Happy Valentine's Day everyone! If you have left it too late to get a present for your loved one or you just want to treat yourself why not try one of these great Valentine's Day inspired recipes?!
Some of these recipes are American so the ingredients list is slightly different to ours in the UK. Click here for a guide on how to convert US recipes for the UK.
Oh wow have you seen this amazing sport? It is really popular in the USA and it's now sweeping the UK!
If you haven't seen Whip It yet then get yourself onto Netflix and get watching! A 2009 film directed by Drew Barrymore really gives you a good view of what Roller Derby is all about! With speed hotpants and a good old healthy dose of competition what more can you ask for?
Click here to take a sneek peek of what this womens-only sport is all about in the UK. If you fancy trying it out for yourself there are teams popping up all over Britain and you can visit Roller Derby UK for loads of great information on Roller Derby including Player Profiles and their own Blog too!
I personally found myself getting very excited that I have a team local to me called Dorset Roller Girls and get this, they practice just down the road from me! Such an empowing sport with great outfits too (I'm thinking hotpants, fishnets & roller skates how can you resist?) really ignites an unkown desire to take up roller derby for myself! The only thing that puts me off is the fact that I literally cannot skate to save my life plus I'm only 5'1" and not sure I could handle being pushed about lol! I'm totally loving the idea of it though and I'm really looking for an excuse to check this sport out for myself! I may have to be 'passing by' during training one evening or something? Ha!
Wow check out this amazing recipe from Buns In My Oven (my absolute favourite food blog)! If you love peanut butter you will love these Chocolate Peanut Butter Reese's Sandwich Cookies!
The only problem with this American recipe is trying to convert the recipe for us Brits, but I have found this conversion table from The Good Food Channel which should do the trick:
AMERICAN LIQUID MEASURES
1 cup US = 240ml 1 pint US = 480ml 1 quart US = 950ml
AMERICAN SOLID MEASURES
1 cup flour = 125g flour 1 cup butter = 225g butter 1 cup brown sugar = 170g brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar = 170g granulated sugar 1 cup icing sugar = 100g icing sugar 1 cup uncooked rice = 170g rice 1 cup chopped nuts = 100g chopped nuts 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs = 150g fresh breadcrumbs 1 cup sultanas = 140g sultanas
If you have 'cups' to measure the ingredients then of course you can use these. Apparently it shouldn't actually matter what size the cups are as long as you use the same 'cups' to measure all the ingredients for your recipe this way all the quantities will be relevant.
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