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LAST MINUTE MOTHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE

Mother’s Day is in a few days time and for some us we may have forgotten to buy a present. While your presence and some roses may be all your mum wants, I am sure she would quite like a little gift too ☺ I have compiled a gift guide suitable for all tastes. All the gift ideas I have included are able to be bought online and will arrive just in time for the special day.

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COPPER COCKTAIL GOODIES

I am loving all things copper and rose gold right now and it seems all the shops are too. These gifts are a perfect gift for the stylish cocktail lover in us all. Best of all you can get creative with the cocktails on Mothering Sunday to keep all the family happy (the kiddies can just giggle at your tipsiness).
…have fun but drink responsibly.
Rum
Cocktail Stirrer
Cocktail Shaker
Moscow Mule Mug
Gin

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BOOK LOVERSThese books are books to keep forever. Whether that be on the coffee table or besides the toilet to make your guests have a giggle. The Ladybird books are having a revival at the moment. I can personally recommend the Mildfulness book, but only if you can have a laugh at the whole “Mindful” commotion. To conflict this book, there is a specific Mother’s Day mindful colouring in book. Everyone must have a copy of The Secret and it makes a wonderful present in hardback.
The Secret
Mindfulness
Colouring In
The Mum
The Alchemist

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DIAMONDS ARE A GIRLS BEST FRIEND
Most girls appreciate an itty bitty bit of bling. My dream diamond earrings would be the pair from Ernest Jones but at £1999 I am not sure I can afford them…one day. I was surprised the Vivienne Westwood earrings were only £65.
Ernest Jones
Ernest Jones
Vivienne Westwood
Ernest Jones

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Happy Mother’s Day to everyone that is a mummy or acts like a mummy xx

Cocktail Recipe of the month: {Chambourgeois}

Here is a yummy cocktail recipe to help you start the weekend.
It is inspired by a drink I often order at Charlotte Street Hotel. I order a Twisted Mojito (with no mint-making it richer).
Liam and I decided to name our version the Chambourgeois. The scent of the passion fruit and lime is absolutely incredible. You will struggle to only have one.
Below is the recipe for my ‘Cocktail recipe of the month’

CHAMBORGEOIS

INGREDIENTS

Rum
Chambord
Muscovado sugar
x1 Lime
x1 Passion Fruit
Ice

Serves 2

METHOD

1.Scoop half a passion fruit and one teaspoon of muscovado sugar into each glass.

2. Chop up a whole lime in to diced pieces. Divide in two and add to the glasses.

3. With your hand over the top to prevent spilling muddle the ingredients in your glass until they are well muddled together. I use the back end of this spoon yet I have just seen this spoon and simply must have it (**heart eyes**).

4. Crush up a lot of ice and fill both glasses to the top. An ice crusher really helps with this step. We have one like this.

5. Pour rum into your glasses up to the 3/4 mark.

6. With your hand over the top of the glass again, mix the rum and ice into the earlier ingredients. This time with the spoon end.

7. Now top up the glass with more crushed ice.

8. Pour a shot of Chambord over the top.

Speedy chips

Being freelance I don’t have much stability in my schedule, yet most Thursday’s Liam and I have a tradition of having a special dinner together. We always have homemade chips, veggie burgers and a cocktail or three alongside Thursday night comedy on E4. The Big Bang Theory is our favourite, what’s yours?
When I spotted this Von Shef chipper whilst browsing Amazon I knew my Thursday night prep time was about to reduce drastically.

It is far more hardy than the Spiralizers we have all bought into. It can even create chips out of sweet potatoes which are always an impossible task for my weedy arm muscles.

You simply put your food in, push down the leaver and out pops your identical chips…much easier for cooking times.
The device also comes with an extra blade with smaller holes to make french fries.

After a couple of minutes of par boiling the chips I pop them in the oven with a little oil for about 50minutes.
You then have yourself some scrummy guilt free chips.

You can buy it here.
Being an avid lover of Amazon Prime I was sad to see it wasn’t applicable for free next day delivery but mine arrived within two days.

Why stop at chips, you can even make quick crudités.
The only negative I have is that you can’t fit in a large potato but this is only a minor qualm of this fab product.