Revision catch-up

So revision has taken over my life for the past few weeks so I thought I'd give you a summary of the past few weeks in pictures;

Bike ride to Wollaton park (a.k.a home of batman!)

A lovely sunny evening in the park

Glee and Organic chemistry revision!

Revision treats :)

Injured knee :(

Yummy Salted caramel cupcake from Johnnie Cupcakes

Healthy chicken salad for dinner

Our friends hired a hot tub which was a great excuse for a revision break!

My 2nd home during exams

Desperate revision times call for a Chinese to the library!

Yummy crayfish, avocado and rocket bagel from Bagel nash

Hope you all enjoy the bank holiday weekend...I'll be spending mine in the library :(

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Lemon Drizzle Cake

As it was Beth's birthday this week, it was my duty as a house-mate to make her a cake.
She requested a lemon drizzle cake.
So i pulled my resources and created a lemon drizzle cake

For the cake

125g caster sugar

125g self-raising flour

125g butter/marg

2 eggs

a teaspoon of baking powder

zest of 1 lemon

a squirt of lemon juice

For the drizzle

The juice of 1.5 lemons

70g caster sugar

• Set your oven to 180'C
• Mix together the butter and sugar until light and creamy
  
• Add the self-raising flour, baking powder and eggs. Mix well.
  
  
  
  
• Add your lemon zest and lemon juice. Mix.
  
• Pour into a loaf tin and put in the oven.
  
• Bake for 35-40 minutes until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
• Meanwhile make the drizzle. Add the juice and sugar to a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved.
• Once you have taken the cake out the oven poke lots of little holes in it with a skewer or fork and pour the drizzle over it and leave to cool.
  
  
  
  
• Enjoy the yummy sticky cake. Another excellent revision snack!

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A touch of Sinatra

Yesterday it was my house-mate, Beth's 21st birthday. To celebrate a group of about 16 of us went out for dinner.
We went to a restaurant called Sinatra, i've walked past it nearly everytime I walk back from town and have always wanted to go in.
It did not disappoint!
We went for the set menu which included a glass of champagne and 3 courses;

The restaurant itself had a lovely feel of old fashioned class about it, with pictures of famous actors and actresses all over the wall, big mirrors and classic music pumping quietly throughout the room.

  We were greeted with a glass of pink bubbly and had to make the difficult decision of picking out courses.

I had the Goats cheese en croute for starter, lovely gooey goats cheese on a crisp piece of toast and the rocket and beetroot salad complimented it really well

Pork Tenderloin with dauphinoise potatoes, red cabbage and a toffee apple and clove jus. The pork was tender and crispy on the outside, and dauphinoise potates are always good. Such a tasty dish which I would happily eat again.

Sticky Toffee Pudding. So so yummy! The pudding was light and warm and moist and everything you could wish of a sticky toffee pudding and the sauce was rich and sweet and sugary. Nothing wrong in any way shape or form!

So after leaving the restaurant feeling full and very happy, we ran back to the cars in the rain and came back to play a very competitive game of Articulate (the girls won :) ).

A lovely evening at a restaurant I would thouroghly recomend with some of my favourite people and a nice break from revision!

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Homemade revision cereal bars

So, it is exam time...this means snacking!
However it is also leading up to summer and the dreaded beach body. A solution to this is my (Nigella's) home made cereal bars.
Made with oats and fruits and nuts they are a healthy snack that actually fills you up, rather than satisfying a craving.

250g oats

397g can condensed milk

150g mixed fruit and nuts (cranberries, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, raisins,almonds)

• Preheat oven to 130'C and line a tin with foil.
• In a large mixing bowl add the oats and mixed fruit and nuts.
  
• Empty the condensed milk into a saucepan and heat until it has thinned, keep stirring it so that it doesn't burn!
• Pour the milk into the dry mix and stir well to make sure the oats and fruit and nuts are all covered in the milk and pour into the tin.
  
• Place the tin in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
• Take out the oven and leave to cool before cutting into 16-20 pieces.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Happy revision snacking! x