Crafts and Life

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…

A good day yesterday – and plans made for this week (I'm going to be a busy Tempewytch!), mainly stitching but reading about how to turn a heel, also some cleaning and filing (ack!), but one thing I managed to get done yesterday was to type up some more recipes…

Ingredients 450g firm white fish fillets, such as cod or sole, skinned, or a whole fish such as sole or turbot 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt or plain salt 1 and a half tablespoons finely shredded fresh root ginger 3 tablespoons finely shredded spring onions 2 tablespoons light soy sauce…

Ingredients 320g uncooked rice 1 tablespoon granulated chicken stock powder or 1 chicken stock cube 2 cups/400 ml water 1 tablespoon Sake 1 teaspoon light soy sauce 220g fresh or frozen peas, cooked salt Method Wash the rice and leave to stand in a sieve for 30 minutes before cooking.…

Ingredients 250g bean sprouts 3 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons mirin 1 half to 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger – to taste 300g finely sliced pork sunflower or vegetable oil for stir frying the pork 1 tablespoon sunflower or vegetable oil for cooking the bean sprouts 1 clove garlic, sliced…

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…