Crafts and Life

Okay not the world's most inspiring photograph! But this is the nice shiny new bathroom floor! This is another item done and dusted on the 101 list and another has been ticked off because it is not achievable (unable to get "Aunt Lucy" Paddington Bear's Aunt) so this now means…

A quick update 🙂 The freebie kits are done and dusted so that is another item ticked off my 101 listing and the other photo was a meet up of some internet friends at my local (as I am the podgy one on crutches they kindly came to me rather…

Ingredients 450g potatoes , unpeeled 600g diced lamb 1 large onion , sliced leaves from 2 sprigs rosemary , chopped 500g pot fresh lamb or beef gravy Method Slice the potatoes to about the thickness of a magazine (half a cm). Cook in boiling water for 8-10 mins until tender.…

Okay so Ed Hedgehog is not yet finished (no stitching done on Friday or yesterday and none yet today either – oops!) so tomorrow's main task is to finish him off and take a photo of all 5 completed. Then I need to make sure that by Wednesday there is…

Oops not posted for a week! I spent yesterday (or a lot of yesterday) in bed with a migraine – but the previous day I managed to do some cleaning and I have managed to sort out the threads for Ed Hedgehog and stitched about a half of him (so…

Ingredients 1 pound pork 1 cup water 1 tbs soy sauce 1 tbs sherry 0.5 tsp sugar 0.5 tsp salt 0.5 lb fresh mushrooms Method Cut pork in 2 inch cubes and place with water in a heavy pan. Bring to a boil, then simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Drain, reserving…

Ingredients 800g Chicken pieces 5 green chillies, finely chopped 2 whole chillies 4 tsp garlic, crushed 4 tsp ginger, grated 250g tomatoes, peeled and chopped 0.5 tsp turmeric powder 3 tbs lemon juice 150g coconut cream salt to taste 4 medium sized potatoes, cut into quarters 500 ml water 1…

Okay the filing has been done! I finished off another one of the freebies so that is 4 done and dusted (and I have decided not to bother with the one that I lost the colour grid for – so only 5 to do in total and that means that…

For 1 Cornish game hen cut in half, or 2 pieces of chicken thigh and drumstick, or 2 pieces of breast meat, you'll need: 1 Cornish game hen cut in half, or 2 pieces of chicken thigh and drumstick, or 2 pieces of breast meat 1 tblsp soy sauce 1…

(serves 4 as a side dish, 2 as an entree) 2 medium potatoes, scrubbed and peeled Slice potatoes cross-wise into thin slices. Toss with olive oil to prevent browning. Then sprinkle with sea salt and ground black or white pepper. Pre-heat oven to 350F/180C. Olive oil 1 large head of…