Category: Food
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A Christmas Carol For Middle-Aged Women
Ready to play? Natasha Pantelyat Real middle aged woman!!! Found on Pinterest.com Fill your muffin tops with Bolly, Fa La La La La, La La, La La, Tis the season to be jolly, Fa La La La La, La La, La La. Buy your online Christmas dresses, Fa La La La, La La La, La…
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Healthy, Snacking Energy Balls For Tired, Middle-Aged Women
Okay, so I know they look like something the dog deposited in retribution for not getting a walk, but energy balls taste infinitely better than they look. I decided to go all Jamie Oliver yesterday and made some energy balls in an attempt to steer Kurt clear of energy drinks and plastic cereal and to…
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Cook’s Cheat Sheet 1: 8 Wow Factor Salad Ingredients
Found on buzzfeed.com at http://www.pinterest.com That time of the month has come around again when I feel it is my duty to impart some of my culinary wisdom upon you. I’m feeling mildly excited about getting back into the kitchen this Summer, especially after my recent two-week ‘degustation’ holiday in the company of the master…
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What Did You Learn From Your Parents? I Learnt About Eating And Drinking Really Well
MY father taught me how to drink alcohol and eat fine food, really well. My education started from the age of about seven, when he would take me out to our local Chinese restaurant on a Sunday, (because my parents were divorced), and we would indulge in the sport of Chinese Food Flicking. A prawn…
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Those Sneaky Holiday Calories
Why can’t the hips lie, just for once? I’ve developed a distinct waddle to my gait since my holiday. I can only put it down to those sneaky holiday calories that have surreptitiously relocated to my hips whilst I was busy ‘holidaying.’ Ok world, I’m ready… Bring it on! by Troy Snow on Flickr When…
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Salad Sexiness To Turn You On In Middle Age
What are you trying to say, sis? It’s a sad fact that as we women enter middle age, we are forced to get excited about salad. That odd packet of chocolate cookies or bottle of wine that never hurt our love handles in the past, now position themselves defensively around our brittle bones to protect…
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What Being A Middle-Aged Woman Really Means
Andi Schreiber bravely went where no middle-aged woman has gone before, recently. She photographed what being middle-aged really means to her in a series of her own personalised photos: Ten Stunning Photos That Prove Women At Middle Age Are Anything But Invisible This is my visual interpretation of what being a middle-aged woman means to…
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Middle-Aged Sexual Food Fantasies
In the thick of a texting argument with my much-loved son this morning – he was in his Ancient History class and I was attempting to work from home – I’m not sure why, but my mind kept wandering to French toast, cream, maple syrup and raspberries. Picture of french toast (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Because…
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Holiday Eating And Survival Of The Fittest
What is it about holidays that your body decides that it can suddenly eat whatever the fuck it likes without gaining any weight? That it can devour the kind of fast food (and in massive quantities) that you haven’t dared even sniff since your twenties, without any detrimental effect to your muffin top? This week,…
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Sometimes It’s Just Too Hard To Get Off The Sofa
One of the great things about moving house and the whole tedious packing process is that as the food stores dwindle there’s a justifiable excuse to order take out. The Princess has already packed her case! We reached the ‘what’s left in the freezer’ stage last Friday. Fine if you like frozen fruit, party pies,…
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6 ALMOST Healthy Comfort Foods For Middle-Aged Women
It’s one of life’s great ironies that when you enter middle age and have more passion (as well as disposable income) to spend on REALLY AWESOME FOOD, your body suddenly says ‘NO.’ I LOVE FOOD and when I get stressed it’s the first thing I reach for to make me feel better. I wish I…
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