I love lamb but I’m guilty of being very un-original when preparing it (lamb chops, mint sauce and potatoes every time). I decided to have a look for some yummy lamb recipes and found this little Gem by Nigella Lawson. Sounds delicious so I thought I’d give it a go.
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October for me is a month of halloween costumes, wrapping up warm, watching Strictly and eating casseroles and soups, but it is also a month where I try and dedicate some time to arrange a party or get-together of somesorts. Not just any get-together but one which will help raise some money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
I don’t think i know anyone who isn’t affected by cancer, whether that be themselves, a friend or a member of their family and breast cancer is one strain which I have come across most often. I like to do my bit for charity and always try and donate here and there whenever a friend of mine is raising funds for charity.  For example, one of my friends ran The Great North Run last month for Breakthrough Breast Cancer and she managed to raise over £800 which was great!
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Month in October is where you can do your bit for the charity. It can be something as small as a little dinner party to something as big as a big cake sale, whatever size of event you arrange is great and as the saying goes ‘every little helps’.
So, after a bit of whaffling here are a few ideas of what you can do during Breast Cancer Awareness Month to help you become tickled pink!
Kids these days have access to so many things that my generation did not. I routinely think “I wish they did that when I was younger!” but alas, I can’t go back in time. The next best thing for me to do is get Kian involved in some interesting activites. Also I’m constantly reading about how kids these days are overweight and hardly do any exercise and I don’t want Kian falling into that statistic!
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I decided this week to have a look in my cupboards and see what was available for Recipe of the Week, rather than buying all ingredients new. In my house there is always (for no particular reason) chopped tomates, tomato puree, garlic and onions. On this search I also found kidney beans and mince. It doesn’t take a genius to work out what I made! Forget the pack mixes - homemade chilli is the best and most of the time you’ll find most of the ingredients hiding away in the kitchen. Don’t forget that if you have to buy the spices for the first time and it seems a bit expensive - you won’t have to buy them every time!
My usual chilli recipe is a bit ‘play it by ear’ so I got this one from BBC Good Food. Enjoy!
This month is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so I’m encouraging everyone to think pink and support Cancer Research UK in its bid to raise funds to continue its life-saving work. A sobering fact is that one out of nine women will develop breast cancer at some point in their life - so the probability is that most of us will know someone who has. A very good friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer in May, and so I’ve decided this year to actually get off my backside and do something to help - so I’ve signed up for a fundraising pack and I’m going to hold a “Dress In Pink” day at work and charge everyone £2 to wear something pink to work - and fine them £5 if they don’t!!!
Now because the guys and girls at our place are a little busy at the moment, they’ve asked me to compile a guide for them of what
they can buy in pink from the getthelabel.com site to wear on my “Dress In Pink” day - any excuse for them to shop! So, I thought I’d share it with you too in case you decide to do something similar. If you don’t fancy the idea of a “Dress in Pink” day, then don’t worry there are lots of other ways you can raise money - look on the cancerreseachuk.org website under their fundraising page for a list of suggestions.
