St. Patricks day.

Today is St. Patricks day and as many laugh and joke and celebrate this day. I am reminded how fortunate we are. So go make green cupcakes and think of green in a new way not just St.Patricks Day. I have had to start eating healthier. So as the green day is here think of growing your own vegetables, think of becoming a little more green with recycling and think of coming not so green with envy. Think also where you are from, I am originally from Ireland. You never know where you roots will take you.

So make green a positive thing.

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Wishing you lots of Tasty English Delights

Spring 2011

As America gets ready to change their clocks and we lose an hour of sleep ahhhhhh. The weather is turning and so Spring is coming. Yes time to spring clean. My advice is do a little at a time. Sometimes it is so overwhelming. Just do one room, it will encourage you to do another. Sort out all those clothes and see if you really need them. If you don't you can email friends and see if they are in need of them, or if a church has people in need. In this economy there are so many people with needs. My dad and I use to go to second hand stores he was very good at getting bargains. So check them out. Take a walk or if you don't feel up to that sit on a chair outside get some fresh air into your lungs. Open up the windows and gets some clean air into the house.
Enjoy this new season. Now remember England does not change it's clocks for a few more weeks.
America changes clocks March 12th weekend and England changes clocks March 26th weekend.
Wishing you lots of Tasty English Delights.

Music in the rain of life.

I love to have the music loud when I am feeling down. When my brother died I played fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy a lot and Forever young by Rod Stewart. I encourage you to pick up an instrument and have a go. My niece can play a lot of instruments and my children can play the flute and violin. Music can soothe the rainiest of days and bring tears of joy to an aching heart. Whether you can play an instrument or not, it is the answer often to a broken heart or an aching soul. In life we all have these days. So play your music loud dance in the rain and have a cup of tea and hey life just seems a little better then.
Wishing you lots of Tasty English Delights.

Compost bins you can make a differance.

A few years ago we started a compost bin I think people thought I was crazy. My dogs loved me at least the one that could eagerly jump into it and find scraps. If you have ever read about how the Indians helped the Pilgrims. The Indians taught them how to fertilize the land it was from putting a fish into the earth and then planting a seed that decomposed fish would fertilize the land and allow that seed to grow with nutrition from the earth. It is not always easy to have a compost bin unless you live in the country. I am sure your neighbors would not appreciate it if you lived in a flat and outside your door you have a compost heap. If you do live in the country I encourage you to build one grass clippings, egg shells, potato skins anything that is not a meat basically can decompose and bless the earth. It is amazing how God gave us the materials to look after this earth very well without buying fertilizers.
Have a go if you can. It is your chance to make a difference.
Wishing you lots of Tasty English Delights.

Recycling so much fun.

We decided to take our rubbish to the rubbish site. How cool it has it all organized so that the plastic, card can be recycled. I was so impressed. Here we had been throwing our stuff merrily away when now we could recycle. We came home organized bins and now it is a family project our part of making this world a little better.
It is really easy and if you can do it I encourage you to make the effort I know it is a bit time consuming but teaching your children young will mean that they leave their foot print on this world.
A foot print that can make a differance.
It's always good after doing anything to have a good cup of tea.
Wishing you lots of Tasty English Delights.

This is your year to eat healthy

Well sorry I have not written on here for a while. I have been quite sick. I encourage you to this year to try and eat healthy. My daughters and I have started taking vitamins, I intend to go around a health food shop and learn how to shop economically at this store. Eating healthy can be very expensive but every little bit that you do can help. Two years in a row we planted vegetables and it was great fun. You can buy or find some old flower pots and these can work if you live in a flat or apartment or small house. Grow herbs in your kitchen. Make that little effort into putting goodness into your body and I am sure it will make a difference. Make sure also that you look around for bargains as far as things that you use to clean your skin often some of the stuff we so naturally use is not good for our bodies. So use a little wisdom. I find it funny that a lot of the things people say are new age are really just what people used in the war to heal.
Well go have a cup of tea and take a walk make this year your year to eating a little more healthier.
Wishing you lots of Tasty English Delights

Salt

Salt is an amazing ingredient. If you put it on a cut or a sore your body will immediately react. It has the ability to kill many germs just like vinegar. I have used vinegar with water to wash my wood floors. I have put salt on ice to break the ice up. What people call new age is not necessarily new age as far as medicine goes.Go check out your herbalist it is often that there you can find something for a tooth ache etc that will be less harmful for your body. I am not saying do not take what is prescribed you I am saying simply ask if there is an alternative. Some medicines have huge side effects.
So simply be wise and look after the body that God has given you.
Baking soda is another good one it cleans baths and refreshes your fridge and gets rid of bad smells.
My sister has often looked at alternative medicines and I actually think it is good to do a little research. You never know what you might find.
Also Whole Foods in Cary NC has some great samples, wonderful people and you can really feel like part of a family there. I highly recommend this store.
No doubt there is something near to you. I remember the one I visited in Norwich, Norfolk ,UK as a child I loved the smell of coffee there.
Do your research and take care of yourself.
Wishing you lots of Tasty English Delights.