Back to the Old

I have decided to go back to my old blog!

It really took off since I started this one, so I have moved all of the Corporate Kitten posts over to Capital Compass.

I have really appreciated your comments and pageviews so please keep that going and go to this link;


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Appreciate it :) x

Giant Galaxy Cookies

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Last night I decided I needed something to cure my post-holiday blues. I love baking, but one thing I have never made is cookies. Until now.

Imagining the scent of freshly baked cookies wafting through my house was more than enough convincing me to stick my Uggs on and head out into the cold to grab what I needed.

Ingredients:

250g plain flour

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

A big pinch of salt

170g unsalted butter, melted

200g soft brown sugar

100g caster sugar

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1 bar of Galaxy (Dove if you're in the USA)

1 bar of white chocolate

Oven at 170C

1. Grease and line 2 baking trays.

2. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Leave this to one side.

3. Chop your chocolate bars with a knife to resemble chocolate chunks. I found the best way to do this was to chop each piece of chocolate in half, if you are using Galaxy (Dove).

4. Add the sugars to the melted butter, and mix well. Make sure the butter is cool, then grab your electric whisk and add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract. Keep beating it until it turns paler, and looks a caramel colour.

5. Add the dry ingredients and mix until the ingredients are just combined. Then mix in the chocolate chunks.

6. Put tablespoon-sized dollops onto the baking trays, leaving about 8cm in between.

7. Bake for 15-17 minutes, the top will still be slightly soft but they will firm up when they are cooling.

Enjoy!

A week in paradise

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I took a week off last week, and headed for a week in paradise with my parents and boyfriend.

We soaked up the sun, ate far too much amazing fresh food, and drank too many cocktails. 

I have never seen a place so beautiful in my whole life, I am very lucky to have been invited with my parents, and we had an amazing time. I didn't wear a pair of shoes all week, which was definitely somewhat liberating.

The snorkelling was out of this world, I went swimming with manta rays and saw sea turtles, as well as the huge variety of amazingly coloured fish in the reefs just off the shore.

However, unfortunately all good things must come to an end, so I'm back in freezing cold London. It all seems like a dream.

Absence...

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Having a break from blogging for a week while I holiday in the Maldives! Promise to get posting again when I get back... Having lots of time to think of new blog post ideas! X

Home-Made Healthy Pineapple Sorbet

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When I was little my mum made this once, and I have forever since wanted to try it out. So a few weeks ago I did for one of my friends, and we all absolutely loved it. What's more, you don't even need an ice cream maker. It's light and refreshing, so perfect to remind me of summer.

So easy, so delicious, and so healthy.

Really you need to make it when you are in the house for a whole day, just so you can stir it occasionally to keep it light.

Ingredients;
2 pineapples
3 tbsp honey
Half a tsp ground cinnamon

1. Chop your pineapples, taking the top and bottom off first, then slicing around the sides with the knife. Cut the flesh off the core, and chop into squares.

2. Put the pineapple in a big bowl, and add the honey and cinnamon. Grab your blender, and blitz it like soup until you have a smooth mixture.
3. I find the best tins to use are bread loaf tins, as they are metal so get very cold in the freezer. If you don't have one of these, use a glass dish or something similar. Pour the pineapple in, and stick in the freezer.

4. After 2 hours, give it a stir with a wooden spoon to break it up and make sure it freezes evenly. After this, go back to stir it every hour until it is hard.

Enjoy! x