Crafts and Life

Wow! three months in already! Just a quick check in to say another thing ticked off the list – so 30 down and 71 to go!

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…

You're Cat's Cradle! by Kurt Vonnegut You believe quite firmly that free will deserted you long ago and far away. As a result, it's hard to take responsibility for anything. Even though you show great potential as a leader of a small 3rd world country, the choices are all made…

29 items ticked off! The latest being "make wine/mead" well a Young's Elderberry wine was started this afternoon :-), this should take about a week to three weeks to ferment – then another couple of weeks to clear – so I am looking forward to this! When I meet a…

0.5 lb roast pork 1 lb vegetables (see note) 2 scallions 1 slice fresh ginger root 1 tbs cornstarch 1 tbs soy sauce 1 tbs water few drops sesame oil 1.5 tbs oil 1.5 tbs oil 0.5 cup stock 0.5 tsp salt Slice roast pork and vegetables, cut scallions in…

2lb lean minced beef 3 tbs seasoned flour 2 tbs oil 2 oz mushrooms – sliced 4 carrots – cubed 2 sticks celery – sliced 2 large onions – sliced 4 oz swede or turnip – cubed 2 pints beef stock 1 small can tomatoes Pinch of dried mixed herbs…

A successful day so far! We managed to get to Wilkinsons and picked up a couple of demi johns, bungs etc and a wine kit so tomorrow I can start making country wine (picked up an Elderberry kit), so this means another item is ticked off my list (and another…

175g (uncooked weight) rigatoni pasta 1 vegetable stock cube 175g frozen peas 8 baby leeks, finely chopped (couldn't find baby ones, so used half the number of "normal" ones!) 1 garlic clove, crushes 4 slices smoked ham, chopped 300ml quark (low fat skimmed cheese) 50g mature low fat cheddar cheese,…

Day 80!!!!!!!!!!!! Where is the time going LOL, well I finished another cat off – nearly there on this – woot! This week I plan to spend stitching, I want to get these finished, made up and out of the door! Then I need to concentrate on Durham as my…

Serves 2 Ingredients 4 large field mushroom 500 g spinach 349 g tofu 1 tbs soy sauce Directions Preheat the oven to 200C, 400F, Gas Mark 6. Wipe the mushrooms, then place onto a roasting tin face side down and bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Wash the spinach…