[Ad- gifted product] I think that hampers are a great gift, especially if you have a foodie in mind! A good hamper has a variety of items in it, perfect for someone to make a little charcutier board or a big treat that they might enjoy on their own or with friends. As lovers of charcutier boards and all things tasty, I was delighted when Prestige Hamper introduced me to The British Deli Hamper – full of loads of goodies for whoever receives the gift!
[Ad- gifted experience] In a time when we can’t really go out all that much, cooking at home has become a large part of people’s lives. I have always done a lot of home cooking, though I had not previously taken a cooking class. Larks Live has created a bunch of online cooking classes, all ran by different chefs, which can teach you how to make dishes in the comfort of your own home, live, on Zoom! Dann and I went for the Vietnamese Street Food Feast by chef Jazzi Curley, who has just opened up her own physical cookery in the Devon area! We invited our friend Claire over to enjoy the dinner with us and watch us cook too.
[Ad- gifted product] When it comes to getting a new phone, it’s always a big decision. I try very hard to keep my phone in good condition, so that it can last quite some time, as I feel phones are a large purchase that we make, that does need to last as everything is on our phones. I spend a lot of time on social media, taking pictures of days out, and generally using my phone for basically everything. It’s my calendar, it’s my connection to the greater world, it’s how I work.
I have previously only purchased new phones, waiting and using my cracked phone until I have saved up enough for a new one, before trading it off and ditching my old, on it’s last limb phone to a shoe box of deads in case I might ever need the images or texts off of them. Recently, however, I got the chance to check out a refurbished phone from giffgaff, which was far nicer than I would have ever expected.
After really enjoying Doughnut Time’s DIY doughnut kit, we wanted to test more of them out! Thankfully, they are releasing new kits and collaborative kits all the time, so the next box we picked up was the Cookie Dough Sando Kit. This kit is focused around making a doughnut sandwich, stuffed with chocolate and cookie dough! Like all of these kits, the doughnuts were baked fresh and sent right to our door, for us to decorate and play around with!
This kit had six doughnuts instead of the default four, which is quite nice, and all of them are square! It is suggested that you roll all of these doughnuts in the cinnamon and sugar provided, then cut them in half for decorating. This kit came with two pots of cookie dough, a pot of mini cookie cereal, Nutella in a piping bag, a kinder Bueno bar and a Caramac bar. We split apart the different candy bars and placed them into little bowls before letting everyone create their own doughnut.
Many members of our family ended up opting out of the cinnamon-sugar coating and instead put them into their doughnut, but that’s part of the fun when it comes to Doughnut Time’s create your own kits. Splitting up the candy, cookies and dough, there was plenty for all six of the doughnuts to be fulled well and we enjoyed creating our own sandwiches! They were also super fun to eat. I’ve never had a doughnut sandwich before and quite enjoyed being able to make our own! You do need to be a bit of a chocolate lover for this kit, as it’s so heavily chocolate based, but who doesn’t love a bit of chocolate?
If you are looking for an easy and fun dessert to make with your friends or family, these kits bring all the fun to your door and really take out the stress of trying to bake something and put it together.
Another month has come and gone, so another box of perfect bath bombs has appeared at our door! This month, Pretty Suds had the theme of ‘In the Jungle’ which included a variety of different bath bombs, almost all of which were of different animals that can be found in a jungle! As always, these bath bombs are handmade in Yorkshire and only come in these boxes, not sold separately. Let’s get into this month’s box:
