I don’t know why I wanted eclairs. I think I saw a picture somewhere in my hours of endless scrolling. Anyway in order to come to a recipe that made a bubble safe number of eclairs I had to myself make an unholy number first. Each recipe I turned to reported that it made upwards of 20 eclairs. I know it is a time for comfort eating but 20 between 2-4 people probably is pushing it.
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Raspberry and Custard Doughnuts
I wanted to talk about chivalry. Not the door opening, bag carrying chivalry, but the chivalry that involves giving people the respect they deserve.
I always have a bitch and a moan about how some guys are dicks and treat girls so badly. One minute they are all over you then the next they suddenly stop talking to you and become incredibly elusive for no reason. I get so frustrated by their rudeness and lack of balls to just tell ladies the truth.
Here I was being all woe is me, boys are so awful, why am I perpetually attracted to emotion-phobes and dick heads? Then I stopped and for the first time I looked at my own actions.
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Custard Filled Chocolate Eclairs
Having power walked and chugged my way through a vegan protein smoothie (don't you worry I'm not converting!) with my excellent friend Sophie this morning, I found myself home alone with only my thoughts to keep me company. I resorted to vacuuming my car for the first time ever (seriously I had a quarry's worth of stones under my floor mat) and then washing it (with dishwashing liquid - desperate times people). After I was soaked head to toe I then proceeded to marinate some chicken for dinner. Having another two hours before people arrived back home I then found myself piping out eclair batter onto a baking tray.
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