Springtime has well and truly hit us here in London (after some weird snow outbursts in the end of April – very odd) and we just couldn’t be more excited. The word ‘spring’ itself is so onomatopoeic – it makes you feel energised and happy just saying it – and for us it resembles new beginnings and new life. It’s probably not a coincidence then that our blog was born during this very season, and that both Mrs D and myself left our stressful and unfulfilling corporate jobs in springtimes past and present.  Continue reading →

I’m not going to pretend that this exotic sounding dish was inspired by a visit to an equally as exotic sounding location – in fact what prompted me to create it was many a visit to Wagamama when Mr H and I were studying for our accounting exams. It was my go-to dish back in the day (I thought it was healthy because it was made with brown rice), but it always seemed to leave me absolutely parched and I’d spend the whole afternoon drinking water like it was going out of fashion. Continue reading →

And so, my obsession with Mexican food continues. I just can’t stop – there’s something about the flavours and the textures that I just love so much (and Mr H does too) so usually we end up having a Mexican-inspired meal at least once a week. Obviously it’s nice to mix it up a little so sometimes we have tacos, sometimes we have burrito bowls and sometimes we have mole-inspired quinoa and we always ALWAYS have guac, and lots of it. Continue reading →