Beauty, Bargains and Beyond

*I received this product for free but the opinions are my own. I am definitely not a cook, it's not a case of won't cook it's more a case of can't cook I'm rubbish. I have tried to cook over the years but it's very rare that I have made anything decent. I have even tried the meal delivery plans where you are sent the ingredients you need and a step by step plan and I can still make a mess of it, so when I was offered the chance to try out the Love Yourself Balanced Diet Meal Plan* I jumped at the chance. This is not only a meal delivery plan that delivers the meal ready cooked you can also choose the amount of calories you want to eat per day and the plan I was sent was 1500 calories per day which allowed me to stay within my planned calories on my current diet. The meal plan includes 5 meals per day.   They are cooked each day using fresh ingredients and delivered daily each evening.  The meals include breakfast, lunch, dinner and 2 snacks and you can also ...

I recently enjoyed a visit to  Red's True BBQ in Leeds for the first time and I heartily recommend it.  The service is super fast and the food is delicious. Just don't visit if you are on a diet as you will fall off the wagon completely.  I didn't bother with a starter as I knew that the main course would be way more than enough for me. I ordered the Juicy Lucifer burger which came with spicy fries and I also ordered a side order of giant onion rings.  The onion rings were nearly as big as the burger and sadly I only managed to eat one of them.  If you like spicy food then I definitely recommend the J uicy Lucifer.  It contains 2 5oz steak patties with a melted spicy 3 cheese centre, fried onions, pickles, dirty sauce, peppered bacon, mustard and spicy hot wing sauce.  Man my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Sorry for the quality of the photo below it's a bit embarrassing taking photos of your food and I really wanted to tuck in as it lo...

I have to admit that I was thinking of cancelling the Degustabox after the July box, not because I didn't like the first box I received, but mainly as I am trying to cut down my spending on unnecessary items.  Having received the July box, I do like the contents, so I will keep going with my subscription for a while longer. Here's what's in the July box: Starting with the drinks I received 3 Zeo Drinks (275ml each) - RRP £1.29 each - The flavours I received were Zest Lime, Peach & Grapefruit Burst and  Citrus Crush.  I just tried the zest lime and to be honest it's not very zesty, so I'm hoping the others taste stronger.   I also received 2 Hornsby's Blueberry Cider (330ml) - RRP £1.25 each - I really like fruit ciders, it's one of my favourite tipples other than Rose Wine, especially on a hot summers day.  I have never tried a blueberry version, so looking forward to trying this one. I received 3 bags of Portlebay Popcorn (25g) - RRP £0.79 ...