New year, new favourite kitchen thing

It's a new year, we're all trying to be "the new you" when all we really want to be is a bit thinner... But with the new year comes new things. My favourite new thing in the kitchen is most definitely:

Kenco Millicano Wholebean Instant.

Yes, really. I love it. It really is as good as they tell you on those annoying adverts, with the horny parents in the kitchen and the mother in a dressing gown running to school to snatch her pot out of the grasp of the harvest festival.

Smooth, rich, it's delicious. It might even be a bit better than what my espresso machine churns out bell. Maybe not, but it's really nice. Anyone wondering what to get me for Christmas? (A bit early I know - or a bit late?)

A bit nutty

Almond and apricot cookies - yummy!!

Quite squidgy on the inside, with a crunch on the outside - delicious. Really good with a hot cup of coffee from the espresso machine - perfect to warm you up on a winter's day.

Ideal for chomping on while panicking about what to get your loved ones for Christmas. I'm amazingly unprepared and lacking any creativity or imagination when it comes to gifts this year - I'm so worried about the house that Christmas has sadly taken a back seat. I will be making some yummy treats for everyone's parcels closer to the big day, but for main presents I normally have some fresh and different ideas. This year, socks all round....

To cheer us up for Christmas, the estate agents want an exorbitant amount of money just for doing a credit check. They want to charge the two of us about 150 times the cost of doing the check - even the bad men at the bank do it for free, but no, we have to wipe out our Christmas budget just for a bit of paper. Merry Bloomin' Christmas, Mr Estate Agent!

Oh, and because they don't know that Christmas is going on in the background, they didn't mind asking us yesterday if we could move into our potetial new home before the 25th December. Let me think.... That would be a no.

Mocha fairy cakes

Chocolate cakes with coffee buttercream, originally uploaded by Missy Cookie Monster.

Nom nom - chocolate fairy cakes with coffee buttercream. They might look a bit like they've been decorated with worm poo, but they taste lovely!