Crafts and Life

Ingredients 1 tablespoon Jasmine Rice 280g minced duck 3 tablespoons lime juice 1 tablespoon fish sauce 2 lemon grass stalks, white part only, finely sliced 50g Asian shallots, finely sliced 5 makrut (kaffir) lime leaves, finely sliced 5 spring onions, finely chopped 1 quarter to 1 half teaspoon roasted chilli…

A good day overall! We went out to the Farmer's Market in St Ives and stocked up on healthy veggies (including some mustard greens and Mizuna!), then ventured into Waitrose to get the last few bits and bobs – I went to Boots and weighed in (good news there!), and…

Well the wooden recorder arrived along with the book and I hadn't ordered a starter book! Ther book I did order is more of a follow on one, so Dr Tempe got me a fingering guide so next week I can start on learning (or re-learning!) the recorder :-). So…

Urk – just urk, I have some type of fluey thing (snerf, siff, ack!)I can't find the colour chart for Winnie the Pooh (but thinking on I might be able to wing it from the pattern!) – I did start the Margaret Sherry Cat and I have ordered a book…

A nice successful day for me yesterday! I finished the first of the Freebie stitching kits, I'm a good halfway through another AND started a third! So Piglet is done, Tigger is started (Tom Mouse is upstairs about half done), still to do are Winnie the Pooh, Ed Hedgehog and…

So far so good! 40 items done and dusted, daily items ticking over nicely – what I need to do is really kick back and get the stitching done, oh and I want to watch the rest of the Gundam Wing dvds, that may actually happen not this weekend but…

Crafts 1. Finish stitching Map of Durham 2. Finish stitching cat ornaments 3. Finish stitching The Hikers 4. Finish stitching Perfect Pets 5. Finish stitching The Aerodrome 6. Get at least the border area done on Green Man 7. Finish Woodland Sampler 8. Stitch Medieval Sampler 9. Finish stitching freebie…

Ingredients 1 tablespoon glutinous rice 1 tablespoon oil 1 stem lemon grass, sliced 4 small red chillies, sliced 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon fresh root ginger, grated 460g lean minced beef Juice 1 lemon 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1 tablespoon fresh coriander, chopped Method Place the rice in a…

Well the weekend was ….. odd! After a late night Friday night (more Saturday morning!) we planed to go out, get shopping, lunch and then chill for the evening with an earlyish night and the back massage. Best laid plans and all that though, Dr Tempe went out to the…

Another item half done! I managed to get into town (with Dr Tempe) this afternoon and we picked up some essential oils – hopefully this weekend I can have my back massage (and possibly reciprocate) ad that will take me to 37 items completed! In the meantime I need to…