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Continue reading →: Shepherd’s Pie
Ingredients * About 1kg leftover roast lamb, coarsely chopped 1 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, chopped Any juices or gravy saved from the joint, and/or concentrated lamb stock made from the bone 1 small glass of red wine 1-2 tbsp tomato ketchup 1-2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce Up to 1kg creamy…
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Continue reading →: Vegetable and Oatmeal Goulash
Ingredients 1 lb mixed root vegetables 2 ounces coarse or medium oatmeal Knob of dripping Vegetable stock 1 teaspoonful meat essence or cube Sprinking of paprika Chopped parsley and herbs to flavour Pepper and salt to taste Method Prepare and dice vegetables. Fry in dripping until slightly cooked; add oatmeal…
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Continue reading →: Monday 21st March
Okay a quiet day, last day of Dr Tempewytch being off, so started with weighing in and another ruddy pound ON! then a bath (bliss!) and got dressed, time for a quick mug of tea (after tablets) and then The Furry Wytch ™ to the vets, he managed to escape…
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Continue reading →: Red Beans and Rice
Ingredients 450g dried red kidney beans 1.5 l stock 3 tbs vegetable oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 large stalk celery, chopped 225 g smoked sausage or ham chunks 2 tbs chopped garlic 1 bay leaf 2 tbs all purpose seasoning 25 g chopped parsley 400g rice, cooked to serve…
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Continue reading →: The Cat, the Professor and the Poison
Another outing for Jillian Hart, her good friends Candace and Tom and Jillian's three feline companions. This time they are investigating theft and murder, and in the midst of all this Jillian also gets to connect with her stepdaughter. Add into this the gradual start of a relationship between Jillian…
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Continue reading →: Plans for the week commencing 14th March 2011
Hmm about the only thing that didn't happen (yet) for last week was stitching BUT everything else did and so this seems to be working out. So another list for this week and one thing I really want to get done is stitching!! Phone about nails Phone tissue viability Sort…
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Continue reading →: Wonderful meet up
Some friends I only know from on-line were going to be in Swavesey and so we all arranged to meet up, it was great to put faces to the names and even better to have a nice chat about everything and nothing *grin* Dr Tempe took the photo, hence no…
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Continue reading →: Plans for the week commencing 7th March 2011
Okay I have a few bits and bobs I want to get done this week, some are fun some are not but they all are on the list! Sort out and file Art of Crochet Sort out stitching bags Empty bins Bins out Kitchen sink Bathroom sink Loo Stove top…
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Continue reading →: 28th February 2011
Okay just a quick update, I managed to do some more stitching for the first time in 5 weeks (ish) and even though it may not look like it I have got some more done …. honest!
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Continue reading →: Easy peasy lentil curry
Ingredients 2 tbsp sunflower oil 2 medium onions , cut into rough wedges 4 tbsp curry paste 850ml vegetable stock 750g stewpack frozen vegetables 100g red lentils 200g basmati rice turmeric handful of raisins and roughly chopped parsley poppadoms and mango chutney, to serve Heat the oil in a…
