Real Recipes: Chilli Cheese Scones

I call these Real Recipes because I am just a normal student, on a tight budget wanting to cook real peoples recipes. I don't want to spend a lot and dont really want to have to go out and buy ingredients when I fancy baking. I want to bake there and then and just hope I have the ingredients. If I can I will just miss them out, making these recipes ideal for us normal people!!

For this recipe you will need;

250g self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

1 red chilli finely chopped (I missed this out)

75g butter

125g grated chedder

175ml buttermilk (I missed this out)

1 tbsp milk

A big twist of salt and pepper!

I first mixed the flour, butter, spice, baking powder, and half of the cheese together, with the salt and pepper.

Using a mixer to create crumb like texture.

I added the milk bit by bit to create this sticky ish dough!

                              I sprinkled my counter with flour and lay out the dough. I used a lot of flour on it as I think I added a bit more milk than I should of so I had to dry it up with the flour. I kept kneading it out and creating a circle with the dough. It says to keep it a inch thick and it makes 16 but if I kept a full inch thick it wouldn't even create half so I probably had it 3/4 of an inch or just under and mine worked fine :)

    

I don't have one of these posh cutters either so I made do with a glass head to get a perfect sized circle haha!

I put them in a greased baking tray and loosely topped them with milk.

And then used the remaining cheese on the tops too.

If you don't preheat your oven (like me, ) put them to 200 degrees and they take about 18 mins but keep checking them, if you do preheat your oven they take about 10 mins!

This is the finished product!!! I am so so so super pleased with them woo!!

I think if they were a true inch they would be far to big!!

They have gone down an absolute treat, don't be put off by the chilli as they only have a kick once they have gone down and I am a big hater of spice and I could barely taste it!

Perfect after school/college/uni/pre tea snack!!

They don't even really need anything on them either! I had them with raspberries as they cleanse the palette after the spice!! And I had to use my raspberries up tonight haha!!

Hope you all love this recipe! Let me know how yours go :)

xx

Bestfriend's Baby Shower!

(I am on the far right)

Jacket - Dothery Perkins

Cami - River Island

Pencil skirt - H&M though I altered it a bit

Shoes - New Look

The girl who is pregnant has been my bestfriend (along with the others) since we were 4.. which is 15 years!!! 

I still just cant believe she is a mummy to be!!

A big realisation that we are all growing up haha, along with two others who are missing from the day we have all been bestfriends since tiny tiny people and added a few here and there along the way. I dont know many people who have still kept such a solid group of friends since school but I guess we are one of the lucky ones!!

This was a lovely day filled with blue cupcakes (she is having a boy) balloons, pimms, laughs, and cute tiny little presents!!

Oh the stuff you can get for babies! Its insane! She is the first person/close friend I know to be pregnant and have a baby so I never really payed much attention to baby clothes and toys but oh my god I cannot wait to buy more and more things for her haha! The socks you can get are unbelievably tiny aswell as the cute tiddy little shoes! Everything is so so sweet!!

I brought her a pair of blue jeans and long sleeved set of 2 t shirts, for when he is a little older because shes inundated with baby clothes and he'll grow out of them within seconds probably! 

I also brought her a scented candle as everyone knows I am completely obsessed so any chance I can buy them for other people I do as I already have a collection in my wardrobe haha!

I couldnt resist buying a pack of TINY little trainer socks, a cute fluffy hat for the winter and a pair of fluffy rattle socks aswell!!

My mum brought her a similar outfit for when he is older and knitted her a little vest style jumper! so cute!!

I had a fab day and it was lovely to see her and all my other bestfriends who I dont get to see as much anymore as everyone has gone to seperate unis!

Definitely  a day to rememeber! I have got this photo framed in my room now :)

*****UPDATE*****

baby Mason James Nield is now HERE!!!!! 

He is beyond words!

Real Recipes: Sweet Potato Fries!



I call these Real Recipes because I am just a normal student, on a tight budget wanting to cook real peoples recipes. I don't want to spend a lot and dont really want to have to go out and buy ingredients when I fancy baking. I want to bake there and then and just hope I have the ingredients. If I can I will just miss them out, making these recipes ideal for us normal people!!

I have seen countless blogs/photos of gorgeous cripsy looking sweet potato fries so wanted to try them myself and show everyone what 'real peoples' sweet.p fries are like as you can never reproduce restaurants quality on things!!

