The Weekly Eatly 3 Recipes, 2 Cooking Tips and 1 Moment of Calm Happy Friday everyone (and we won't mention the other word that goes with Friday this week anymore!) For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving yesterday, I hope your day went well, in whatever way that looked like for you - we don't have a tradition of thanksgiving in the UK but I do think it's good to pause a moment and think about what we're thankful for. So easy to forget the good stuff sometimes. I'm grateful for all of you...
7 months ago • 3 min read
November 2025: Black Friday Bulletin... from the Cooking and Calm Kitchen Hi everyone, Just a quick shopping bulletin as there are a lot of cooking bargains in the Amazon Prime sale today including quite a few Instant Pot Deals. I've even spotted the Instant Pot Mini on discount in the US - not in the UK yet but fingers crossed it might make an appearance here too 🤞 Most of you know, I'm not linked to Instant Pot or sponsored by them as I like to keep independent, but if you shop for anything...
7 months ago • 1 min read
The Weekly Eatly 3 Recipes, 2 Cooking Tips and 1 Moment of Calm Happy Friday everyone and, more importantly, happy Halloween! I tried so very hard today to make my new Instant Pot Mini look a little spooky but no matter what I do, this thing just keeps on looking super cute! There is just something about its jolly, stumpy form that makes me smile. I've never been a fan of small Instant Pots but I must admit I've been really enjoying testing this one. Also dressing it up! This new mini is...
8 months ago • 2 min read
The Weekly Eatly 3 Recipes, 2 Cooking Tips and 1 Moment of Calm Instant Pot Mini 4Q, Duo Plus Whisper Quiet 6Q, and Pro Crisp 8Q Hi everyone, So I've had a lot of email recently asking me to do some more videos reviewing the newer Instant Pot models as some of those I recommend are no longer available in some countries, including here in the UK. I think most of you know that this constant change in Instant Pot models is an endless source of frustration for me 🙄 but it is what we seem to be...
8 months ago • 2 min read
The Weekly Eatly 3 Recipes, 2 Cooking Tips and 1 Moment of Calm Hi everyone, I'm running a little late this week as we are still on that home renovation rollercoaster and we had some major hiccups this week. But, one day, hopefully just before the year turns, I will have a kitchen. I am so going to appreciate it! I finally did manage to get my Turkey Ragu (aka bolognese) video completed this week and I just posted it. It's the first in my latest YouTube series, 'Freeze and Breathe' - calm and...
9 months ago • 1 min read
The Weekly Eatly 3 Recipes, 2 Cooking Tips and 1 Moment of Calm Hi everyone 👋Autumn/Fall leaves have well and truly arrived here in the North of England. It seems early but this is only our first year up here so it’s probably perfectly normal. When do those leaves start gathering for you? Like me, many of you probably love this season for cooking comfort soups and warming stews and the Instant Pot is my best friend here. It saves so much time and is perfect for batching up extra to get in...
9 months ago • 2 min read
The Weekly Eatly 3 Recipes, 2 Cooking Tips and 1 Moment of Calm Hi everyone, We're coming to the end of summer holidays here and soon we'll be stepping into Autumn and thoughts of warming soups and comforting stews are starting to pop into my mind. I must admit, this is my favourite kind of cooking. So many dishes that can be easily doubled-up and batched to save time and energy later. I'm working on some new series' for my YouTube channel, including recipes that are going to be competing for...
10 months ago • 3 min read
The Weekly Eatly 3 Recipes, 2 Cooking Tips and 1 Moment of Calm Hi everyone, I've been losing a bit of my cooking mojo recently which is not like me. I know it will pass and I think it's just our current living situation. We're still camping out in our little rental flat while renovations continue at the house. The kitchen here is really hard work if I'm honest. It has no windows, very little worktop, a fridge that prefers warming than cooling and a stovetop has a life of it's own, turning...
10 months ago • 3 min read
The Weekly Eatly 3 Recipes, 2 Cooking Tips and 1 Moment of Calm frozen lifesaver Hi everyone, This week we are busy watching the football European Cup tournament and biting our nails as the England women's squad, the Lionesses, fumble, stumble but bravely fight as hard as they can to get through. Last night we were having friends over to watch the England versus Sweden game, fully intending to keep it simple and pick up wood fired pizzas from a van that comes here on Thursdays BUT, at the...
11 months ago • 2 min read