Rustic Irish Potato Bread recipe - yummy breakfast!

As it was St Patrick's Day yesterday, i thought it was a perfect time to try out my recipe for Rustic Irish Potato Bread.

I'm part-Irish, so i like doing something traditional on St Paddy's Day.

Although in Ireland, they tend to eat Potato Bread on a sunday for breakfast with eggs and tomatoes..

I was really hungry after going for a Guinness in the local so thought there was no time like the present!

I had mine with a yummy fried egg :)

Rustic Irish Potato Bread recipe

(Serves 2)

Ingredients:

250g Potatoes - peeled and cubed

Knob of butter

1/2 - 1 mugs of Plain Flour

Pinch of Salt

Prep: 15 Minutes

Cook: 20 Minutes

Method:

Boil your Potatoes in salted water until mashable.

Mash using a potato ricer/masher with a knob of Butter and a pinch of Salt.

Sift the Flour, little by little, into the mash potato until it forms a soft dough. The amount depends on the moisture content of the potato, so use your judgement.

Keep adding the flour until the dough is no longer sticky.

Roll the dough out onto a floured surface so it's about 1cm thick.

Dust with extra flour as you roll.

Tidy the edges (using a knife) and cut into squares.

It will look rustic but that is the look you're after.

Place into a large frying pan over a high heat - no need for oil or butter.

Turn the heat down after a few minutes.

Cook on each side until golden. Dab a bit of butter onto the bread once cooked.

Serve with just butter, or add other breakfast items such as fried/scrambled egg, mushrooms, tomatoes or even bacon or sausages!

Trust me! It sounds a little complicated but i was surprised by just how easy it is to make!

Enjoy!

Silent Sunday

Kellogg's Coco Pops Sip-Up bowl

I was lucky enough to be sent a Kellogg's Coco Pops Sip-Up bowl!

As well as being lucky enough to trial the New Coco Pops Croc Prints!

So i felt these went together perfectly and i couldn't wait to try them both out (as i'm a big kid at heart!)

I half filled my sip-up bowl with Croc Prints and added some semi-skimmed milk.. the milk turned chocolately so i began to dig in!

The Croc Print cereal are as they state, in the shape of the character Croc's footprints and look quite fun - my niece loves them!

They appear by the look of them to be quite hard and crunchy but actually have a soft-inside when you bite then, just like bigger coco pops!

They are quite filling and great for a child's imagination - straight after breakfast my niece began telling me how she was going to join Coco's gang and help to capture Croc!

The bowl is also brilliant and makes children (and big kids too!) want to eat breakfast as it adds the aspect of fun.

It is made of quite thick plastic 'sticker-print' around the side of the bowl and then another 'sicker-print' on the base of the inside of the bowl.

The writing reads: 'Sip up the chocolatey milk kids!'

The bowl has an attached strawon the indie that opens out at the base of the bowl, allowing kids to drink all the milk and get all the goodness!

It is a brilliant, fun and helpful product which i should think will help with all children having and wanting breakfast!

Coco Pops Croc Prints are currently on sale in Tesco for £1.34!

Coco Pops Sip-Up bowls are currently available in a send-off offer on cereal boxes!

Rowntree's Randoms Squidgy Speak review

When i saw these in my local store i just had to try these!

Having seen the television advert, i thought it was fun and very tempting!

The packaging is very eye-catching, bright orange and had a mouth with a sticky-out tongue!

I thought the design was fun and also has a very fun name.

My niece told me last week that she wanted to try them as they're words and she's learning words at school!

After tipping them out in my hand and inspecting them, i was actually really looking forward to eating them!

They actually did look fun!

They come in the colours; orange, pink, purple and white.

I think they may be a fun treat for helping children to learn words too!

My niece will absolutely love them although i was hoping to use them to help her to build funny sentences but i didn't get many 'joining words' in my pack unfortunately.

But other than that i would highly recommend them!

They have a light, fluffy texture and are soft, with a soft tropical-fruity taste - and very yummy!

OhBeauty.co.uk

As much as any woman, i love buying make-up and cosmetic items! I love trying out new products that i can tell others about and also love finding new sources to feed my beauty-fix!

Ohbeauty.co.uk is a fantastic website i recently discovered!