So first I cut them up into thin (ish) pieces. I wouldnt go super chunky, like wedge's size, but not as thin as McDonalds either! Somewhere in between. 

I kept the skin on as its healthier and also makes it alot crispier as its slightly tougher and sweet potato can go slightly mushy and soft.

I loosely dripped olive oil on them, and covered them in salt and pepper.

They take AGES which you wouldnt expect but I had them in the oven at 200 degrees for 40 minutes. I also kept checking them and tossed them in the oil abit every so often. 

I think restaurants make this so yummy and crispy by deep frying them.

This is the finished product - obviously its a bad photo as I forgot to take a photo as they came out of the oven so you have a picture of my whole meal haha :)

They arent as great as I thought they would be.

The skin defo makes them crispier but they are still slightly mushy - I just dont understand what I have done wrong haha! They were in the oven for slightly over 40 minutes!!

Let me know if you have tried these and know what I am doing wrong haha!! 

X

Sisterhood of the world bloggers award!

                                         

Rules:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you, linking back to their site,
2. Include the Award logo on your own blog,
3. Answer their 10 questions,
4. Make up 10 new questions for the bloggers you nominate,
5. Nominate 10 bloggers to do the award

After reading Lauren Morgan's blogpost, I have been nominated to do this Sisterhood of the world bloggers award! 

1.  Whats your favourite lipstick?

My favourite lippy has got to be - GOSH in 154 - I dont usually wear lippy but when I do its normally on uni days etc so I tend to keep it neutral. This colour is a deep deep scarlet red. It's very halloween but still suitable all year round. It also makes your teeth look super white which is always a winner eep!!
2. Whats your favourite animal and are you an animal lover?

I am a MASSIVE animal lover! Only really house hold pets/farm animals etc rather than snakes and spiders but still love all animals and just cant understand when people put them into rescue centres/ or abandon them :( 

I have two jack russell dogs, Jessie and Max. They are my lovely babies!!  We get Jessie from a rescue centre and she was awfully abused and I just cant bare to think about it when I look at her sad, lovely face! :(

                                       3. Whats your favourite style of sunglasses?

Sunglasses dont really suit me at all to be honest. I dont even wear them much on holiday but if I had to choose it would be the Ray Ban style!
4. If you could go anywhere in the world where would it be?

If I could go anywhere in the world it would probably be back to Disney Land Florida. I went with my family and another close family when I was about 8. We are all 20+ now and we still always rave on about it whenever we are altogether - begging our parents to take us back!! Its just magical.
5. If you had to pick an actress/actor to play your life who would you pick to play you?

Not because I feel they represent me, my life, or my looks haha but if I take it in a way of who is my favourite actress it would have to be either Sarah Jessica Parker for the glamour, or Kate Hudson/Jennifer Garner for a romantic comedy haha!
6. Whats your favourite tv program

I watch a lot of TV, so I have a lot haha! But I love, Hollyoaks, Made in Chelsea, The only way is Essex, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Dont tell the bride and anything else thats abit of rubbish really!!
7. Favourite food?

My favourite food is anything with chips really haha! I am a extremely fussy eater! to my mums despair! 
8. Whats your dream job?

I am currently studying Bridal wear at University, in my 2nd year! So anything to do with weddings really. I am obsessed with everything to do with them! Ideally I would love to own my own barn converted studio selling gorgeous boho wedding dresses. But thats probably a far away dream!
9. whats your  Favourite scent (perfume)?

I have a few faves. I love Christina Aguilera's first perfume with the lacy bottle. Nina Ricci's first perfume. Kate Moss' first and all of Vera Wang's.
10. Have you got any hidden talents?

I sadly have no hidden talents :( I am that girl who watches a Disney film about a girl who cant Ice skate then becomes amazing (Ive forgot what its called) and then I spend the next few hours looking at where  I can learn to figure skate etc haha! I used to do gymnastics which I did for 8 years. But Ive now lost all my flexibility! 

I dont really have any blogging friends haha so nominate yourself if you're reading this :) 

Dont forget to tag me!

Here are my questions; 

1. What is your dream job?

2. What is your favourite all time song?

3.Whats your favourite film?

