Swirly Lacha Parottas... Indian flatbread

So my mum's in India and I have been doing some cooking for my dad while she's been away. Its been years since I've cooked saak rotli (proper indian food) but I've been a good Indian girl and had a go! Yesterday my poor father had to eat my slightly burnt bhinda (okra) which he did without complaining but there's no doubt he's really missing mums cooking! 

While I was blog surfing I came accross this recipe on Priya's Now Serving  for an Indian flatbread named Lacha Parotta or what I like to call swirly parotta...oh my gosh the photo's were seriously making me salivate! So to treat my dad a little I decided to try and make these!

I must admit I'm not a very good cook but I do like to have a go. I put so much love into these parotta's cos I really wanted to get them right...I did make a mistake by using baking powder rather than baking soda but I think the overall result turned out ok consider this lil mistake and the fact that I have never make any type of parotta before!

Here are a few pics I snapped whilst making them...I had to use my phone camera cos my mum has taken my camera to India. What do you think? If you have made these...do you have any tips to make mine better??

Cherry Lane xoxo

Fashion Spotlight: Golden Globes 2012

Hey everyone! Last night the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held in LA. You've probably already seen some of the red carpet photo's but here is a run down of some of my favourites...

Zooey Deschanel in Prada - This is on many 'Worst' lists but I actually really love this dress...its def my fav!

Diana Agron in J. Mendel - I love the top half with its laser cut (literally) origami design

Emma Stone in Lanvin - flawlessly elegant

Evan Rachel-Wood in Gucci - beautiful rich mermaid dress

Jessica Alba in Gucci - absolutely stunning as always

Jenna Dewan in Marcia Lucia Hohan - A little too much boob but lovely dress

Maria Menounos - this is my wild card! No idea who the designer is but I absolutely looove it! Not many people can pull off yellow!!

Sarah Hyland in Dolce & Gabanna - Poor Sarah had a lil fashion crisis when her zipper broke but she recovered and still looked beautiful

Salma Hayek in Gucci

Sofia Vergara in Vera Wang - I love VW but I cant say this is one of my fav's just because of the heavy train but I had to include Sofia as she is an absolute bombshell!

Madonna in Reem Acra

My favourite hair do was by far Nicole Richie...isnt is gorgeous!

 And a few hotties just for fun...

Adam Levine

Gerard Butler

The awesome Joseph Gordon-Levitt withnWill Reiser

Mark Salling

Photos: Source1 Source2 Source3 Source4

Oreo Cheesecake and Hot Tubs...Perfect Weekend!

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! What did y'all get upto?? Me? Well I invited some friends round to my place on Friday night I cooked a really lovely meal (even though I do say so myself lol) with prawns as a starter, paprika chicken and I made a yummy baked Oreo Cheesecake to top it off lol! It was so nice to just chill with my friends at my house and have a nice girly night in!

I didnt have time take photo's of the food on the night but these are og the leftovers lol. If you want to try making this at home its super easy!! Here is the recipe for the Paprika Chicken and here is the recipe for the Oreo Cheesecake. I accidently put double the amount of Oreo's in the cheesecake mix by mistake but hey...you can never get enough Oreo's right?! lol! You can also make an eggless version of this really easily...all you need to do is leave the egg out and dont bake it...this will give you more of a traditional fridge cheesecake.

Then on the Saturday I had a quick stroll around my town centre then went to my friends house...I'm so jealous of her because she has a massive hot tub in her garden! oh my gosh...its just soooo heavenly!! All the bubbles massaging your muscles, the beautiful multicoloured lights..so relaxing!! Especially awesome when its cold outside!!

Sorry these photos arent the greatest but I only had my iPhone camera with me. What you did guys get upto this weekend? I would love to hear your stories!

Cherry Lane xoxo

NOTD Elegant Glam

Hiya! I'm really loving this particular nail combo that I've been wearing recently so I thought I would share it with you! Its two coats of ELF's 'Innocent' and one of 'Glitter Glam'. I love the tiny shimmery particles in Glitter Glam, they shine so beautifully and make any polish look stunning!

Introducing my babies...

My fish!!  I got my fish tank tank (Fluval Edge) about 6 months ago. I've always loved fish and think they are just soo beautiful so when I moved back home I decided I really wanted one!! And I also think fish tanks are a really pretty feature to a home. I've got 5 fish in there right now...

Orange platy named Sunset

Neon tetra which is the big one with the blue and red stripes named Blaine

Cardinal tetra which is the smaller one with the blue stripe named Pip

Black guppy which is called Snoop

And our newest member of the fam who was born on New Years Day by Sunset...the small baby platy named Tinie

Aren't they cute?!!

Cherry Lane xoxo

Traditional English Sunday Lunch...

Sunday lunch is an age old tradition - meat, yorkshire pudding, stuffing, roast potatoes, carrots and some greens for good measure.

I met up with a friend today at my favourite pub in my home town called The Dun Cow in Rugby and had the most amazing Sunday lunch of my life! I hadn't been there for a while so was really looking forward to it...I already knew the food here was good but this Sunday lunch was another level!!  I had the lamb shank which was just so incredibly beautiful..I'm talking fall of the bone tender! And the gravy sauce packed a huge punch of flavour! I'm used to spices and lots of flavour but this gravy was something else..it was outta this world! lol

I'm so gutted though because they had a gorgeous roaring fire inside which in my haste to get back home, I forgot to take a photo off! Oh well, I will just have to go back again soon to take one lol!

