Caroline Makes....

  Last year my daughter had a ‘lockdown birthday’; COVID-19 restrictions meant that we couldn’t have a party, couldn’t have family to visit ...

I’ve been looking through old photos on my phone and remembering the fun things I did with my daughter pre-pandemic, and all the places we w...

Butlin’s today is a far cry from the self catering caravan holidays I remember as a child in the 1980s. Today there are smart hotels, apartm...

Anyone for a Christmas dinner on a skewer? In the run-up to Christmas I went for a festive lunch at the Trading House , a bar and restaurant...

These little treats are easy and fun to make and are great for a children’s Christmas party or to make at home with your kids. They don’t in...

I'm not sure what these cards are actually called - 'motivational quote cards' sounds a bit worthy and the sort of thing you mig...

Pizza Express hardly needs a review as I doubt there are many people who haven’t been to one before! And like most chains you would expect c...

These veggie nuggets are aimed at children but I think would be just as good for adults - and I wonder if instead of shaping into individual...

A few years ago the television presenter Davina McCall - best known for Big Brother - decided to give up sugar. I was vaguely aware that she...

A cornucopia of Italian food, a feast for the eyes as well as the stomach, a good place to meet friends or have lunch with colleagues, somew...

Sunny days are invariably linked in my mind with cocktails - probably as they remind me of beach holidays from two decades ago when my main ...

I’m not going to admit how long it’s been since I last went out for a restaurant meal in the evening with my husband - because it was some t...

This birthday card was made for a very dear friend I haven’t seen for over a year due to coronavirus. She actually sent me most of the thing...

The theme for a fifth wedding anniversary is wood so when my husband and I were celebrating that particular milestone recently I decided to ...

When you want a nice easy recipe where you can chuck everything into one pan to save time (and save on the washing up), a tray bake is a gre...

We’ve eaten quite a lot of takeaways during the pandemic, but not because we couldn’t get out to our favourite restaurants – since becoming ...

Eid Mubarak! Today is Eid-al-Fitr, a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims that marks the end of the Ramadan month of fasting. During Rama...

We fall squarely in the camp of ‘how on earth did people manage before Amazon Prime?’. A combination of not wanting to go to shops during lo...