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Continue reading →: Swedish Meatballs with Peas and Redcurrant Gravy
Ingredients: For the meatballs 250g minced Beef 250g minced Pork 200g of frozen peas, defrosted 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped 1 large egg, beaten Rind of 1 lemon, finely grated Dash of Worcestershire Sauce 50g of breadcrumbs 2 tbsp of chopped parsley A good pinch of allspice…
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Continue reading →: Cowl progress report
Okay been plodding away at this (I still love the colours and the yarn mind you!) and I reckon I am about a third to a half way through (looking at how much yarn is left in the ball), the needle where it joins the plastic cord has kinked which…
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Continue reading →: A new month
Okay a third of the year down – so time to see how things are coming along with my list for the year Read 216 books (150/216) – well ahead of target with this Read the Inspector Morse books (10/13) – likewise with these Finish stitching Medieval Dog – nope,…
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Continue reading →: Mushroom stroganoff
Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, finely diced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 500g/1lb 2oz mushrooms (such as white closed cup), cleaned and sliced ½ tsp English mustard 1 tsp paprika 250ml/9fl oz vegetable stock, made from stock cube 200g/7oz rice 200ml/7fl oz soured cream 1 lemon, cut into six…
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Continue reading →: Chicken korma
Ingredients 4 fairly small boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 600g) 25g low-fat natural yoghurt 1 tbsp sunflower oil 2 large onions, chopped (400g prepared weight) 4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced 20g chunk of fresh root ginger, peeled and finely grated 12 cardamom pods, seeds crushed 1 tbsp ground cumin…
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Continue reading →: Clearing, knitting and more wine :D (oh and Cairn Terriers)
Hmm a quick check in – with mainly photos *grin*, I needed to get my head space right – I know this because my desk and the sofa looked horrendous, first off the before of the sofa okay with a ginger Cairn Terrier! and this was the problem when I…
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Continue reading →: Horseradish potato dauphinoise
Ingredients 300ml double cream 300ml milk 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2-3 tbsp hot horseradish, depending on taste 1kg potato, very thinly sliced Method Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 7. Tip cream, milk, garlic and horseradish into a large saucepan, season, then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, add the…
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Continue reading →: General check in, wine and some MEH!
The first part of the general check in involves knitting, using some Yarnscape sock yarn I started knitting a cowl (one of the things I want to get completed this year!) The colours are stunning and it knits really easily – the only problem (and hence the MEH) was that…
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Continue reading →: Doing “stuff”
This is my first attempt at knitting in the round, it seemed to be going okay but I thought it would be better on slightly larger needles so I have pulled this out and will start it again later today. Mind you when I did take it off the needles…
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Continue reading →: Clearing, crafting and Cairns
First up the needlepoint, it may be difficult to see but I have started to fill in the orange centres to the medallions, there is also a bit of that colour in the main picture and I hope to get it all done by the end of next week (actually…
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