Today was my schools’ summer fayre so I was up early and out for a run before it got too hot. I had a massive drink of water before I got ready! I went out at about 8.45 am, and the parts of my run in the shade were lovely, The last half mile was right in the sun though so I was boiling by the time I got home. I did 2.7 miles in 26 minutes, a good pace for me in the heat (and before breakfast). After a shower I had an old fave for breakfast; a pink lady apple choppped up, sprinkled with dorset deliciuous museli and some milk, yum. Then it was time to get ready for the fayre- I was helping out in the drinks tent which was doing a roaring trade on pimms and cider. We were so lucky with the weather as earlier in the week showers were predicted. It was really busy and all the children were having a great time so all was well. Although I had to pop to the shops on the way home and didn’t get home til about half 3, by which time I was ravenous as I didn’t have any lunch! I was going to pack a nak’d bar but I forgot- oops. So I had a wholemeal muffin with some peanut butter. I have recently re-discovered smooth peanut butter. I have always been a crunchy girl but for some reason last week on a whim I got some smooth stuff and I must say it is a nice change. I also made some more amazing fake frozen yoghurt- I blended 80g sainsburys frozen dark sweet cherries with a pot of alpro dark chocolate dessert- hey presto! Cherry chocolate fake ice cream. It really was amazing– it might be the best combination yet. If you like black forest gateau/ cherry chocolate combo then try it- the cherry flavour does come through the chocolate and made it really refreshing.
I am going to try and sort of my review seciton too- I have been asked by a few companies (nak’d, trek, 9bar) to review their items, which I have done, but as I have gone along, so watch this space for a more organised approach.
For the family meet up tomorrow I have made some cookies from The Hummingbird Bakery book
While I was baking I was pondering my now rather extensive flour collection! I even took some photos. For making bread I have normal strong white flour, wholemeal flour (nice for a pizza base), rye flour (have yet to be totally successful with this) and my fave for bread, malthouse flour. For baking other items I have normalt white flour (for cupcakes and things) and wholegrain spelt flour, which is amazing in cookies; nutty and wholesome but not too heavy like normal wholemeal flour can be. I would recommend the spelt flour for replacing all the normalt flour in cookies, and in things like brownies and cupcakes I have used half and half and it has worked fine. I did used to have some normal wholemeal flour which was delicious in banana bread, but at the moment I have none “in stock”!
