Some different types of Easter eggs to enjoy!

Easter is nearly here and for my family it is all about the treats. We love Easter eggs. Chocolate always tastes better when it is shaped into an egg. There are thousands of different types out there now. I think every single type of chocolate bar comes with an egg now and each year there are plenty of new one's to try.

These are some of the stranger Easter eggs that I have seen lately:

Heston from Waitrose The Chocolate Scotch Egg - Waitrose - £4.80.

A British picnic favourite is sweetly reinvented: meet the chocolate scotch egg. Milk chocolate maple crunch replaces breadcrumbs, the meat is now a rich milk chocolate caramel ganache while a zesty mango and yuzu fondant forms the golden yolk at the centre.

Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses Cheesealicious Cheddar Easter Egg - Asda - £2.50.

This new Easter egg made entirely from creamy cheddar. Enjoy this Easter treat by spreading onto oatcakes, with a little dash of chutney, spread it on your toast or simply cut off a piece and nibble away!

Mini Ostrich Chocolate Easter Eggs - Choc In Choc - £12.00.

If you’re looking to treat a loved one to a novelty chocolate gift, this is just the right handmade chocolate for you. Who could possibly resist such silky smooth Belgian dark chocolate, or the beautiful, blue marbled surface on the eggs? Both eggs are finished with a beautiful golden feather design, dusted with edible gold and lovingly packaged in a box for the perfect gift.

Joe & Seph's Milk Chocolate Popcorn Easter Egg - Amazon - £18.99

A delicious milk chocolate Easter egg encrusted with salted caramel popcorn! A Chocolate Egg with a twist! Indulge in a luxurious egg made with seriously smooth milk chocolate. There’s so much more to discover though, crack open to discover the award winning Salted Caramel Popcorn encrusted in the shell. A delicious combination of sweet and salty to offer something unique this Easter. Perfect for gifting to friends, family or children. 

Eggstra Porky Easter Gift - Snaffling Pig - £14.00.

Easter Eggs are all well and good - but until now there has been little in the way of a springtime treat for those of a savoury pork based snack loving persuasion. Behind the shamelessly egg-shaped facade sits a large 275g jar of premium pork crackling, each brimming with an awesome flavour and cooked to utter crunchy perfection.

Flutter and Bloom Egg - Aldi - £14.99

Aldi’s utterly elegant Easter offering features 700g of thick milk chocolate, a mini blonde egg hidden within and 3D butterflies and flowers for decoration. It’s weird and wonderful and I really want it! 

Guinness Dark Chocolate Easter Egg - Very - £16.99.

This indulgently dark chocolate Easter egg is served alongside 6x mini pint liqueurs filled with dark and white chocolates with a Guinness flavoured centre. Everything comes presented in a smart gift box, making it the perfect choice for Easter gifting.

Do you fancy any of these?

We all have a junk drawer. What's in yours?

Since Ellie has gone back to school I have been doing all of those little jobs that I have put off for months like sorting out the cupboard with the bedding in, clearing the shoe rack and sorting the junk drawer in the kitchen.

There are some unwritten rules that we all blindly follow in our homes such as keeping all your carrier bags inside another carrier bag or putting clothes that have been lightly worn in a pile and not in the washing machine but the junk drawer is a thing of beauty.

No one sets out to create a junk drawer but somehow we all seem to have one. All your odd bits and bobs find their way in and before you know it you’ve lost track of what’s even in there. Messy drawers are the go to place to shove everything that doesn't have a home but do you even know what you’ve been putting in there?

I cleaned ours out recently and was surprised about some of the things in there. A lot of things I had forgotten about and some of the things shouldn't have been in there at all. Oops.

There must have been about 50 birthday candles, birthday banners and some balloons. I must remember later this year not to buy new one's.

There were a ton of instruction manuals for various things. One's that we don't really need anymore like the washing machine that we replaced last year and the coffee machine that we know how to work, we use it enough.

There was Sellotape which I needed a few weeks ago and couldn't find any. It never even crossed my mind to look in the junk drawer. I of course went out and bought more which I didn't really need to do. 

There were a ton of Elastoplast's and I don't know how they got in there because we do actually have a first aid box with Elastoplast's in. The same with the batteries, we have a box for batteries but I still found some in the drawer.

There were some keys? Don't ask me what they were for because I am not 100% sure. Even Stu had no idea. I checked whether they were for the windows but no, I am thinking they could be for a bike locks.

There were a ton of takeaway menus, old one's that are no use as the prices have changed. I have the news one's pinned to the notice board in the kitchen.

Other things in the drawer were kettle descaler which should have been in the cleaning cupboard under the sink, random screws, rubbers, pencils, hair bobbles, superglue and a screwdriver. Those type of things I spend time looking for but never seem to find. lol

What type of things are in your junk drawer?

Our weekly meal plan! 29th March - 4th April. #MealPlanningMonday

Last weeks meal plan went great we we ate everything apart from the Tuna pasta. Becky went for her vaccine on Thursday and while I was in town I got some pasties and sausage rolls from Greggs so we had them with chips. Becky has a check on her heart today so I will be making the most of being in town again and buying something nice for tea.

It's going to be a strange week. The kids break up from school and college for Easter on Wednesday so I know I will lost as to what day it is come Thursday. Then it's Easter and on Saturday I get my Covid vaccine. I got the text a couple of days ago inviting me to book and of course I did. I am half excited and half nervous. Fingers crossed that I don't get any bad side effects. Stu and Becky had hardly any so I am thinking knowing my luck I will get every side effect going.

On the menu this week we have:

Monday - Subway sandwiches from town.

Tuesday - Pie, mash and veg.

Wednesday - Spaghetti bolognese with garlic bread.

Thursday - Leftover bolognese in wraps.

Friday - Fish, chips and mushy peas.

Saturday - Pizza.

Sunday - Cottage pie and baked beans.

What are you eating this week?

The Easter eggs have been bought. #MySundayPhoto

Last week when I was in town I made a point of getting the kids their Easter eggs. I didn't want to rely on getting them through the online shopping in case they didn't deliver. 

Years ago the kids would have been happy with an egg from the pound shop but now they're older their tastes have changed and they like nicer chocolate, more expensive chocolate. lol I can't blame them, Lindor is my favourite too.