon for £10.40 or the Starbucks syrups that you can buy in store for £3 ish!