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About Emily Davenport, Head of Dairy Diary

Head of Dairy Diary; I'm passionate about producing high quality products that our customers will cherish. I'm also a mum of three and I enjoy cooking, walking, gardening and painting with my family, as well as printmaking (when I find the time!)

Competition | Summer Cocktails and Party Drinks

Summer Cocktails and Party Drinks

Quick the sun is out! So now is the perfect moment to learn how to make a Margherita and a Pimms.

Need a little more inspiration?

Well enter our competition to win a Cocktail Kit and 150 Party Drinks Book…

Competition | Win cocktail kit

Win a fabulous Cocktail Kit and 150 Party Drinks Book.

No fun party is complete without cocktails! Which is why this Cocktail Kit has been specially chosen so you have all the essentials you need to mix up a variety of cocktails and deal with any drink request!

This fun set contains the 150 Party Drinks Book, an easy to follow cocktail recipe guide with colour images.

To help get you mixing we’ve included a Manhattan Cocktail Shaker with built in strainer, a Wooden Muddler for crushing cocktail ingredients, a Freeflow Pourer and and Jigger Spirit Measure for serving spirits and a Twisted Mixing Spoon for stirring and layering cocktails.

To finish off your cocktail creations the kit also contains decorative Swizzle Stick Disc Stirrers, Foil Cocktail Umbrellas and Indoor Sparklers to really make your cocktails sparkle! A great introduction to cocktail mixing.

Kit contains:
1 x Manhattan Cocktail Shaker
1 x 150 Party Drinks Book
1 x Wooden Muddler
1 x Twisted Mixing Spoon
1 x Spirit Jigger Measure
1 x Stainless Steel Freeflow Pourer
25 x Swizzle Stick Disc Stirrers
24 x Foil Cocktail Umbrellas
10 x Indoor Sparklers

Enter now at Facebook or our website.

Good luck.

Competition | Win a Cocktail Kit

Competition | Win cocktail kit

Win a fabulous Cocktail Kit and 150 Party Drinks Book.

No fun party is complete without cocktails! Which is why this Cocktail Kit has been specially chosen so you have all the essentials you need to mix up a variety of cocktails and deal with any drink request!

This fun set contains the 150 Party Drinks Book, an easy to follow cocktail recipe guide with colour images.

To help get you mixing we’ve included a Manhattan Cocktail Shaker with built in strainer, a Wooden Muddler for crushing cocktail ingredients, a Freeflow Pourer and and Jigger Spirit Measure for serving spirits and a Twisted Mixing Spoon for stirring and layering cocktails.

To finish off your cocktail creations the kit also contains decorative Swizzle Stick Disc Stirrers, Foil Cocktail Umbrellas and Indoor Sparklers to really make your cocktails sparkle! A great introduction to cocktail mixing.

Kit contains:
1 x Manhattan Cocktail Shaker
1 x 150 Party Drinks Book
1 x Wooden Muddler
1 x Twisted Mixing Spoon
1 x Spirit Jigger Measure
1 x Stainless Steel Freeflow Pourer
25 x Swizzle Stick Disc Stirrers
24 x Foil Cocktail Umbrellas
10 x Indoor Sparklers

Enter now at Facebook or our website.

Good luck.

Your Holiday Checklist


We have just enjoyed a wonderful family holiday in Mallorca, which really helped me to relax and forget the stresses and strains of everyday life.

However, I felt more stressed than ever in the week before I went, trying to remember everything I had to do and pack.

Packing for a family holiday

This year, I have vowed to make a holiday packing list, laminate it and keep it in the suitcase so I don’t have to try and think about it each and every year.

To save you the job, here is the Dairy Diary’s list on what to remember and what to take:

Before you go

  • Check all passports, EHIC cards are up to date and you have any necessary visas
  • Book pets into kennels
  • Order currency
  • Book airport transfer or parking
  • Research your destination; where to visit, what to prepare for; what to avoid
  • Take out travel insurance (and leave a copy with a friend or relative)
  • Book your transfers/car hire at your destination

Dairy Diary Holiday Checklist

Have a wonderful time!

Shrewsbury BiscuitsAnd something to take on the plane/bus/car…

Shrewsbury Biscuits
from AroundBritain
Dairy Cookbook.

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Shrewsbury Biscuits recipe

Shrewsbury BiscuitsOriginally made in 1760 by a Mr Palin in Shropshire, these biscuits have a light texture and lemony flavour and are very simple to prepare.

Shrewsbury Biscuits

Recipe taken from Around Britain Dairy Cookbook.

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School Dinners

Have school dinners improved?

Tomorrow, we have been invited to lunch at my son’s school for his first visit.

I must admit, I am quite looking forward to it. It’s nice to be able to see the environment he will be eating in, but also to taste the food. I have high hopes!

After Jamie’s revolution of the school dinner, surely we must be in for a treat? Will it be like dining at Fifteen?!!

Possibly not. I doubt that they will serve the stunning shiraz I enjoyed when I ate at Fifteen many years ago. And perhaps beef carpaccio followed by goat’s cheese and pumpkin ravioli may be a little exotic for the palate of a four year-old!

In all seriousness though, after the many campaigns it does seem that food in schools has come a very long way since my day when the “salads were reserved for the teachers” and the chicken supreme looked like cat sick.

I was partial to the chocolate pudding
and lurid mint custard though!

In my son’s school the pupils help to devise the menu, which is healthy but realistic. It’s all well and good producing fabulous food, but it has to appeal to children too. Nowhere on the menu have I seen the infamous turkey twizzler, but instead there are nutritious dishes such as spaghetti and meatballs and lamb & vegetable kebabs with rice.

Some local councils still have some way to go with their ethics on school meals.
In the case of Martha Payne, her local council tried to ban her blog on school dinners, as they claimed it could lead to some catering staff losing their jobs. Martha built up an audience of more than six million people after she started posting pictures and marking her school meals out of 10. After the support of many children, parents and celebrities the council did a U-turn on their original decision and the blog has raised nearly £100,000 for the charity Mary’s Meals, which sets up school feeding projects in some of the world’s poorest communities.

 

Cherry Cupcakes recipeThis weekend heralded the school summer
fair and my offering comprised these lovely
Cherry Cupcakes for the cake table.

I think they were quite a hit (but not as
popular as the prize-every-time brantub!)

 

 

 

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Cherry Cupcakes

Cherry Cupcakes recipeA favourite with children of all ages!

Makes 12 cakes
Time 30 mins
Calories 265 per cake
Fat 14g of which 8.5g is saturated
Suitable for vegetarians

Butter 175g (6oz)
Caster sugar 110g (4oz)
Eggs 2, beaten
Self-raising flour 110g (4oz)
Glacé cherries 50g (2oz), chopped
Icing sugar 110g (4oz)
White chocolate buttons and halved glacé cherries to decorate

1 Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Spread out 12 paper cases on baking sheets, or put them into patty tins.

2 Cream 110g (4oz) butter and all caster sugar together until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in eggs, beating well after each addition. Fold in flour, then chopped cherries.

3 Fill paper cases half full and bake for 15–20 minutes, until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

4 Beat remaining butter with icing sugar for butter icing and spread over top of cooled cakes. 5 Decorate with white chocolate buttons and glacé cherries.

A Dairy Diary recipe.

 

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