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This week 8th August-14th August is marked as Afternoon Tea Week. It  is a celebration of one of the nation’s favourite traditions. Whether enjoyed in a 5-star hotel, or as a home baked treat, the British love the combination of savoury and sweet treats, accompanied by some of the 165 million cups of tea we drink each day in the UK..

Happy Afternoon Tea Week :-)

Every first Friday of August is marked as International Beer day. This day was founded in 2007 in Santa Cruz, California. Since its inception, International Beer Day has grown from a small localized event in the western United States into a worldwide celebration spanning 207 cities, 50 countries and 6 continents. Specifically, International Beer Day has three declared purposes:



To gather with friends and enjoy the taste of beer.
To celebrate those responsible for brewing and serving beer.
To unite the world under the banner of beer, by celebrating the beers of all nations together on a single day.

Today August 4th is National Chocolate Chip Day; as per usual see a list of 5 Food finds about Chocolate Chips below from Foodimentary.com

Five Food Finds about Chocolate Chips

• Chocolate chips are a required ingredient in chocolate chip cookies, which were invented in 1933 when Ruth Graves Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in the town of Whitman, Massachusetts added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestlé chocolate bar to a cookie recipe.
• The cookies were a huge success, and Wakefield reached an agreement with Nestlé to add her recipe to the chocolate bar’s packaging in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
• Initially, Nestlé included a small chopping tool with the chocolate bars, but in 1939 they started selling the chocolate in chip (or “morsel”) form.
• The Nestlé brand Toll House cookies is named for the inn.
• Originally, chocolate chips were made of semi-sweet chocolate, but today there are many flavours.

Happy Wednesday Foodies, today 3rd August 2016 is National Watermelon Day

1. By weight, watermelon is the most-consumed melon in the U.S., followed by cantaloupe and honeydew.
2. Watermelon is 92% water.
3. The first recorded watermelon harvest occurred nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt.
4. Watermelon’s official name is Citrullus Lanatus of the botanical family Curcurbitaceae. It is cousins to cucumbers, pumpkins and squash.
5. Early explorers used watermelons as canteens.- source (foodimentary.com)

If you don't know what to use your Watermelon to do today, check out a video recipe I made using a Watermelon below:-)

Good Monday Morning Foodies, welcome to the month of August, I hope you have enjoyed your summer so far as its coming to an end soon :-(

I hope this month is good to you and that you are blessed beyond your imaginations :-) :-)

Stay blessed

Good Morning and Happy Friday Foodies, hope you've all had a great week.... Regardless of how your week is been, just THANK GOD ITS FRIDAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY :-) :-)



Today 29th July marks National Lasagna day, I found the below Lasagna Food facts on Foodimentary.com and thought to sahre with you. So wherever you are, lets celebrate this glorious day together :-)

1. Lasagna is made with either flat noodles or rippled noodles. Rippled noodles are common in southern Italy but rarely used in Northern Italy. Rippled noodles are also popular in the United States.
3. The word lasagna originally referred to the pot in which the dish was cooked rather than the food itself as it does today. In fact, it is believed by some that the word is derived from the Greek word for “chamber pot” (lasanon).
4. The plural of lasagna is lasagne. In Italy, the plural form, lasagne, is always used when referring to lasagna.
5. The word lasagna originally referred to the pot in which the dish was cooked rather than the food itself as it does today. In fact, it is believed by some that the word is derived from the Greek word for “chamber pot” (lasanon).
6. The Forme of Cury, a 14th century cookbook that was the first to be published in England, featured lasagna.
7. Lasagna is often called “losyns” in Middle English.- (source-foodimentary.com)

I am sat at my desk in pain and not being able to eat as I have a bad sore throat; I tried some remedies online that really helped me and I thought to share with my readers :-)

Happy Tuesday to you :-)

The first thing I did this morning was to heat some water until it is very warm, but not so warm that you can't drink it. Mix in ½ teaspoon of salt and ½ teaspoon or a little less baking soda, stir, and test the temperature. Pour some of the liquid into your throat, let it sit for a moment, then gargle. Do this twice in a row 3 times daily and trust me this worked like magic its unbelievable.

I also used some paracetamol pain killers to ease rising throat pain so it was a combination of both; thank me later :-)

Here are the foods you can eat when you have a sore throat/ foods that will help ease a sore throat:-

Smoothies:-



As the sun is still shining in the UK, it is the perfect weather to mix up some smoothies :-) A smoothie will cool your throat’s red-hot soreness. As a bonus, blueberries contain astringent tannins that soothe sore throats, while bananas are soft and easy to swallow, and are loaded with fibre and flu-fighting vitamin C.


Scrambled Eggs:-

I love to kick start my day with some scrambled eggs especially as eggs are a very good source of protein that also contains omega-6 fatty acids, which can can help fight inflammation.

Ginger:-


Ginger is one of the most powerful weapons in your kitchen's arsenal when it comes to battling a sore throat, as it opens up sinuses and helps to clear mucous from the nose and throat. In addition, ginger also boasts anti-inflammatory properties.




Oatmeal:-

Oatmeal is a great thing to eat when you’re feeling sick, as it's full of nutrients and fibre that will help your body fight off illness. Meanwhile, the oats contain omega-3 fatty acids, folate, and potassium, which will further speed up the healing process.

Chamomile Tea:-


Chamomile is another herb that has a history of a sore-throat folk remedy, primarily due to its abilities as a natural pain-killer, but also because of anti-spasmodic properties that help reduce coughing.
Mashed Potatoes:-



Foods with a soft, mushy consistency such as mashed potatoes are easy to eat while suffering from a sore throat. While there isn’t anything particularly medicinal about potatoes, at least they’ll be delicious and painless while going down.

Happy Wednesday Foodies, today July 20th is National Lollipop Day.



A lollipop is a type of confectionery now consisting of a sweetmeat of hard candy or water-ice mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking.^] Different informal terms are used in different places, including lolly, sucker, sticky-pop, etc Lollipops are available in many flavors and shapes.- source (Wikipedia)
 

• The world’s largest lollipop was made in June 25, 2002. It was as tall as a Giraffe(15 feet tall) and about the weight of 23 full grown tigers. Oh ya it was Cherry flavoured.
• There are many things named after Lollipop, movies, songs, paintings etc.
• The original lollipop machine would produce 40 Lollipops per minute but the modern ones make 5,900 a minute.
• Lollipops were first made in 1908, in Connecticut by George Smith. He had named it after a horse he fancied, Lolly Pop.
• In the Midwest Lollipops are known as Suckers.

It breaks my heart as I write this blog post this morning... All night I couldn't sleep, as much as I tried not to watch those horrific videos of innocent men been shot by the American Police, I also could not keep my eyes away from my phone and TV.

I stayed up all night to watch the news and again this morning; only to hear the news of the Dallas shooting... What is going on?

Something needs to be done. Raising our voices on Social media is certainly not going to stop this violence, racism and barbaric attitude.

America needs HELP and needs HELP NOWWWWW.....



We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided #PrayForAmerica #BlackLivesMatter #AllLivesMatter

Happy World Chocolate Day foodies, today is a day to celebrate your triumphs, reward your successes and mend your broken, beaten heart.

World Chocolate Day, sometimes referred to as International Chocolate Day, is an observance that occurs globally every year on July 7.