Drinks – Kate DH

by katedh May 5, 2014

Cinco de Mayo – Tequila & Tacos

"Why did the Mexican push his wife off the cliff? Tequila!" Yes, I do write my own material and yes, I am here all week (try the veal) etc. Anyway, it's 5 May! And because 90% of you reading this are European, that will mean absolutely nothing whatsoever! It's just the day after Star Wars Day, right? But those of you in the US, or unbashed Americophiles like me, will know ...

by katedh April 2, 2014

Breakfast , Dairy Free , Drinks , Gluten Free , Vegan/Vegan Option , Year-Round

Malted “Milk” Shake

"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like, it's better than yours" - Kelis (Milkshake, 2003) I had intended to do a proper post today about smoothies and how to make green ones that don't taste like dirt but then somebody pointed out that Elle McPherson turned 50 this week (FIFTY FFS!) and so I am going to go back to bed and weep for a while instead. But before ...

by katedh April 1, 2014

Drinks , Gluten Free , Vegan/Vegan Option , Vegetarian , Year-Round

Plenish Spicy Lemonade

"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation" - George Bernard Shaw As my six regular readers will know, I recently attempted to replicate Plenish's marvellous Cashew Milk in my very own kitchen and it turned out pretty damn well, if I do say myself. You can read all about that here. On the back of this, somebody I know off of Twitter (I'd like to say a Twitter Friend ...

by katedh March 27, 2014

Drinks , Weekend , Year-Round

Grapefruit Margarita

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading" - Henny Youngman It's Thursday! And Thursday means cocktails. Is this healthy? Probably not, but it does have a shed load of Vitamin C in there with the tequila so I think it just scrapes over the line. And grapefruit contains enzymes that help the liver break down toxins as well so that must mean that, um, er, something right? Oh who ...