What a lovely one it is too. Lovely and sunny. And what better treat on such a morning than yoghurt and fruit!

And yes, I do make my yoghurt look pretty each time I have it hehe. Would have been nicer with a little meringue crunch but this was healthier. It’s low fat greek style yoghurt with a teensy bit of maple syrup swirled in, in case you want to know…. I hate kiwi but it’s full of zinc which I could do with so I ate it any way. I also had a poached egg, aren’t I greedy?

I’ve just about got in, not had lunch yet as I had a pretty large breakfast and a smoothie in town, black currant and cherry yum! I had thought since it was cherry juice rather than cherries I’d be ok with my allergies but I did get a little itching. Nothing major. It was worth it! I also picked up a few socks for more sock monkeys. I couldn’t find any stripey socks but they will have to do. It was suggested I put them in my shop. I tried to find some baby socks too but they seem to have too many things that would look odd upside down on. I also picked up a new One Bag. Great to whack in my hand bag and pretty too. Oh and some great big A3 size folders for keeping my scraps of craft paper in. A great buy at 99p for 2.

I bought a great deal of fabric off ebay a little while back and am waiting eagerly for it. I think I ordered 5 different fat quarters. I do hope the postman doesn’t lose this one!

I need to clean house now. Happy Crafting!

Was just doing my shopping online and realised that the majority of “bad” food I eat are breakfast foods. I really hate cereal and I’m not big on toast so usually opt for brioche, pain au chocolat and pancakes, besides fruit. On my better days I have yoghurt. Good for you, calcium rich and low in fat and sugar. I don’t like those generic kinds you get (muller light, ski etc etc) but make my own concoctions and thought I’d share a few recipes. These aren’t diet recipes I hasten to add, but an alternative to cereal and toast that will give you a few portions of fruit too.

Nana-cherry Yoghurt

Serves one

Ingredients:
One Small Banana
One heaped teaspoon Cherry Jam/Conserve
100g of Natural Live Yoghurt, unsweetened and unset
OR
100g Low fat Yoghurt unsweetened

Optional: Branflakes or Muesli Flakes

Method
Very simple add your yoghurt to a bowl or glass, add the jam and stir through lightly. Slice the banana and stir into your yoghurt. For added crunch you can add some branflakes or muesli.

Pip-pip berry! Yoghurt

Serves one

Ingredients:
Half a Pomegranate
Handful of strawberries
Brown Sugar meringue
100g of Natural Live Yoghurt, unsweetened and unset
OR
100g Low fat Yoghurt unsweetened

Method
Bash the back of your pomegranate with a wooden spoon to release the flesh or alternatively do it the lazy way and buy it ready picked. Slice and dice your strawberries then break your meringue into small pieces. Layer your ingredients yoghurt, pomegranate, yoghurt, strawberries, sprinkle with some broken meringue and enjoy. If you find it’s not sweet enough for you, you can add meringue to the layers or drizzle with a little honey.

Both of these make great deserts too. Serve with some home made biscuits and substitute some of the yoghurt for whipped cream. Was going to take some photo’s but I ate mine it was just too good!

Hope everyone had a lovely Easter and Bank holiday weekend!