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I've decided I can't live in a big city when I'm older.  I need to be surrounded by nothing but fields of sheep .  How am I supposed to resist the 7 million different eateries right outside my front door?! Everything from pizza and burgers to ice cream and churros is less than a 5 minute walk from my piso in Madrid and it's pretty stressful, I tell ya. This sort of thing just can't be helped It's safe to say I've sampled a fair few restaurants/cafés/bars (did you know Madrid has more bars per square metre than anywhere else in Europe(!)) since arriving in Madrid 5 months ago - and there's so many more to discover! So I thought I'd start a little series of my favourite places (I couldn't possibly condense them all into one post, or we'd be here for hours.) Sorry in advance for making you really hungry. Trust . If you want... BRUNCH Name:   Federal Café Where?: Plaza de las Comendadores, Plaza del Conde de Barajas  My fav...

There are some real weirdos in this world, and I love it . Apparently they all congregate in the beautiful city of Edinburgh during August. This gathering of weirdos is also known as The Edinburgh Festival Fringe . And it's AWESOME . I'd never been to the Fringe before, so on our way up to spend a few days with my parents in Aberdeenshire, my friend Polly and I decided to stop off in Edinburgh for a night and explore the festival. This is Polly. It was all rather last minute, so of course all the well known shows were sold out, but that didn't matter because we stumbled upon some absolute crackers . Even just strolling up and down The Royal Mile there's so much to see, like these amazing roller bladers (who were actually figure skaters but had adapted due to the somewhat lack of ice on the street)...  ...or these amazing acrobats just being completely casual (follow them  here ). The first actual show we went to see was an improvised ...

Hi friends. ONLY ONE WEEK OF EXAMS LEFT. Woo .  5 down, 2 to go, and I'm not going to lie the motivation is flagging majorly. As is the will to not just live off pizza and  chocolate biscuits .  I came back after Easter determined to try even harder than normal to eat as healthily as possible, which isn't so easy when exam stress hits. That's where these cookies come in: Perfect for a library snack! Not only are they not packed with sugar and butter, they're really easy and super quick to make! Put on some music, throw some shapes in your kitchen and whip up these beauts - the best type of revision break. Ingredients (makes 9 small cookies): 2 heaped tbsp peanut butter 4 tbsp runny honey Half a ripe banana 4/5 dates, chopped into small pieces (raisins would work too) 1 cup oats 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper. Gently heat th...

With only two breakfasts left at uni this term, I had obviously meticulously planned out how to optimise what I have left in my fridge/cupboard. And last night I dreamt up this breakfast of champions . I was clearly also feeling particularly sassy as I found myself waking up to this this morning: Charming. So these pancakes definitely have the 'more is more' thing going on. But hey, it's the end of term SO THAT'S TOTALLY ALLOWED.  Seriously you guys, I have made a lot of pancakes in my time (sorry Instagram followers), and I might even go as far as saying these are my best ever . A bold statement if there ever was one. Yes, we are still talking about pancakes. BUT JUST LOOK AT THEM. And they're not even that unhealthy...I mean, everyone knows dark chocolate has health benefits and maple syrup comes from a tree so it's basically a vegetable . #pancakelogic I kind of just chucked stuff into a bowl so some of these measurements aren't ...

Happy almost New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is looking forward to 2015 ...and, really, what better way is there to welcome in the new year than with trifle?   ... (tumbleweed)... Exactly . And these ones are perfect! Trust. They're easy , yet impressive , plus necessarily indulgent (it's not January yet people!) As ever, my sister and I were in charge of puddings for Christmas day, and I just happened to stumble across this genius concoction on BBC GoodFood (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/890640/baileys-banana-trifles), and there was no going back. These can be made a few hours in advance and kept in the fridge. INGREDIENTS (makes 4 individual trifles): 200ml double cream 5 tbsp Baileys 4 brownies (make your own for the best results)* 2 bananas, sliced 350ml vanilla custard toffee sauce (optional) grated chocolate (optional - we used some crumbs from the brownies) If you have time, homemade brownies really...