Just 5 minutes

Just 5 minutes ?

What can you do in 5 minutes ?

I can do this !

You know that 5 minutes can be the best time of your life.

Life's an opportunity not to be wasted , and I try and make every minute count.

I have some ideas so please keep an eye on this blog. 

Glazed Chicken Teriyaki

Glazed Chicken Teriyaki

(Serves two people)(Approx 600 calories)

2 Chicken Thigh, bone removed, skin left on

160 ml Sake

160 ml Mirin

60 ml Soy

5 grams Sugar

½ Red Onion, peeled and quartered

½ Carrot, peeled and large diced

Pinch of Sea Salt

Oil to fry

Serve with some warm White Japanese Rice, White Cabbage or a side of your choice (mash potato, salad)

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Method

First make the teriyaki sauce. Place the sake, mirin, soy, sugar, carrot and red onion into a pan and place on a high heat until to boils. Continue to boil for 10 minutes than reduce the heat and simmer. You need to reduce the original amount by half.

Prepare the chicken thighs by patting them dry, sprinkling the skin with the salt. Place the pan on the highest flame. Add a little vegetable oil to the pan, when the oil is hot add the chicken thighs skin side down. Colour the skin then turn the pan down to a medium heat. Cook for 4 minutes then turn the thighs over. Cook for a further 1 minute.

When the chicken is thoroughly cooked, add the teriyaki sauce to the pan and glaze the chicken thighs in the sauce turning whilst cooking. Be careful not to burn the sauce (if it starts to burn add a dash of cold water).

Place the rice, cabbage or alternatives onto the serving plate and neatly place the glazed chicken onto the plate. Drizzle with some extra of the teriyaki sauce and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Disclosure Yo Sushi kindly let me replicate their recipe here . I have not been compensated for this post.

One Of The Tricks To Sleeping Well.

A Collaboration post

One of the tricks to sleeping well is a good mattress!


I like my sleep if I have not slept well then my whole days falls apart and everyone else can suffer as a result and that is not really fair. We have a king size bed and when we first got it we had one of those memory foam mattresses from another company it was fine at first then it got a bit squishy and lumpy. It was a first generation memory foam mattress so the technology really wasn't at its best.

I now have a sprung mattress but it has a memory foam topper, I am fine with it but Mr T is moaning that it doesn't feel quite right to him so it looks alike we will be changing our mattress very very soon.


As technology has moved on you can be sure of a good mattress from Furniture Choice where there is a good and varied selection of mattresses to suit everyones need. You can get a mattress that is comfortable and you don't have to compromise on comfort, if you have any queries then Furniture Choice are on hand to offer you the help and advice that you might need. I love the fact that you get free delivery I wish I had known that when I ordered my son's bed which came from another retailer I could have saved myself £40 and ordered his bed from Furniture Choice instead. That £40 could of gone on something else ! like going towards a new mattress for me!

And delivery for most items be from dining room furniture to mattresses is around 7 - 10 working days subject to availability. This is another point I wish I had known when I ordered my teenagers bed from another company delivery took a month ! if I had ordered his bed from Furniture Choice then I could have saved myself a month of teenage angst.

50 Shades of Blue

You what ?

The who?

The Womans institute

I went.

I can hear you gasping.

Yes it's full of people who are older than me.

In fact I think I am the youngest.


I went to the woman's institute with my mother when I was seven I think it was a talk on birds.



I went to the on a trip to the New Forest as well I think .

And that is my only venture till now into the world of the woman's institute .

I joked  " I suppose we sing Jerusalem"

We sang a hymn it was  "`Jerusalem"

I rather like this hymn.

Yes there this cake.

NO doubt there are cliques but in the most friendly of ways.

There was a resolution to vote on for and it was to vote against genital mutilation.

Which I think it a rather good cause !

Who says the woman's Institute was out of touch !

There is a  "Fifty Shades of Blue " party where you wear blue .

I suspect I shouldn't go dressed as a giant smurf ....

Frugal Feet

This is a guest post from the lovely Emma who blogs over at Jumbly Mummy she has very kindy written a blog post for me . And the emphasis with it being the new year is being frugal. I love the idea of doing my own spa treatments and saving the pennies at the same time.

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Frugal Feet

In the New Year many of us fancy a rest. A bit of me-time. Some luxurious pampering. But if, like me, you've spent the festive period eating 'luxury' mince pies and 'finest' Christmas Cake then your budget for 'luxurious' is probably a little stretched. But luxury pampering doesn't have to mean salons and spas and one of the best ways to refresh yourself at this time of year is an awesome home-pedicure that you can repeat as often as you like for a tenth of the price of a salon.

My recipe for frugal feet requires few basics but once you have them, a luxury pedicure is available whenever you need a bit of pampering. All you have to do is to find half an hour of me-time (which is easier said than done!)

Step 1. Soak.

Drape your favourite bath towel over your radiator to warm up. Pour yourself a washing up bowl of warm water filled with your favourite bubble bath, or, if you own a footspa fill it with water and add a teeny tiny drop of bubble bath so that the bubbles don't overflow! Find yourself a comfy chair, turn the lights low, play some mellow music and soak both feet for a good ten minutes. Before your feet start to shrivel(!) take them out and wrap them up in your warm towel.

Step 2. Scrub

Please the towel on the floor below your feet. Using a foot file, rub the dead skin from the heels and the toe pads. It looks icky, but it makes your feet feel like new.

Step 3. Minty Rub

Give your feet a really invigorating massage with a very simple minty moisturiser. The trick here to to buy a REALLY plain and incredibly cheap hand lotion or plain moisturising lotion and before you rub it in, sprinkle on two drops of Peppermint essential oil (you can buy this from most pharmacies). Trust me, a peppermint foot rub is one of the most tingly, refreshing feelings you can experience, made all the better if you can rope an unsuspecting family member into massaging your feet for you!

Step 4. Polish.

Remove any traces of polish using nail polish remover, push back the cuticles (with a wooden cuticle stick ideally) and apply a base coat to prevent your nails from staining. Apply one or two coats of your favourite polish and if you have one, finish it all off with a top coat.

Step 5. Relax!

Because your nail polish needs to dry fully before you go anywhere or do anything you have the perfect excuse to sit down and do absolutely nothing while your family pander to your every need.