French toast is a classic yummy treat to have for breakfast and I feel ashamed to say that I haven't had a lot of it in my life and god knows why because it's so delish! I've always been more of a pancake kinda gal and my favourite toppings are nutella with bananas, so I then thought why not have a banana french toast mixture with nutella for the filling, yum yum! Below is the recipe and I hope you enjoy. There's enough mixture for two slices of bread. Ingredients: 1 Very Ripe Banana 1tsp Vanilla Extract 140ml Milk 1 Egg Sprinkle of Nutmeg Something to grease the pan (butter or I use coconut oil spray) Nutella Roasted Chopped Hazelnuts (optional) Instructions: Step 1: First get your banana, if it is already very ripe skip this next step. If your banana is yellow like mine was, get a knife and make a couple of slits in the middle of the banana with the skin still on and put it in the microwave for 50 seconds to 1 minute or until it star...

Photo Credit: Cotswold Way-National Trails For those of you who are living in the UK you may have heard of a National Trail called the Cotswold Way. For those of you who are a bit unfamiliar with what it is, it is a very long walking trail that is approximately 102 miles. Don't worry you don't have to do it all at once and there isn't a date in which you have to finish.You can spend a day in any destination you want that is part of the Cotswold Way and then work your way through in your own time. This is especially great for tourists, as you can fully emerse yourself in the English Cotswold atmosphere. It's starting point is in the market town of Chipping Camden and it ends in the Georgian city of Bath. Along the way you can visit places such as Painswick, Snowshill, Broadway and many other quaint destinations. You don't have to do it in order, you can plan out what parts of the trail you would like to do that suits you best. This is just a brief descriptio...

Star Rating: ✩✩✩✩ A romantic comedy centered around a world where the 'The Beatles' don't exist and only one man, Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) remembers them! Struggling to make it in the music world, Jack jumps at the chance to bring back some of the world's greatest music by going solo and re-educating the human race with what it had lost 'Yesterday'. However would he risk giving up being the legends that were 'The Beatles' for the women he loves?! Director, Danny Boyle and screenwriter, Richurd Curtis combine all elements that portray into a romantic comedy, love, laughter, silliness and unique whacky storylines. This story may entail the mystery of 'The Beatles' disappearing from life along with some other significant factors, such as Coca Cola and more importantly Harry Potter, ummm, sorry, WHAT?!?! However, we have a romantic side to the storyline between musician Jack and his manager Ellie (Lily James), who have grown up together...

For those of you who have seen some of my previous posts, you'll know that I have kinda been obssessed with pesto and butternut squash this year, so I thought I would combine the two to make a butternut squash pesto! You will still get the traditional, flavoursome basil pesto, but adding the butternut squash gives that extra hint of sweetness and creamy feel that compliments it beautifully. Now for the gnocchi that's another story 😂, I hadn't made it before and I wouldn't call it a complete disaster because it was edible enough to eat and did taste fine. However, I messed up one of the steps in the instructions, which made the mixture go runny, but as they say "if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again". I used a gnocchi recipe from the 'Simply Italian - Cooking at Home with the Chiappa Sisters'. You don't have to use this specific one, you can use any gnocchi recipe from cookbooks you may have lying around at home or on the intern...

    A historical read about the high class family that is the Carnarvons. It is written in a non-linear narrative by the current Eighth Countess of Carnarvon, Fiona. She has focused on the late 1800s to the 1920s, covering the fifth Countess, Almina Carnarvon, her family, friends and the events that took place in that period, such as the rules of that society, war and the discovery of Tutankhamun. She really captures the raw emotion, style and many other details from her husband's ancestors and that period. It is factual, but has the rhythm and attributes of a story. For example, a couple sections remind me of a 'Cinderella moment', where a young Almina isn't included fully into society, until she attends a ball and the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon, George, catches her eye. You will further notice that many events reflect upon the well known television show 'Downton Abbey', such as motor incidents, war, women and politics. For example, Lady Almina gives stron...

This is the time of year where you just want to have something cool and refreshing, especially in this heat wave we are having in the UK at the moment, 30+ degrees WHATTT! Don't worry guys Wholly Cow Gelato's got your back. It is based at Barhouse Farm in a small village called Elmore in Gloucestershire, and is ran by the Hobbs family. So if you are in the area and wanting a taste of Italy, then head down to this farm where they make a wide range of flavoured Italian gelato, using the milk from their cows. They tend to switch up their flavours. For instance, when I went you could pick from either malteser, lemon curd, mint stracciatella, wholly milk, peanut butter, or sea salt caramel. I had two scoops because I'm a big foodie! One being malteser and the other mint stracciatella, both really yummy and creamy, they really captured that Italian essence. If you go on their Facebook site:  https://www.facebook.com/whollygelato/  , they post the flavours that they would be s...

I stumbled across this old fashioned cinema that has now been converted into this beautiful, vintage, antique centre, you'll find anything you need for that retro look in your life. Full of fashion, furniture, old cameras, jewellery, art and little nick-nacks, a combination of all my favourite things, cinema and vintage goods.   It is located in Chiswick-London, which in itself is a beautiful part of the city. It's a slightly quieter area of London, with many restaurants, such as Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Pizza Express as well as independent cafes and shops. Having said that, it is a great place to stay over night and is about 30  minutes from the city centre by bus.  Having an interest in fashion, I loved that there were many unique, vintage pieces. Some were even designer, for instance there is an eclectic display of Christian Dior sunglasses that are still pricey, but are cheaper than a brand new piece of the designers' collection. I further found some pu...