The festivities are over but yet the cupboards are still bursting with leftover nibbles and selection boxes full of chocolates.

With the new year intentions of eating healthier we are rationing out the stockpile of chocolate and this is an easy way to create something delicious, whilst using up all the bits that are squashed into plastic storage boxes.

I added the end of a bag of dried fruit and some blueberries that needed eating up.

This is the easiest thing to make. All you need is chocolate and your choice of toppings. I'm a fruit and nut fan so this made perfect sense.

Anyone can make this. You could make a more grown up version by adding a sprinkle of sea salt or use some left over sweets for a eye popping treat for the children.

Melt your chocolate in the microwave for about a minute. Stir and repeat for 20 seconds if it still needs further melting to be smooth but not so runny it will drip off your paper.

Lay a piece of baking or greaseproof paper on a chopping board or baking tray and with a spatular spread a thin layer of chocolate over the paper. I made mine about half a cm.

Sprinkle with your toppings and set in the fridge for half an hour.

Break or cut to serve and store in the fridge in an airtight container if you can't finish it all.

We all know a little of what you fancy doesn't hurt you. And this is a simple way of still eating chocolate without gorging!

Just eat one piece with your cup of tea ;)

Have you got any good leftover recipes?

We are trying hard to be good this month. After a month long house move, we've eaten too many takeaways, drunk too much wine, so for January it's back to being a child again. Milk or water! Well and tea of course.

But a cold glass of milk goes so well with this chocolate wonder.

We hardly ever get to go to the big smoke.

Yet in the last week Sammy has walked the streets of the capital twice and I am back there next week working!

As a special treat for his little cousin's end of radiotherapy party, 20 of us met at the O2 Arena in North Greenwich to watch Disney on Ice.

I had a whole day with my big boy, which we have never done before, but we will most certainly will be doing again soon.

Time to bond, time to chat, time to practise his handwriting on a wobbly train, time for an adventure just the two of us.

To this 4 year old "boy's boy" a train ride and the thrill of the Underground was almost too much to handle!

After a 2 hour journey from the station near my in laws in Poole, we navigated Waterloo like two salmon swimming the wrong way up stream and found the right train on the Jubilee line.

The O2 is an incredible venue and the size and scale of it is only really and truly felt when you walk inside. Of course the merchandise stand was right at the front and there was no way my boy was going to choose anything other than the 2 and a half foot long light up sword! And what did he choose for me....

I feel so honoured to have shared this special time. Sammy adores his cousin and to watch them passing popcorn to each other (pretending to be passing it in secret) was magical.

Disney stories have a way of making you regress to your own childhood. They always end with people falling in love and living happily ever after.

No one gets sick and doesn't get better.

I caught my cousin's eye several times and I know we were both praying for the same Disney miracle.

The most wonderful day. Made even better by the very lovely Alison, who put me in touch with Instinct PR who gave a poorly boy a very large goodie bag!

36 hours later we were back in London for a christening of my other cousin's little girl. It was held at his in laws' beautiful house in Islington (I basically wanted everything in the house, mismatched plates a plenty and a beautiful antique revolving bookcase I wish I could have smuggled into the car!). The family vicar drove from Oxford and the font was a beautiful old stone pot from my cousin's late Granny in laws' garden.

This was the first time all four of us had ventured into the city. So we took the opportunity to have a whizz around Spitalfields Market and take in the sights along the river as we drove home.

I'll save my little bargain purchases for another time ;)

This how I started last year.

And this was my year, through the little lens in my pocket. And a couple from my husband's. His camera is a bit better ;)

What a year!

And this is how we ended the year.

The same 7 faces.

 I almost feel not ready to say goodbye to 2013.

I wanted to post all these photos from my phone because often these snapshots hold the best memories. Sometimes if I ran for my camera bag, to whip out my Canon SLR, I'd miss the moment!

So this year I want you all to snap away to your heart's content and for the bloggers reading this - let's all share a post like this, this time next year.

All together now... cheese!