Total Inspiration!

I am a fan of the many cookery programmes on TV. Currently we are enjoying Delia through the Decades, Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers and The Hairy Bikers "Mum Knows Best!" With the internet and various websites it is possible to download the many recipes out there but I treated myself to the one above because the programme is such a source of inspiration. Although the price in the bookshop was £20 I got mine much cheaper here

I love this recipe book because the ingredients are not obscure as if often the case and can be found in our local shops! The methods are simple and the sense of humour which runs through the recipes is a hoot!

I will be sharing some of the results so watch this space!

B is for...Biscuits and Baking!

Continuing with my cooking activities I have invented my very own recipe today which I thought would be good to share here!

I really hate food waste and wanted to find a use for left over biscuits.

We had quite a large selection of various biscuits, mostly chocolate digestives!

I blitzed them all in my food processor, difficult to say exact quantity, but if you imagine an average food processor jug I used 2 full ones (When blitzed)

I then used 2 jelly mixtures. I used the sugar-free types, Raspberry flavour! I melted the crystals with about half a cup of boiling water then added a 14oz can of condensed milk.

I spread the mixture onto a lined baking sheet and chilled. Once cool I cut into pieces.

My friend Maria called this afternoon so I gave her a scotch egg and the desert was the new invention! She polished off 4 and took a tray full home, so I think the recipe is a success!

Amazing Lisa Askew!

This is our friend Lisa doing a bungy jump last year from Teesporter Bridge in Middlesbrough, to raise funds for Cancer Treatment!


Lisa will travel to Downing Street on Monday in a bid to have the cervical cancer screening age lowered. She will join campaigners from all over the UK to present a petition at the heart of Government.

Currently, women can only go for smear tests from the age of 25, after the Government raised the screening call-up age from 20.

But administration officer Lisa says this is too late. “In Scotland, the test can take place from the age of 20, and that should be an option for girls in England,” she said.

Lisa, who was diagnosed herself with cervical cancer in 2007 and is now in remission, began campaigning for early access to screening after becoming friends with another sufferer on the social networking site Facebook.

Sadly, friend and young mum Claire Walker-Everett, from Sunderland, lost her fight for life in September 2008 when she was just 23.

Now Lisa has teamed up with Laura Atkinson from Gateshead, and the pair will travel to London together on Monday.

“She is 24 and had to fight to get a test, which showed abnormal cells,” said Lisa. “How many young women will have to die or become ill?”

Lisa, who recently renewed her wedding vows with husband Andrew - and was caught up in a terror scare in New York - dedicates much of her time to raising cash and awareness for the disease.

“I want as many people from Teesside as possible to sign this petition so the Government sits up and takes notice,” she said.

“We won’t stop campaigning until they have made this simple test available for younger women.”

Sign the petition at www.outbackweddingvideos.co.uk/cancer-awareness.php.