4. Who is your celeb crush?

5. What is your favourite 'go to' outfit and why?

6. What is your favourite memory of this year and why?

7. If you won the lottery what would you do with it?

8. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

9. If you had to have a career change what path would you go down? or Study 

10. What do you hope to achieve in 2015?

:) have fun

Merry Hill Shopping Haul

On Sunday I visited Merry Hill Shopping Centre. I think its near Dudley but i'm not too sure as I just followed the Sat Nav and i am pretty oblivious to anything else haha! 

I don't spend money like your usual 19 year old girl - I love to save!! Its like a extremely satisfying (and obsessing) hobby of mine! So i went hoping to find a good bargain or two! 

Also I hadnt been to Merry Hill in a good 10 years so I wanted to see what it was like and see what Christmas displays they had put up!!

So this is my 'haul', though its a shopping spree to me its probably the average girl's weekly spend haha!

This is my first bargain of the day!! I've needed a plain white loose ish t shirt for a while and I spotted this one in TopShop in the sale for only £8!! (instead of £16) And if you know me you'll know how obsessed I am with eyelash lace! I just love it so much it makes everything look so pretty and delicate! Which I also noticed TopShop are loving at the mo too as a lot of playsuits, dresses and bralets were covered in it!

H&M is one of my fave shops just because its your standard 'everything' shop! It is all so reasonably priced aswell. I go in and I am certain I will come out with something! I spent a while in this shop and spotted a pencil skirt (which youll always find me in) completely covered in multi coloured sequins which I feel in love with but couldnt justify £30 when I could only wear it to go out in :( as I was walking out of the shop I turned and this jumper caught my eye - maybe due to the fact the sequins blinded me - and I just loved it! for only £14.99 I knew I had to get it as itll brighten up any winter outfit and I also needed a simple pull over jumper aswell!

The next shop I went into was the wonderful Primark - I mainly love the Home section rather than the clothes here just because its always such a bargain and they have really improved their quality of products I think. For example the candle above is in the same glass packaging as a small Yankee Candle which I also have (and love) and this candle was 8op and the Yankee Candle is £8.39. Yes the Yankee Candle may last longer but the quality I find is exactly the same, the smell when lit etc. It makes you think how much profit Yankee Candle make when Primark can still make profit on it being 80p. 

I brought this candle as a little present for my mum as it smells of lovely Christmas baking and she loves to light candles whilst cooking. Especially around Winter!

As you can probably tell I am obsessed with buying candles especially bargain ones haha! This candle was only £2 which is amazing so the size and the quality of it! I have it by my side now and it smells amazing, a lovely cosy winter warm smell! Its in a warm red glass case too. I think a small collection of these would be the perfect house warming present for a friend aswell.

My last purchase (except from a few boring pairs of knickers and socks) were these! I had been in River Island and New Look to find a pair of new boots. My feet are slightly odd as one foot is size 4 and one is a size 4 1/2. I couldnt fit in any size 4's but size 5's were too big! Also I didnt really like how big the heels were on the River Island's and New Look's shoes. I didnt like any styles enough to pay £30+ for anyway. I accidentally found this in Primark and because of the elasticated sides I could fit in them with ease! The heels werent too big and the ridged soles grip onto the floor meaning they are perfect snow boots ( please snow this winter!! )

For only £15 I couldnt say no! 

I have a Body Shop Rewards Card so I always quickly pop in to Body Shop whenever I pass, I only have a small one in my town, to see what offers they have on! 

I love their Tea Tree range and already use the Facial wash which I got free with the rewards card as it was my birthday month and they give you a free gift worth up to £5 and the wash was £5! 

http://www.thebodyshop.co.uk/loyalty/love-your-body/index.aspx

Due to many colliding offers and my card I got them both for just £10!  The night lotion is good as your body recovers whilst you sleep so having something extra pushing your body to heal is fab! 

Also I love the lip balms but this one is one I had never seen before - lip butter which is much more moisturizing than the normal balms. It also doesnt give any colour which is good if your just after a neutral face!

Again, if you know me you'll know I only own one pair of jeans and they were brought just recently! 

I decided I wanted some jeans as a good plain pair of jeans to go with everything all year long!

These are from New Look and I wasnt really sure what colour I was after. Just that I wanted Skinny ones. These fitted me the best but now I have got them home I think they are maybe too blue? Im not too sure. Maybe/hopefully they will fade after a few washes!!

These were £24.99!