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Continue reading →: OATBRAN MUFFINS
Ingredients 250g / 9ozs Mornflake Oatbran 50g / 2ozs raisins 50g / 2ozs soft brown sugar 5 ml / 1 teaspoon cinnamon 15ml / 1 tablespoon baking powder 290 ml / 10 fluid ozs skimmed milk 2 egg whites 30ml / 2 tablespoons vegetable oil Cooking Instructions Pre-heat oven to…
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Continue reading →: A Quick Crafty Update
Okay so this may look a bit like a mangled face flannel! But I promise you it IS the start of the back of a sweater, I seem to have finally got the knack of this and I am now working away at it slowly but surely, if I can…
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Continue reading →: End of May
Round up for the end of May 1. Save at least £215 in my ISA (50p per day) – £70.00/£2152. Save at least £215 in general savings (50p per day) – £70.00/£2153. Pay off at least £1k (£85 per month) – £320/£1000 a bit behind on this4. Read 215 books…
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Continue reading →: Paprika, beef and mushroom pot recipe
Ingredients 1 x 40g (1½oz) pack dried porcini mushrooms 2tbsp olive oil 2 onions, roughly chopped 2 celery sticks, finely sliced 4tsp paprika 1kg (2lb) stewing beef, cut into large cubes 1 x 400g (13oz) tin chopped tomatoes 1tbsp tomato purée 150ml (¼ pint) beef stock 2 red peppers, deseeded…
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Continue reading →: Contented Cairns
the old dog bed had packed in once too often! and so Dr Wytch bought a dog cushion, which IS big enough for two Cairn Terriers to lie on together on occasions! Other news, still nothing more done on the cross stitch! More has been done on the knitting and…
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Continue reading →: Ultimate Gratin Dauphinois
Ingredients 1kg Desirée potatoes 300ml full fat milk 284ml carton double cream 1 garlic clove, peeled and halved 2 sprigs of fresh thyme, plus extra for sprinkling 1 shallot, roughly chopped (optional) pinch of freshly grated nutmeg 25g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), freshly grated Preheat the oven to 160C/Gas 4/fan…
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Continue reading →: Cauliflower cheese & spinach pasta bakes
Ingredients 850ml milk 50g plain flour 50g butter, plus 1 tbsp 1 tsp Dijon mustard 100g extra mature cheddar, grated 25-50g blue cheese ½ tsp finely grated nutmeg 250g penne 1kg cauliflower (2 medium ones), cut into florets 750g frozen spinach (whole leaf), defrosted and squeezed dry 25g toasted pine…
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Continue reading →: Yaki udon
250g dried udon noodles (400g frozen or fresh) 2 tbsp sesame oil 1 onion, thickly sliced ¼ head white cabbage, roughly sliced 10 shiitake mushrooms 4 spring onions, finely sliced For the sauce 4 tbsp mirin 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp caster sugar 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce (or vegetarian…
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Continue reading →: Canines and cooker
Okay an oddish sort of week! The main thing is that our gas cooker (that was here when we moved in) was giving up the ghost and so we got a new one installed (bought through John Lewis and the two chaps that came to install it couldn't have been…
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Continue reading →: Quorn Meat Free Sausage Casserole with Beans
Ingredients 1 pack Quorn Sausages, cut into diagonal pieces 2 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 red pepper, deseeded and diced 1 green pepper, deseeded and diced 100g sweetcorn 1 tsp smoked paprika 2 tsp mild chilli powder 100ml apple juice 400g tin…
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