Showing posts with label gin-gins. Show all posts
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I cannot believe it is 2015 tomorrow! This year has flown by and has seen me start this blog along the way, I know - what would you do without this blog aye? As a newbie to the blogging community I have really found it rewarding seeing my views go up and being active on social media to chat with all of you! We pretty much all use Google Analytics to stay caught up on what is popular on our blogs and what the readers are enjoying, as well as the controversial blogger stats, and so it is here that I love reviewing what has been popular this year. I thought I would put together a Best of Ellie Kathleen list to see just exactly what you have been reading and maybe what you will want to see more of in 2015.
Number 5... Annie's Burger Shack, Nottingham A mixed review of a popular American style burger shack that has recently opened in Nottingham due to the popularity of the owner, Annie. The menu is huge and there should be something for everyone but I wasn't very convinced.
Number 4... What I'm Loving ... Gin-Gins! These sweet and slightly spicy ginger sweets were a big hit on my blog earlier this year when I reviewed them. Read this post and I am sure you will be heading out or searching the internet to get some yourself.
Number 3... Christmas Wish List / Gift Guide 2014 Everyone loves a good wish list or gift guide at this time of year and you all seemed to enjoy what was on mine! Christmas might be over but the sales are here so why not treat yourself to something of here.
Number 2... Dinner, Drinks and a Movie - Yamas, Nottingham A bit of Greek cuisine in the form of Meze and Tapas. This is one of my favourite restaurants in Nottingham and is an independent family owned house of amazing food that should be at the top of everyone's list if they are in or visiting Nottingham. It almost made number 1 but not quite!
Number 1... * wait for it* My First Time At Bill's, Nottingham Here we are the number one post of 2014! A lot of you know Bill's and this was my post of the first time I visited the newly opened restaurant in Nottingham. It is a chain but I couldn't help myself from going in and tasting the amazing food. I will definitely be returning.
Let me know what your favourite post has been from Ellie Kathleen this year or any recommendations for 2015! I hope you have been loving my blog so far and thank you for all the support I am receiving. I am planning more reviews and also a couple of interviews so it all looks exciting, hope you enjoy!
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(From left to right: Chewy Hot Coffee Gin-Gins, Soft Super Boost Gin-Gins and Hard Double Strength Gin Gins)
I have discovered the world of Gin-Gins! If you haven't heard of these before, which I hadn't, they are sweets or candy made with all natural ingredients and each have a percentage of fresh ginger in them. I bought the Hot Coffee flavour ones first then had to go back for more as soon as I tried one. They are made by a company called The Ginger People, who specialise is ginger products and are trying to promote the benefits of ginger. You can click on their website here. Ginger is so good for you and this is an easy way to include it in your diet. Some of the benefits they list on their website include; helping to burn fat, ease muscle pains, boosting immunity and as they come in handy sized boxes they are easy to take on holiday with you for those people who get travel sickness as ginger is a well known cure for nausea.
Each box contains individually wrapped sweets and depending on which flavour you have you will get different sized sweets. The Hot Coffee flavour is a chewy sweet with a slight gelatine texture and has Arabica and Robusta coffee in plus 10% fresh ginger giving a warm coffee explosion for your tastebuds (definitely recommended if you love coffee as much as I do). The Super Boost flavour are small soft candy pieces with 30% fresh ginger and are quite creamy in texture and taste but have no cream in. Finally, the Double Strength flavour is a small lozenge and has 16% fresh ginger in them. None of the flavours are overpowering or too much to handle and they are all moreish. I could easily eat the whole box! None of the Gin-Gin flavours have any trans fats or animal products so they are perfect for Vegans and are also Gluten free
If you are in the UK you can purchase your Gin-Gins at Holland and Barrett here or if you are international you can visit The Ginger People's website and locate a store near you, I have put the link above. For those in the USA you can visit Abe's Market here and also explore the rest of the flavours The Ginger People offer.
Let me know what you think if you have ever tried these or are going to in the near future xx
This post was not sponsored or funded by any company and all items were purchased by myself.
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