Crafts and Life

Not only stitching but trying to crochet as well, Dr Tempewytch has started rehearsals so this gives me two nights a week to stitch – I am trying to only go to the pub once lunchtime a week BUT the last time I went I did take the stitching with…

  Okay a quick picture of Toby, just because I can *grin* and a picture of my latest start in stitching, this is the companion piece to the Woodland Sampler and this is going to be my standard stitching pice, with Perfect Pets being my Wednesday project (and when that…

Ingredients 4 x 175g salmon fillets 4 tbs fresh sourdough breadcrumbs 1 tbs chopped basil 1 tbs chopped flat-leaf parsley 2 rashers smoked bacon finely chopped 2 tbs olive oil salt and pepper Method Put the salmon onto a lightly greased tray.  Combine the rest of the ingredients in a…

Ingredients 8 spring onions, left whole 250g Portobello mushrooms, halved 200g Shiitake mushrooms 1 garlic clove, crushed 2.5 cm piece of fresh ginger, sliced into matchsticks 1 cinnamon stick 2 Star Anise 100 ml light soy sauce 100 ml stock 200g cooked chick peas vegetable oil for frying 200g mashed…

Ingredients 450g Lean minced turkey or extra lean minced beef 3 tbs olive oil 85g trimmed and sliced mushrooms 255g de-seeded and chopped green, red or yellow peppers 170g chopped onions 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 tins (790g each) chopped tomatoes with diced green chillies 2 tins (450g each)…

Ingredients 225g/8 oz shortcrust (pie) pastry 2 onions, finely chopped 2 eggs, beaten salt and pepper freshly grated nutmeg 225g/8 oz/2 cups grated mature farmhouse Cheddar Method Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6.  Roll out two-thirds of the pastry and line a flan tine.  Place the onions in a…

Ingredients 50g/2 oz/0.5 stick butter 1 leek, washed and sliced into 1 cm/0.5 in rounds 275g/10 oz chicken breast, cut into 2.5 cm/1 in cubes 225g/8 oz chestnut mushrooms, wiped and cut in half 200 ml/10 fl oz/1.25 cups milk 150 ml/5 fl oz/generous 0.5 cup chicken stock 25g/ 1…

Ingredients 560g boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 2.5cm cubes 4 tsps ginger, peeled and finely grated 7 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed to a pulp 2 tbs ground coriander 5 tbs oil 140g onions, peeled and sliced into very fine half-rings 0.5 tsp ground turmeric 0.75-1.5 tsp cayenne pepper 1…

Ingredients 2 tablespoons fat (if there is fat on chicken, render it down; if not, use ghee) 1 chicken, approx. 1.8kg, jointed from its carcase 2 onions, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 2 red chillies, chopped 1 teaspoon each fenugreek seeds and garam masala (alternatively use two teaspoons curry powder)…

    Yippee! Yuzzah! and various other shouts of joy LOL – another one of my 101 in 1,001 is finished (and a fairly long term work in progress at that!), as well as this I am half way through the Perfect Pets – so that is getting closer as…