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Continue reading →: Monday and almost the first week of December gone
I spent an awful lot of last week NOT getting things done for one reason or another (seasonal depression and pain being the main reasons), I don't know how other people are finding the weather but I am finding it almost impossible to stitch as the lighting is just not…
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Continue reading →: Red-cooked beef with broccoli
Ingredients 0.5kg shin of beef, cubed0.75kg brisket of beef, cubed4-5 slices root ginger, chopped5 ml salt2.5 ml peppercorns45 ml soy sauce600 ml water300 ml white wine1 chicken stock cube0.5 kg broccoli, broken into florets Method Blanch the beef cubes in boiling water for 2 minutes and drain. Put the beef…
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Continue reading →: Weekly plans
A few things I want to get done in the coming week – some urgent and others not so much. The really urgent one is making sure that I get my repeat prescription sorted out, I have a weeks worth of tablets left and I will need some more. Middway…
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Continue reading →: Pumpkin risotto with crispy sage
Ingredients For the pumpkin risotto 570ml/1 pint vegetable or chicken stock 1 small onion, chopped 12 fresh sage leaves, chopped finely 2 tbsp olive oil 170g/6oz arborio (risotto) rice 250g/9oz pumpkin or butternut squash, diced small 50g/2oz butter salt and freshly ground black pepper For the crispy sage 12-16 fresh…
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Continue reading →: Wedding Anniversary
As you can tell from the title today is my (and naturally other half's!) wedding anniversary, 8 years and counting *grin*, granted we will not be able to celebrate until Sunday (or maybe even the 26th/27th!) but nonetheless a day worth counting. Other news, hmm let me think, well I…
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Continue reading →: Chicken with whole spices
Ingredients 1 medium chicken, cut in pieces5 medium onions, finely sliced50g ghee3 Kashmiri chillies4 by leaves10 cloves12 crushed peppercornsthumb-sized piece of root ginger, thinly sliced2 garlic cloves, finely sliced300ml yogurtsalt to tastepinch of saffron Method Mix all the ingredients in a flameproof casserole and marinate for 30 minutes, turning from…
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Continue reading →: Mixed Vegetable Curry
Ingredients 2 tsp (10 ml) sunflower oil1 tsp (5 ml) cumin seeds1 tsp (5 ml) coriander seeds1 large onion, finely chopped3 cloves garlic, crushed1 tsp (5 ml) garam masala0.25 tsp chilli powder1 medium potato, finely diced1 parnsip, cut into small chunks1 courgette, sliced1 green pepper, deseeded and cut ito strips1…
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Continue reading →: One more week
Okay since the last posting, the rosehip wine is on the way, the honey beer has been bottled and not much else has happened! There is one more week of oddness (Dr Tempewytch will finish in his show), but then I can get back to normality AND start doing again…
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Continue reading →: Bored, bored, bored!
I seriously want to get some stiching finished off BUT at the moment the only thing I want to stitch on is something new, anything new! I have various started projects (Perfect Pets, Medieval Sampler, making up the cat ornaments, Crewelwork, Wallace and Gromitt bookmark, Winnie the Pooh, a Snoopy…
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Continue reading →: Start to another week
Blimey Monday comes around quickly doesn't did! I was hoping to get some stitching done today BUT instead it ended up as a catch up computer day and letter writing – which is not a problem as otherwise it would have been spread over the week (mind you I will…
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