Wednesday, 5 October 2022
That's Books and Entertainment: Failed Redemption
That's Books and Entertainment: Failed Redemption: Failed Redemption is a new novel from author R. A. Jordan's John England series of books. At the beginning of the story we find John En...
Uh Oh Milo! The Excited Elf
They will learn all about The Excited Elf. The Excited Elf has a very important job. Before Santa arrives and glides down the family's chimney, the children of the house must be sound asleep.
But who helps them fall asleep on Christmas Eve? The Excited Elf, that's who!
But unfortunately The Excited Elf is far too excited about his exciting job to be able to perform his elfly duties to make certain the children are asleep.
So, what will happen to The Excited Elf? What will happen to the children Milo and Mary if they are too excited to go to sleep?
This has all the hallmarks of turning into a bit of a disaster. But what if their Granny stepped in and offered her expert help and guidance to get The Excited Elf to calm down, just enough, to get his important Christmas task completed and help Milo and Mary to fall asleep before Santa arrives to go down their chimney?
The simple and compelling words of Kate is beautifully complemented by the vibrant and awesome illustrations provided by Helen.
This book, along with the other three books in the Uh Oh Milo! series of books, The Impolite Imps, The Tantrum Trolls and The Beastly Bogels are must haves for the four-year-olds in your life.
They are £7.99 each and, in our opinions, worth every penny.
You can buy them, and other fantastic books and gifts at https://uhohmilo.com.
Pumpkin season - but for your face!
Organic Shop Pore Minimizing Face Serum for oily skin Pumpkin and Honey (30ml) £4.99
With Organic Pumpkin Oil and Honey for oily skin
This face serum is everything you'll require when it comes to minimising the appearance of pores. It's formulated for all oily skin.
Formula, based on organic pumpkin oil and honey, helps control skin oiliness, and provides it with nourishment.
Made with 99% natural origin ingredients.
Certified COSMOS Natural by BDIH.
Organic Shop Balancing Face Mask for oily skin Pumpkin and Honey (75ml) £4.99
This mask helps balance out moisture and control excess sebum production.
Formula, based on organic pumpkin oil and honey, helps control skin oiliness, and provides it with nourishment.
Made with 99% natural origin ingredients.
Certified COSMOS Natural by BDIH.
Organic Shop Mattifying Face Cream for oily skin Pumpkin and Honey (50ml) £4.99
Try this cream to help restore skin natural balance and leave it with a matte finish.
Formula, based on organic pumpkin oil and honey, helps control skin oiliness, and provides it with nourishment.
Made with 99% natural origin ingredients.
Certified COSMOS Natural by BDIH.
These will be ideal Christmas presents for the organic skin care fans in your life.
BiGDUG launches a Ltd Edition ‘Christmas Mega Deal’
Garage Shelving Unit
Garage Corner Shelving Unit
Garage Shed Workbench
15x Plastic Storage Boxes
24x Plastic Parts Bins
If you have a husband, wife, aunt, uncle, cousin or best friend who needs some new stuff for their home workshop, their garden shed or their garage, then BigDUG has exactly what you need to buy them for Christmas 2022.
So, this Christmas, forget the worrying about a stocking filler when you can gift your loved one/s a whole garage filler, thanks to the Christmas Mega Deal from Storage Solutions specialist BiGDUG.
This limited-edition, festive-red bundle includes everything they will ever need to organise their garage or shed – and they’ll love you snow much for it!
The BiGDUG Christmas Mega Deal features two adjustable steel shelving units – with one being a handy corner unit that fits nice and snug while utilising space, a matching powder-coated red workbench, 15 lidded storage boxes and 24 plastic part bins for the ultimate storage solution.
Sleigh the gift-giving game and treat the special person in your life with the Christmas Mega Deal for just £194.46 from Christmas Mega Deal Shelving BiGDUG. Christmas are decorations not included, you'll need to supply them yourself!
BiGDUG saves you time, space and money by offering the best storage solutions, to bring order and efficiency to your space. Or the space of your loved ones!
BIGDUG offers everything from shelving and racking to workplace products and packing and will provide customers with the best quality products at the best prices.
BiGDUG was founded in 2004 and is now part of the global business equipment group, TAKKT. It already sells storage products to over 250,000 customers and continues to welcome them each day to its trust, customer-focused business.
For more information or to make your Christmas purchases, visit: https://www.bigdug.co.uk.
New Vegetarian Box - Quicke's Letterbox Range
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We at That's Christmas feel that these would make ideal Christmas presents for the vegetarian cheese lovers in your life.
The New Vegetarian Box is perfect for the turophile (that's a lover of cheeses!) in your life. The recyclable box contains all five of the Quicke's vegetarian clothbound cheeses - Goat's Milk Cheese, Oak Smoked Goat's Milk Cheese, Elderflower Cheese, Double Devonshire Cheese and Devonshire Red Cheese.
Each cheese has been carefully handcrafted using milk from their very own grass-fed cows or locally sourced goat's milk, before being clothbound only using vegetable oil and left to mature in the cool, quiet of their Cheese Cathedral. This box also contains tasting notes, each with its own flavour wheels and pairing suggestions. Available at quickes.co.uk : £24
Postage is included in the cost for all UK mainland postcodes.
These convenient packs are also available in three different variations; Cheese and Chocolate, The Cheese Taster and The Cheese Picnic.
Quicke's Goats Cheese, Honey and Thyme Pizza
Enjoy Quicke's take on a bianca pizza, with the creamy nutty goats cheese, freshness of thyme and a hint of sweetness from the honey.
Serves 4 - Prep time: 15 mins - Cook time: 10 mins
Ingredients:
X 4 Sourdough Pizza Balls
300g Quicke's Goats Cheese grated
Honey
Sprigs of Thyme
Method:
Take the dough balls out from the freezer. Defrost overnight (at least 12 hours) in a refrigerator covered with a clean cloth or cling wrap to prevent drying out.
