So, according to WordPress, I have not written a blog post in 71 days. There’s no legitimate excuse for this… But I’m going to try anyway.

On Saturday 28th November 2015, a group of us celebrated Thanksgiving (inspired by Flora). For this, we made 6 new recipes: lemon roast chicken, stuffed butternut squash, mushroom pate, chocolate mousse, homemade cranberry sauce, and a green bean salad. I was very chuffed because for me that was two weeks worth of recipes for the blog all tried and tested in one night! I would not let a single person touch their food until I had taken Instagram-worthy pictures of all of the food (I even made Jan pose with the chicken…)

However, the next day I managed to put my phone in the washing machine… Pictures and all. I was pretty disheartened by this.

At the same time, I had five deadlines in my final week of term, Christmas parties were happening, and I had embarked on a new gym regime that required much more effort and focus than the aimless cardio I was doing before. Once Christmas and New Year were out of the way, I felt like I had neglected the blog for too long to just pick it up again…

UNTIL TODAY. Today, Flora and I went to Deliciously Ella’s ‘Every Day’ book signing. Honestly, I had forgotten about it until I checked my emails this morning and had I remembered, I probably would have put a little more make-up on. It was at Planet Organic on Tottenham Court Road, just down the road from our office so thought we might as well pop by.

The book is uh-mazing. And Ella is such a babe. I spent the tube home looking at her new recipes and just wanted to try them all… And so here I am. The whole point of the ‘Every Day’ concept is that every body has time to cook healthy and try new things, and the same goes for me and my blog. It’s going to take a lot of motivation and a lot less Netflix, but I promise I will not be taking any more blog-cations.

Best wishes,

Chelsea (Bun) x