Choc Choc Cake

When i left school i went to work for my dad at his bakery, used to love it too until he sold up and we moved away. Anyway Debbie is always asking me to make something yummy, so this weekend i decided to make a lovely chocolate cake.

It turned out lovely and moist oh and chocolatey too hehe

Happy birthday nana

Yesterday was my nanas 90th birthday and to celebrate all the family organised a lovely party for her..

My lovely nana

nanas sons & daughter from left to right..

uncle Barry,uncle Rod and my Mum

mmm it was all yummy, they also added hot food later..i had steak pie with roasties..it was bloody gorgeous!

My new bike

I've been after a new bike for getting to and from work for a while now. After getting a nice amount of money for my 40th birthday a few weeks ago i decided to treat myself.

Dual suspension, disc brakes, alloy frame

I also added new mudguards, lights and computer in matching white of course...I'm well pleased how it looks, just dont want to ride it now and get it dirty hehe



Trying something new

You know the feeling..fed up having the same old meals every week..Me too!
Well thought it was about time i did something about it last week. Ordered some cookery books from Amazon

Anyway found something that looked yummy in the healthy eats book.. sticky maple pork with apples

It was as yummy as we'd hoped

If you like the look and sound of it, here's the recipe..

600g/1lb 5oz pork fillet

1 tbsp olive oil

2 earting apples cored & cut into eighths

1 galic clove, crushed

2 tbsp maple syrup

1 tbsp white wine vinegar

2 tbsp wholegrain mustard

Cut the pork into slices 3cm/1" thick. Heat the oil in a large,non stick frying pan, add pork, then fry on both sides until lightly browned, about 5 minutes in total. Lift out of the pan and set aside.Add the apples to the pan and cook them for 3-4 minutes or until starting to soften.

Stir in the garlic, maple syrup, vinegar and 3 tablespoons of water, bring to the boil, then return the meat to the pan along with any juices. Simmer for a few more minutes, Stiring until the pork is cooked through and the sauce is thick and sticky. Stir in the wholegrain mustard and serve.

Serves 4

303 calories per serving

Early 40th birthday surprise

Yesterday was a very special day filled with nice surprises..
Its my 40th birthday on the 11th but as it falls on a work day the day would just pass me by without doing much at all to celebrate. So Debbie organised a day full of surprises. My mum & dad came accross from Bridlington to bring my birthday card,or should i say that's the reason i was told they were coming accross. Debbie then told me later that all the family were going out later for a meal at my favourite pub The old George :))
Mum & dad went out to see my nana and take her shopping,but when they got back they'd braught back a beautiful birthday cake from Creative Icing, it was where we had our wedding cake made too.
I know this part is gonna sound naughty but i opened my pressies too...well i was forced into it and i couldn't say no could i hehe
Anyway here are a few pictures of the day, hope you like

My pressies from Debs... nom nom

Thats me..i'm the one in the middle hehe

If you're wondering why bees...Deb calls me buzzy!

Mmm my favourite meal,fillet steak & chips nom nom

Me and my better half Deb after our meal

I also got lots af lovely cards and money which i'm going to put towards a new bike

Christmas pretties

Well its less than 2 weeks to Christmas so thought it was time to get the old tree and decorations up.

Think this looks lovely

We love this its so unusual..got it from NEXT 

The tree took a few hours to do but looks pretty good again..I think it needs tinsel but deb doesn't.. What do you think?





Birthday boy

A few weeks ago we went down to Chesterfield to help celebrate our nephews/god sons 7th birthday..
Here are a few pics of him opening the pressie we got for him.

Think he's excited..

Think he likes it..

He loved it which we were pleased about, i think teddy was too..made a change from being carried everywhere hehe