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Continue reading →: Cooking from Dolly Parton’s Good Lookin’ Cookin’: A Southern Sunday Dinner in Her MemoryCooking from Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George’s Good Lookin’ Cookin’, I created a comforting Southern Sunday dinner of Family Favorite Meatloaf, Whipped Potatoes, Southern Green Beans and Chocolate Cobbler—a heartfelt meal made in memory of Dolly.
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Continue reading →: SnackVerse Portugal: Taste-Testing a Box of Portuguese SnacksPortugal’s nearly 2kg SnackVerse box was packed with 21 treats, including smooth Regina chocolate, tomato-and-paprika crisps and two unusual drinks. But could Portugal steal Spain’s SnackVerse crown?
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Continue reading →: Hooked by Emily McIntire | Book ReviewTwo years later, Hooked remains an addictive four-star dark romance. James and Wendy’s chemistry still leaps off the page, while Rupert Hawthorne’s dangerously good narration made this villainous Peter Pan reimagining even harder to resist.
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Continue reading →: Waste Not, Want Not: Turning Potato Peelings into Homemade CrispsDon’t throw away those potato peelings! With a little oil and seasoning, they can be transformed into deliciously crispy homemade crisps—perfect for sharing during a family gaming session.
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Continue reading →: From a Walk to a Crumble: Our Accidental Blackberry-Picking AdventureAn ordinary walk to the local ford turned into an unexpected blackberry-picking adventure—and 432g of freshly picked berries! Here’s how they became two easy apple and blackberry crumbles, plus my slightly unconventional pudding.
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Continue reading →: Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh | Book ReviewAfter previously DNFing Saving 6 at 44%, I started again with the audiobook—and everything changed. I finally understood the hurt beneath Joey’s anger, adored true heroine Aoife and reached that heartbreaking ending with four stars and an emotionally wounded heart.
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Continue reading →: French Fry Seasoning: The Five-Minute Upgrade Plain Fries Needed 🍟I tested Little Sunny Kitchen’s five-minute French Fry Seasoning on frozen air-fryer fries, complete with two cupboard substitutions and a shortcut heatwave dinner.
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Continue reading →: A Week of Seaside Eats at Manor Park, HunstantonA week of seaside eats in Hunstanton, featuring foot-long hotdogs, deep-fried treats, enormous bakery cakes, holiday-park dinners and plenty of easy caravan food—plus the places we’d happily visit again.
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Continue reading →: SnackVerse Spain Review: A Taste of Spain From Home 🇪🇸July’s SnackVerse box transported us to Spain for 20 snacks, one drink, two new five-rocket favourites and a truly horrifying fried-egg crisp. From nostalgic sweet treats to heatwave-melted chocolate, here’s everything we tried—and whether Spain could steal the crown from Hungary!
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Continue reading →: Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta | Book ReviewBookstagram convinced me to try Morning Glory Milking Farm—one of the strangest yet unexpectedly sweetest romances I’ve read. I liked the bizarre premise far more than I probably should have, but weaker writing, a flat second half and an abrupt ending kept it at three stars.
Hello,
I’m Kimberley
You’ll usually find me with a romance novel in one hand and a cup of tea in the other—or in the kitchen testing a recipe I’ve discovered online.
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Butcher & Blackbird
by Brynne Weaver
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Memories on the Beach Cocktail 🍹
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