It's so important to create an instant visual impact because people form an opinion of your home within the first 20 seconds of entering. Here's another beautiful stair runner I created.
Read moreSri Lankan Pork Belly Curry
This is the most divine curry recipe by Sydney based O Tama Carey who has a fantastic Sri Lankan restaurant in Darlinghurst called Lankan Filling Station. The curry is worth the four hours that it takes to slow cook in the oven. The flavours are divine and the pork belly melts in the mouth. This recipe is in Tama’s cookbook Lanka Food which I highly recommend.
Read moreFlourless Orange & Almond Cake
I found this fantastic recipe on bakeplaysmile.com. It is a really yummy cake and so simple to make. You can prepare the oranges the day before as that is the time consuming part.
Read moreFennel-spiced Semolina Cake with Yoghurt
I found this fantastic cake recipe in a recent Gourmet Traveller Bread & Baking magazine. It is a real triumph so I’ve added it to my blog which has all my favourite tried & tested recipes.
Read moreDutch Apple Cake
This recipe is a tried and tested favourite of mine. It originally came from the UK Times Cookbook which I bought years ago. It’s so quick and easy and absolutely delicious. You can eat it any time of the day including breakfast!
Read moreUpcycling furniture with Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan
During Covid lockdowns, we all needed an outlet for stress and anxiety. We have become more aware of our interiors having been surrounded by them for months on end. Your home may need some serious DIY, a few rooms painted or just the addition of pop of colour or two. If you enjoy creative pursuits and want something to help you relax and unwind, why not paint a piece of furniture? We all love instant gratification when decorating our home and Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan is perfect as it is so easy to use – no sanding or priming and you can paint any type of surface – wood, ceramic, glass, metal ….. T
Read moreOctopus Salad
This is one of my favourite salads and it was my Sicilian mother-in-law who taught me how to make it.
Read moreHow to introduce colour in your home
Grey is currently trendy in home decor but a grey home is a missed opportunity to brighten up your life. As an interior designer, my USP is colour; my clients often call me the queen of colour! Colour is powerful, it’s about emotion – it can stimulate, heal, soothe, agitate or even make you angry.
Do you like to wear colour? Do you enjoy colourful paintings and artwork? Then it’s time to add it to your home too.
Read moreChickpea, leek and fennel soup
I love making soups and this is one of my favourites. It’s from the book Polpo which as many of you will know is a chain of five Venetian small-plate restaurants in London including one in Brighton. The word “polpo” means octopus in Italian. In the forward of the recipe book, Russell Norman explains why he named his restaurants Polpo.
Read moreThe best chocolate cake recipe!
This is Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Olive Oil cake from her book Nigellissima. It is the best chocolate cake recipe I’ve ever tasted and one that I make frequently as it’s always a huge hit with friends and family. I’m not a fan of chocolate cakes or desserts but I love this one especially as it’s dairy and gluten free.
Read moreThai vegetable curry (suitable for vegans)
This is a staple of mine as it’s a healthy vegan dish. I serve it on its own with a cabbage salad with fennel seeds or with brown Basmati rice. It can be made in large quantities and kept in the fridge or freezer. I make this recipe up as I go along so apologies for the somewhat vague quantities!!
Read moreTomato & Red Lentil Soup (suitable for vegans)
This sensational tomato soup never ceases to impress when I serve it to guests; they think that you have spent ages preparing it ! Without the topping it’s a vegan soup but you may be able to source a vegan soft cream cheese as a substitute.
Read moreGobi Dal (cauliflower dal) - suitable for vegans
I cut out this recipe from Olive magazine quite a few years ago. It only served 2 so I have always doubled the recipe. It is one of the tastiest cauliflower recipes.
Read moreHealthy Green Soup (suitable for vegans)
This soup is healthy, low fat and suitable for vegans. It’s my absolute favourite soup! The recipe was given to me by my artist friend, Roz Berkeley-Hill. She is one half of talented artist duo, Tipperley Hill. It has an Indian influence in the flavours from Roz’s father’s Indian heritage.
Read moreI'm now a published photographer!
I am delighted to announce that in September 2019 I became a published photographer, that is, I had my first ever photographs published in a book, The Gardener’s Travel Companion to England, by well-known Australian author Janelle McCulloch which features a variety of beautiful English gardens.
Read moreChurches in Sussex (9th & final day trip)
We’ve come to the 9th and final day of my day trips to Sussex to find tiny ancient churches. I certainly saved the best until last as these little churches blew me away with their beauty - in the centre of a village, in the middle of a field, hidden down a farm track, on the top of a hill ………
Read moreChurches in Sussex (8th day trip)
Apologies for taking so long to post the 8th day trip visiting churches in Sussex. The delay is due to my moving to Sydney to live in late October. As you can imagine it was a bit stressful in the weeks prior to departure. Once I arrived in Sydney I had to find a home to rent (another story!). If you are interested in following how I furnish my Victorian rental house in Sydney’s Paddington, on a budget follow me on Instagram (@angelabuntcreative.com
Read moreChurches in Sussex (7th day)
I’ve called Day 7 ‘Churches in Sussex’ for consistency but in fact it involved churches in Surrey and Hampshire! I had planned to visit Sussex churches but I decided to combine a visit to a friend in Hampshire.
Read moreChurches in Sussex (6th day trip)
After five of these day trips in search of historic little parish churches in Sussex, I couldn’t wait to research and plan the next one. I was still fixated on Sussex so this time I selected the following six churches and one historic house, Firle Place.
Read moreChurches in Sussex (5th day trip)
Exactly a week after the previous day trip to visit three Kent churches and Great Dixter, I was back out again with a very ambitious list of churches in Sussex to visit. This was by far the longest list (seven churches and a musuem) and I was determined to see them all.
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