Remove 2 hours prior to use and bring up to room temperature allow to double in size.
On a floured surface, either hand stretch or roll out using a rolling pin to your required size.
Place in a pre-oiled pizza pan and spread grated Goats cheese evenly across the base sprinkle on the thyme and bake for 8 – 10 minutes until crisp.
Remove from oven and drizzle over a bit of honey and serve.
Incidentally, I have learned something new. Apparently I, as a confirmed lover of cheese, am a turophile! And I'm cool with that.
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Magical Mulled Wine Jam Trifle
Prep: 40 minutes Cook: 6 hours chill Serves: 8
Recipe:
For the trifle:
1 x 340g jar Cottage Delight Magical Mulled Wine Jam
2 oranges, peeled and sliced in halves
420g sponge swiss roll
480ml custard
360ml double cream, whipped to soft peaks
500ml mulled wine (ready-made or using recipe below)
135g pack raspberry jelly
Fresh/frozen berries, to decorate
Ground cinnamon, to decorate
For the mulled wine jelly:
Option - make your own mulled wine using the recipe below or use ready-made mulled wine.
For home-made mulled wine:
500ml red wine
2 bay leaves
1 star anise
1 orange, thinly sliced
8 cloves, whole
2tbsp sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
1 packet raspberry jelly
Method for mulled wine jelly:
• Combine all ingredients (not including raspberry jelly) in saucepan and heat gently. Do not boil. Hold at gentle simmer for at least 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat and strain the liquid.
• Return liquid to pan and dissolve in jelly cubes (if jelly cubes do not dissolve, put some gentle heat underneath).
• If using bottled mulled wine, heat according to bottle instructions before dissolving in the jelly cubes.
To assemble the trifle:
1. Make your mulled wine jelly in advance, using recipe and method stated above. Pour jelly mixture into a small rectangle or square baking tin, so it’s roughly 1 inch high. Leave it in the fridge to set (approx. 3 hours)
2. To assemble, line the bottom of a trifle bowl with half of your cake slices. Press slices half way up along the sides of the bowl.
3. Arrange halved orange slices around side of bowl.
4. Arrange half of the jelly squares over the cake mixture.
5. Pour over half of the custard.
6. Spoon over half of the Magical Mulled Wine Jam evenly.
7. Repeat steps 2 to 6.
8. Cover the top with plastic wrap and leave in the fridge for at least 4-6 hours or even better, overnight.
9. When you’re ready to serve, add whipped cream and fresh or frozen berries to decorate before dusting with cinnamon.
To learn more about the Cottage Delight range or to make your purchases please visit https://www.cottagedelight.co.uk.
Some more Christmas goodies from That's Christmas!
I'd like to thank Louise for her help in putting this particular list of Chirstmas presents together! They all look mightily good and eminently Christmassy!
Slingsby (Gin & Vodka) – 70cl bottle (RRP £30.00)
The range includes: London Dry Gin, Rhubarb Gin, Gooseberry Gin, Marmalade Gin, Blackberry Gin, Old Tom Gin, Navy Strength and Slingsby Vodka
RRP: £30.00 for a 70cl bottle
Stockist: www.spiritofharrogate.co.uk
Add a bit of Alpine magic to your Christmas Tree with this exquisite fine bone china Christmas bauble featuring the Powderhound classic skier design. Available as a single bauble or in a set of 4 in a luxury gift box.
RRP: £17 for a single bauble or £64 for a set
Stockist: www.powderhound.london
A XO Golden Rum from the Caribbean. After soaking up the tropical heat, the cask was transported to the Youngs Spirits bottling house to end the maturation process at 44%. This bottle of Uhuru Rum is filled with flavours of buttery toffee and fruity sweetness, balanced with unfolding oaky notes.
RRP: £39.99 for a bottle
Stockist: www.uhuruspirits.co.uk
Uhuru’s first release is a 10 year-old blended malt Scotch Whisky. This cask was chosen for it’s perfect balance of sweet vs. smoke. It’s the first whisky to have an analysed measurement of sweetness identified through a revolutionary process! The whisky is defined as having 019 SPPM within it, which gives it the perfect balance of peat vs sweet!
RRP: £44.99 for a bottle
Stockist: www.uhuruspirits.co.uk
The Tea Heritage Christmas Advent Calendar is beautifully illustrated and packed with 25 hand-stitched, organic loose leaf tea bags.
This year’s calendar features an assortment of 22 tea bags and 3 chocolates from the French chocolate maker, Louis Simart, making it the perfect gift for tea lovers this Christmas.
RRP: £33.00
Stockist: www.teaheritage.fr/en
Speyside 12-year-old is light and fruity with a gorgeous umber colour, scents of toffee, baked figs and rich raisins. A quick hit of sherry sweetness on the palate with lighter fruity notes to follow. It finishes in a warm, smooth fashion.
RRP: £69.99 for a bottle
Stockist: www.fergandharris.co.uk
The Tea Heritage Christmas House Tea Bag includes x10 hand-stitched, organic loose leaf tea bags with x5 of Organic Earl Grey Tea and x5 of Organic Christmas Black Tea. Tea Heritage’s Christmas House Tea Bag can be hung on your Christmas tree and used as a Christmas decoration, making it the perfect gift for the holidays.
RRP: £13.00
Stockist: www.teaheritage.fr/en
Brighten up a tea break with a personalised Alphabet Ski Mug. Featuring miniature skiers spelling out the chosen initial on the front and back.
The perfect gift for any skier, snowboarder or alpine lover, this mug will bring memories of the mountain straight to the kitchen.
RRP: £17.99
Stockist: www.powderhound.london
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