BLOG'N'BAKE @ STREET FEAST LONDON - PALEO LEMON BARS

Phew, I feel like I've been cracking Eggs and juicing lemons for hours, its worth it though!

They've all gone into the Paleo Treats I'll be selling at Street Feast London on Saturday as part of the Blog'n'Bake collective and the #BloggerSaturday event Street Feast are hosting! I'll be there from Noon with Hannah, Giulia & Wendy selling a variety of our favourites including my contribution of Paleo Lemon Bars, Lemon Pound Cake and Blueberry, Banana & Chocolate Brownies. 

These are recipes I make and enjoy on a regular basis and all of them are Paleo friendly meaning no gluten, grains, diary or refined sugar. So if you're at all interested in trying some Paleo baked goods please come down as I'd love to meet some UK Paleo folks. 

They'll be plenty of other not so Paleo options thanks to Giulia making her Carrot Cake (I can confirm it is amazing and definitely part of my 20%), Hannah making the Canadian classic of Naniamo Bars and Wendy crafting her Lemon Tarts.

The Lemon Bars above are based on the recipe by the uber talented Danielle from Against All Grain. If you're interested in making them yourself check out the recipe here: http://www.againstallgrain.com/2013/05/10/luscious-lemon-bars-nut-free/

If you haven't already, check out her amazing recipes and order yourself a copy of her book!

MY BIRTHDAY 2012

This year has been a gastronomic extravaganza! Cookies, Coffee, Cinnamon Buns, Cheesecake!

I've never been a huge birthday guy but I'm turning the grand out age of 24 and a lot of 'stuff' has fallen into place nicely! I had some good news at work, got a Nexus 7 and a nice shiny new laptop to play with all weekend. It made up for the huge amount of driving I've been doing recently.

On Friday night after a good tennis session I returned home to a plate of freshly baked chocolate coffee cookies care of Hannah and a batch of cinnamon buns ready to be put in the oven on Saturday morning which left the house smelling of sugary sweet cinnamon. Amazing!

On Saturday we made our usual trip to Seasons for a coffee followed by a walk with Eggs and relaxed afternoon watching the Olympics whilst enjoying our baked goods. On Sunday I awoke the most amazing present - a Chemex! I've got a Presso, Aeropress and Gaggia Classic and I've wanted to add a Chemex to that list for a while. Now I have! I think this should be the start of a tradition - A coffee themed gift for every Christmas and Birthday.

On Sunday afternoon we headed to my parents for a lovely meal of including champagne, fajitas and my mother's famous chocolate cheesecake. To top the afternoon off Andy Murray made Federer look a little silly to get us some gold and my Mum made some chocolate vanilla cupcakes

Did I also mention my parents got me two tickets for the Harry Potter studio tour? Yeah, a good birthday!