They have brilliant assets regarding delivery:

• They have FREE FIRST CLASS UK DELIVERY on all orders!
• SAME DAY DISPATCH Monday-Friday if ordered before 2pm

Although at the minute, they only have a small array of brands that they stock, their website is continuing to grow!

And *fingers crossed* with a continued fan-base i'm sure that their popularity will increase.

The brands they currently supply are:

EyeCandy..Eyelure..FakeBake..Invogue

Although it's a very small array of brands, i find it a brilliant website to pick up a few favourites! The nail polish especially!

I am going to pick up some EyeCandy Nail Polish - Green With Envy

The colour looks gorgeous and i can't wait to try it out for myself! I love the whole collection actually!

The sections the website is divided into are:

Nails, Eyelashes, Faketan, Nail Polish & Accessories

The typical given beauty essentials really. I find it really easy to navigate and buy from and it saves me spending half an hour trawling around a bigger brand website trying to remember the exact name of a product!

So for all my lovely followers, OhBeauty have given me a 10% discount code for me to share with you!

Simply enter: ANGIE10 when placing any order and 10% will be deducted from your purchase!

Happy Shopping!

Silent Sunday..

Saturday.. Mom's Pancake recipe & more

I woke up this morning (after a late night watching Big Bang Theory with Sonic!) in a very good mood.

Although thoroughly gutted that we've just finished watching Season 5 of Big Bang Theory and now have to wait until September for the next one to be released!

I decided i wanted to make pancakes for breakfast after buying a new frying pan yesterday.. i thought it would be the perfect time to try it out!

They are so easy to make and can be eaten sweet or savoury, and are so yummy i couldn't not share the recipe with you!

Mom's Pancake Recipe

Makes 8 pancakes

Ingredients:

1 Egg

4oz Flour

1/4 teaspoon Salt

1/2 pint Milk (use a measuring jug)

Method:

1. Tip the flour & salt into a mixing bowl and mix together
2. Make a 'well' in the centre and crack the egg into it
3. Mix in whilst slowly adding half of the milk, a bit at a time until a liquidy batter forms
4. Beat with a wooden spoon and try to get rid of most of the lumps (2-3 minutes)
5. Add the remaining milk and beat until mixed in
6. Tip the mixture back into the jug (used for the milk) - this makes it easier to pour
7. Set the hob to a medium-high heat and pour small amounts of mixture to the frying pan and tip the pan to spread the mixture
8. Cook for around 30 seconds each side the flip (if your brave enough!) if not use a spatula to turn them
9. Tip out onto a plate and enjoy with sugar, syrup, lemon juice or any toppings you want!
10. Enjoy!

After devouring such yummy pancakes! (i did not really want to move!)

I jumped in the shower and got changed in order to head up to Tesco for shopping and a last minute Mother's Day gift.. BIG MISTAKE

They had rearranged quite a large section of the top floor to allow room for a 'Mother's Day children's photo shoot' area. There was a red beanbag in the middle of the floor and a large grey canvas background. Which you could pay to have your child photographed infront of as a Mother's Day gift. The queue was ridiculous!

The card section was a different matter..cards everywhere (all over the floor) and it was crowded with people with trolleys and baskets all trying to get at the same thing! Lots of children asking their dads to buy giant cards and chocoaltes and flowers :)

When it came to getting a gift, the Mother's Day shelves were more-than-half empty! There were big gaps in displays and things all over the wrong shelves.. clearly a hurrid dash for forgotten things!

I found the most lovely present for my mom!

But i will review it tomorrow as it is Mother's Day then, ia m afraid she might read this and it might spoil the surprise!

Although i picked myself a right bargain! I do usually make time to browse around the clothes section at the supermarket as i rarely have time to shop for clothes unless it's online - so when i saw the big red SALE sign - i just had to check it out!

It was well worth it, i came away with a gorgeous cream 3/4 sleeved jumper from the Basics collecion that was reduced from £5 to just £2!

Even the woman on the till commented on what a good buy it was!

After battling the checkout queues and traffic i managed to get home and make yummy filling jacket potatoes topped with melted butter and YUM black & pink peppercorn spread!

Perfect after battling not-very-nice weather and a full-to-the-brim supermarket!

I have also sat and written a reply to my pen-friend in Southampton - Katy :)

I hope everyone else has Mother's Day sorted!

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!