There is nothing more delicious than home-grown produce, but gardening can look daunting to those with no experience. The good news is that there are a lot of beginner-friendly plants that will most likely be a success even if you don’t exactly have a green thumb. If you have some outdoor space you could utilize, here are a few vegetables that are easy to grow to get you started! Zucchini/Courgette Some of the best options to start with…
Advertorial in partnership with Aldi UK With the May Bank holiday just around the corner, what better way to celebrate than with a price drop on Aldi’s award-winning fizz that is truly prossecond to none, which makes it the best value prosecco on the market! Aldi’s Prosecco range has just picked up a whopping four medals, including a gold, at the highly renowned Global Prosecco Masters Awards, by The Drinks Business. The judges awarded a Gold Medal to the Castellore Prosecco…
By Hannah Quinn Making a meal at home can feel very rewarding, and often times, it tastes much better than what you can get at a restaurant. But nowadays, more and more people are eating out, and for very good reasons. Here are the top five reasons why people should eat out more often. Less Preparation Cooking a meal at home takes a lot of preparation and time out of your day to get done. Not to mention…
Have you had fun on this Halloween? A lot of goodies? Let me show you the October’s Box goodies with the theme: Home Comforts to enjoy with the family. For those that don’t know about Degustabox: Degustabox is a mystery food Monthly subscription box, full of novelties and goodies. Each month you will try from sweet to savoury, new products in the market that probably you wouldn’t buy, so you can have a try of them. Discount…
By Dylan Bartlett Thanksgiving only happens once a year, and you want to get it right. But how can you decide on a menu with so many options? It’s common to feel overwhelmed with the overabundance of choice. There are recipes on recipes that would go perfect with this, or excellent with that. It’s can be tough. So to simplify things, here are some suggested dishes to have on hand when Thanksgiving rolls around. 1. Oven-Roasted Turkey…
Ah October! Have a said previously how I love October (Halloween, parties, almost Christmas, Halloween, Christmas, parties… have I said Halloween and Christmas??). Love the Autumn time!! Staying at home in the cold with a warm cuppa and a buttery toast… But…let’s start by September’s Box. This box of September is dedicated to all the family meals and sharing at home. The beginning of schooltime and back to office full time. Those dinners feel so good around family, don’t they?…
Chocolate is a worldwide favorite. You can count in one hand the number of people that say they don’t like chocolate, but in the end, they will eat any treat with chocolate. That Aztec legacy, brought by the Spanish to Europe, to start the drinking delicacy, the Hot chocolate, is nowadays in any shape: powder, buttons, beans, almond, white, dark, drinkable, bar, mixed with a lot of things and the wackiest ways at shops. Now getting a gift to someone,…
Sorry for the delay guys, and for missing out the June box, but a lot has been happening at the Alejandra’s HQ. This box of July is dedicated to all the picnics and Afternoon teas of the good weather that is coming up. After a couple of weeks with rain, Sun is now scorching and the UK is not very fond of air conditioning. With good weather, gardens are being setting up, conservatories revamped and with a more summer feeling…
The basic Belgium Waffle recipe. You can use what you have at home, is quick to prepare and gives you a generous batch of waffles from 12 to 16 waffles, depending on how your waffle maker takes and how much you pour. Ingredients: 2 Cups of self-raising Flour 1 Tbsp of Baking Powder 1/2 Tsp of salt 3 Tbsp of sugar (or any other substitute such as stevia, just make sure you calculate how much of stevia is comparing…
