AmyLouiseDoesLife

Whenever I go to Tesco I always go hunting in the reduced aisle first - yes I am THAT person. I do this for different reasons to most. Most people go hunting in that aisle because they love bargains and will do anything to save themselves a few pennies...even if it means buying a leg of lamb that they really didn't fancy but hey it was down to £2.77 and that is too good to miss out on. However, I'm don't do it because of that.  The reason I like looking in the reduced aisle is because it's always the random things that get put there. And by random I mean the products that sophisticated people buy...not your standard chicken breasts that we end up with usually. I don't have much imagination when it comes to food (this is something that I want to improve on) and because of this our meals tend me be pretty boring, easy and repetitive. I actually think we have had fajitas four times this month. Some people say to look in recipe books to get inspiration but I a...

I have been thinking about writing this blog post for a while. I think some people use this title to write about what they want in a boyfriend/girlfriend and as I've already got Chris I was unsure whether it suited my blog.  However - What you look for in a boyfriend/girlfriend shouldn't be that different to what you look for in a friend and this is why I have decided to go ahead and write this post. So here are the five ways to my heart :-) 1. Be kind This quote is so true - you wouldn't regret being kind would you? I don't think there is anything more important than being a kind person. I don't mean the fake type of kind when you're only nice to certain people, or people that you know and like. I mean the genuine kindness that some people show to each and every person that they know, meet and hear about. The compassion that is shown through a person genuinely caring about someone that has nothing to do with them. Not walking past a homeless ma...

I was bought Joe Wicks' Lean in 15 cookbook by my lovely mum a few weeks ago. Last week, I had my friend Emily over for dinner and I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to set myself a goal of cooking a freshly prepared and healthy meal for us. I chose to cook the paella. First of all I should add that this was never meant to be a full on paella that you would expect to eat in Spain. The idea of Joe's recipes are that they are quick, easy and fairly cheap for everyone to make. We had chicken and prawns as our main ingredients. I threw some peppers, onions and peas in too. Chucked in a pint of stock with Tumeric and Saffron (most expensive spice EVER apparently, but you only need a tiny bit so the pot gets a lot of use). I then put some Uncle Ben's vegetable rice in the microwave, zapped it and then bung it in the pan. I used my wok for this as I needed a big saucepan and this was the biggest I could find. Stirred it for a bit. Dished up. Threw some parsley o...