Cherry Lane xoxo

Random pic of a thatched house across the road from the pub

Check out the cute old lady coming out the pub...such a charming outfit lol

Lamb shank, Yorkshire Pudding (the round thing), roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots, brocoli,
sprouts and that amazing gravy!!

and DONE! lol

I have a confession to make...

My name is Cherry Lane and I am a tellyaddict. There I said it...phew!! I feel so much better for getting that out there! I am crazy addicted to American TV shows and proud of it!! lol I have a whole list of shows I watch every week but to share with you my journey to addict...this is part one of my story...

It started gradually...a few episodes of Sex in the City and Desperate Housewives...we've all been there right?

Then in my old flat we got a Sky+ Box (DVR) so I could record any show I wanted and watch it whenever I felt like. I began to record entire seasons of Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl. I used to live a very hectic and busy life but every now and again I would get a free Sunday and spent it catching up on all the Greys and GG I had saved up.

Then came the show that changed my life (ok that might be abit of an exaggeration)..GLEE!! The music! The way they revived old songs and put a fresh spin on new ones....the mashups! I just love watching musicals in the West End and Glee was like watching a musical and funny show combined! I fell in love with the insane characters like Sue Sylvester and watching in anticipation to see which crazy out Kurt was wearing this week and Mercedes friggin AMAZING voice! I would drive my Italian housemate crazy because he didnt couldnt quite understand all the american jokes in the show and with my Sky+ remote I would keep rewinding my favourite songs over and over again! I'm sure you've probably already heard Glee's version of Journey's Dont Stop Beleiving as it become friggin huge! But here a few others from season one that got me hooked....

This is the moment I fell in love with Mercedes...

A classic Rachel Barry choir room number with a side of Mike Chang's sweet moves...

I'm a sucker for a love song so I had to include this....Its just so beautiful I became soooo crazy obssesed with it!

Hope you enjoyed these songs and tune in for the instalment of my tv addiction...

Cherry Lane xoxo

Makeup Inspiration - Bronze Smoky Eye

Hi everyone! Since I started my own blog I have become a little obsessed with all makeup and beauty blogs. I just looove seeing all the beautiful looks that people have created and seeing the tutorials on how they did it! So I one night I was kinda bored...I decided to get out my own small makeup collection and see what I could come up with! Here is the result..let me know what you think!!

PRODUCTS USED:

ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer
Stila Smudge Pot in Copper (a friend bought this for me from NYC ages ago but I never really had time to experiment with it and now I absolutely love it!!)
MAC Eyeshadow in Black Tied
MAC Eyeshadow in Contrast
ELF Cream Eyeliner in Black
ELF Mineral Eyeshadow in Elegant (which I am also in looove with)
Bourjois Liner Effect Mascara
No.7 Amazing Eyes Pencil in Brown for brows

My Guest Post on House of Pinheiro - Sari's, Bindi's & Bollywood!

Hey girlies! My friend over at House of Pinheiro needed some guest writers in Jan for her super cute sewing/fashion blog! I had been promising her for a while so I decided to give it a go and I'm so glad I did because I had so much fun writing this! Please check out my post here and have a look around while you're there, her blog is filled with such awesomeness!

Here's a little sneak peak of one of the shots that didnt get used in the post...

Cherry Lane xoxo

Calling Ladies of Mumbai and Surat!! I need your help!!

First of all a huuuge sorry to those people who are gona be bored by this post cos I know its not going to appeal to everyone!!

So, you might have read that my mum is going to India in...eeek just a week - 10th Jan! She's only going to be there for 10 days and will be spending 2 days in Mumbai and the rest in Gujarat. Just in case your wondering my family come from a small village near Bardoli in Gujarat.

So while she is there she also needs to do a little shopping for my cousin's wedding...we need to buy about 50 gifts for around Rs100 each to give out to guests during one of the functions. Obviously I want something really awesome and not just a lame steel nu cup lol! This is where I need your help!! Have your seen any fun wedding gifts in Mumbai, Surat or Bardoli? Because my mum doesnt have much time I wanted to do a little research myself before she leaves and so I wanted to ask you...my lovely blog friends... Do you guy know any good shops that my mum can check out while she's there?

To give you an idea of the kind of thing I'm looking for...this is a gift that was given out at my friend's wedding. Its a Ganesh wall hanging and I just love it so much! It's really original, has a modern edge, so pretty and very usable. My friend said that she got them from a store on 'Gift Galli' near Crawford Market in Mumbai...have you heard of this street? Do you know any specific store which are good?  Any suggestions and ideas would be sooo appreciated!!

Also just a kinda add on....any unique wrapping suggestions for these gifts? oh and I need to make a basket type thing for some sari's too. Any idea's photos, inspirations would be hugely appreciated!! Please post links and feel free to email me photo's.  This is the first time I have actually had to do this myself and I really want it to be kick ass and stand out!

Much love, Cherry Lane xoxo