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Continue reading →: January 1st and the sort of time to make new plans
As posted at the end of a previous post I have a list of 16 things I would like to achieve this year, this is a re-cap of that so I can keep track! 1. Read 216 books (0/216) 2. Read the Inspector Morse books (0/13) 3. Finish stitching Medieval…
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Continue reading →: Dead good hollandaise
Ingredients 125g butter 2 egg yolk ½ tsp white wine vinegar or tarragon vinegar pinch salt splash ice cold water lemon juice cayenne pepper Method Melt 125g butter in a saucepan and skim any white solids from surface. Keep the butter warm. Put 2 egg yolks, 1/2 tsp tarragon vinegar…
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Continue reading →: Little Eccles mince pies
Ingredients 500g block all-butter puff pastry flour, for dusting 450g mincemeat 1 egg white, lightly beaten golden caster sugar Method Roll the pastry out to about the thickness of a 50p piece on to a floured surface, and cut out 10cm circles, then continue to re-roll and cut out until you…
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Continue reading →: Photos of the stitching plans for next year
Or at least a couple of them! The ones I want to start at any rate, the others have ongoing photos happening grin Firstly the next needlepoint This is the companion piece to Secondly the Map of Cambridge Bother not the best of pictures! I might take another one just…
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Continue reading →: Generalities (aka just a short update!)
I have not really managed to do much of anything recently, I don't know if it is the chance of the seasons or what but I have not had the ooomph to do anything at all! One sure fire sign that things are not going well is generally the state…
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Continue reading →: Another Crafty Update
Over the last week or so I have really been able to get on with my crafting (sore hand not withstanding!), in one of my online groups Thursday is designated as UFO day (aka UnFinished Objects day), my main UFO at the moment is my needlepoint dog and so I…
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Continue reading →: A Quick Stitching Update
Literally a quick update! I have been trying to work on some form of crafting most days, generally the afternoons for cross stitch and needlepoint (whilst the light is reasonable!) and early evening for my knitting (still the purple lol). I didn't take a photo of the knitting (as I…
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Continue reading →: Fairly Generic Update
The first thing is I have managed to get some stitching done for the first time in WEEKS – the last time I worked on the Winnie the Pooh calendar it looked like this Today I managed to finish the box surround off and started the first character It started…
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Continue reading →: Ultimate 10 bean chilli
500 g Waitrose love life 10 bean mix, soaked overnight in cold waterolive oil spray80 g cooked ingredients Iberico de Bellota diced chorizo2 onions, chopped4 garlic cloves, chopped12 x 90 g jar cooks ingredients chipotle paste1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1 teaspoon ground cumin3×400 g cans cirio chopped tomatoes2 red and 2…
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Continue reading →: Spanish stuffed marrow
Ingredients 1 marrow 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 100g chorizo, chopped 1 tsp smoked paprika ½ tsp cayenne pepper ½ tsp each dried oregano and dried thyme 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes 140g roasted red peppers from a jar, sliced handful parsley, chopped…
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