Can You Make It Through This Post Without Your Mouth Watering?

Raspberry and rhubarb wasn't a flavour combo I'd thought of before, but researching this blog post has me absolutely dying to try it. I love crumble, and the addition of raspberry gives it a summery spin. 

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For a quick, easy summertime recipe, try this raspberry rhubarb fruit crumble. It's light, refreshing, easy to put together, and is the perfect accompaniment to a lazy evening spent outdoors with friends. And you can enjoy it knowing that this recipe is as healthy as it is delicious. With an extremely low FODMAP (what is a low FODMAP diet?) it's great for people with dietary issues that might be bothered by heavier summertime deserts.


Either for a get together with friends or a simple night in with the family, this is one summertime desert you don't want to miss out on.

Ingredients:
3 large rhubarb stalks
handful of Raspberries
21 grams Oats
21 grams Quinoa or Rice Flakes
21 grams Coconut Thread
1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil
1 Teaspoon cinnamon
Maple Syrup

Method
1. Chop the rhubarb stalks into thin slices. Try to cut the slices as uniformly as possible, so the rhubarb will cook evenly.

2. Drop the rhubarb into a large pan, and add enough water to coat the bottom. Heat the water to a boil, and let the rhubarb cook at a hard boil for at least 10 minutes. It's hard to over-cook rhubarb, but very easy to under-cook it - so when in doubt, let it cook a little longer. When the rhubarb is done, thecolour should be uniform and the rhubarb chunks should easily fall apart when pierced with a knife.

3. Once the rhubarb is done, turn off the heat, but leave the pan over the hot eye. Add in your raspberries and stir thoroughly. Allow the mixture to sit for 10 to 20 minutes, until the raspberries have dissolved and the mixture has thickened slightly.

4. While the mixture cools, combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add the coconut oil to the dry mix, and incorporate with your fingers. The mixture will take on a loose, crumbly consistency, like wet sand.

5. Spread the crumble mixture out on a sheet pan, and bake in a 350 degree oven for 5 minutes. Gently stir the mixture, and return to the oven for 5 more minutes, or until golden brown.

6. Taste the cooled fruit mixture. Add maple syrup until sweet enough for your taste.

7. Spoon some of the fruit mixture into a bowl. Top with a generous portion of the crumble topping, and serve immediately. 

8. Enjoy!

 

If you think you may have a food intolerance or allergy be sure to check out YorkTest, food intolerance test experts.

 
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Please Vote for TheWorldofKitsch.com in the Irish Blog Awards 2013

There's only a few days left to nominate TheWorldofKitsch.com in the Irish Blog Awards, if you are a fan. The form is here and I'd scroll down to the Personal Blog and Lifestyle Blog categories, you can nominate me in as many categories as you want. You can nominate even if you live outside Ireland, and my email address for the form is kitschandink@me.com Thank you!

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The Big Family School Year Diary. Sometimes a Pen & Paper Saves the Day. Plus: Free Organisational Print Outs.

Mum's Office specialises in beautiful stationary for organising a busy life. I have been after something like this for about two years, and was planning on getting a Filofax type thing (remember all the beauty bloggers went mad for them about 3 years ago?!) but I never got round to it (ironically, disorganisation stopped me).

Mum's Office sent me their purple Big Family School Year Diary, which runs from August 2013 until August 2014. It simply must be designed by a mum, because it has all the room and sections you need, that other diaries lack. 

It's always nice to receive products to review, but this is a real winner for me, and they've cleverly secured me as a customer for next year. This will be my bible for the next year. There's also enough room to organise my blogging, making lists of reviews I've to get on with. 

Check out the site, and take advantage of their free print out organisation sheets, for all registered customers. You can't beat a good freebie. 

 

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My Top Arm-Decor Picks Under £50 From The Jewel Hut. Shiny, Shiny!

The Jewel Hut is a long-standing business that's successfully made the move from their 21 UK-wide stores, to a complimentary clean & bright online store front.

Stocking popular brands Pandora, Thomas Sabo & Links of London, it's a secure and safe place to buy gifts or pieces for yourself, with free delivery & gift wrapping available.

They let me pick a piece, this freshwater pearl bracelet that's very unusual, on a yellow watch strap.  

You can find The Jewel Hut on Twitter too-  @TheJewelHut

 

 £49.99

 £49.99

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Fossil £45

Fossil £45

Sence £43

Sence £43

Good Works £32.95

Good Works £32.95

Good Works £32.95

Good Works £32.95

Pasha £24.95

Pasha £24.95

Pasha £21.95

Pasha £21.95

Thomas Sabo £16.95

Thomas Sabo £16.95

Pandora £45

Pandora £45

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Basically Bonkers Bedrooms

Visit MoneySupermarket to compare home insurance to keep your own beautiful home safe. 

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Errrrrrr..... No thanks

Errrrrrr..... No thanks

Local Lady Sera & Her New Cosmopolitan Pink Hair. Let's Help Her Win a Blog Award.

This year The World of Kitsch didn't make it into the Cosmo Blog Award finals, BUT my good friend Sera's blog The Agoraphobic Fashionista did, so my mission is to repay all the times she has supported me in blog awards, and ask all of you, my readers, to join me in voting for her to win her category.  

Sera is a fashion & beauty blogger but the interesting spin on her personal blog is the fact she speaks openly about mental health and her struggle to cope with her illness. Sadly that is the very reason she is unable to attend the actual Cosmo Awards event, which is always great fun, but she has given them a little nod with her brand new, hot Cosmo-pink hair-do. I love it! 

To help Sera win the Lifestyle Category, vote here for The Agoraphobic Fashionista.

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Can't Decide What Colour to Paint the Kitchen? Paint It EVERY Colour; oh & Bring the Bucket of Lego

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Cable & Cotton, Grown Up Fairy Lights You Can Design Yourself

When I was 13 I had the great want to be an interior Designer. Most of my scribbled, felt tip masterpieces included an important accessory- fairy lights. My favourite idea was to cover a ceiling in fake ivy, with twinkling fairy lights poking between the leaves. Absolutely lovely for the Rainforest Cafe, but not really okay with my parents in a suburban home. I did however cello tape some pieces of plastic ivy up the wall beside my bed, and wound some plain white fairy lights through that. As you can imagine, this looked INCREDIBLE. Ahem. 

Anyway, the fairy lights thing still hadn't abated even though I'm now 32. A few years ago I bought bird shaped fairy lights in Ikea, and I've a string of lampshaded, twee lights inside one of my cabinets.  But most people's houses are more stylish than mine, and that's where I introduce you to Cable and Cotton.

 

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These beautiful linenesque globed lights are gentle mood lighting suitable for any home. The globes come in dozens of colours, and you can handpick the colour scheme you desire on the website, and choose the number of lights too.

I picked one of the preselected colour schemes, mojito, as I knew the colours would be right with our vintage print duvet. The lights are on a clear string, so no ugly green wires when it's day time.  

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And how gorgeous does this wedding look with a ceiling of Cable and Cotton lighting? I also think small shops could be very funky by decorating their window or shop with lights in their exact logo colours. Very eye catching. Prices start at around £24.

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If you are living near Brighton, you can visit the first Cable and Cotton store. It looks like my dream shop. 

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