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Smoky Spicy Cheddar and Asparagus Risotto
This week has been a busy one…. but an exciting one as it was finally time for Orientation, ready for me to start school again! The past few days have been full of meeting new people and filling out forms, learning new procedures……. I can’t wait to get started! Dinner wanted to be something fairly […]
Spicy Roasted Tomato Soup (with Feta)
This weekend we went hiking at Mount Madonna County Park near Watsonville. We were basically hiking in a cloud, then it drizzled, and we were surrounded by beautiful trees. It was just like hiking in Oregon ;o) Afterwards we paid a visit to Birdsong Orchards, a friend of a friend’s farm. This year they planted […]
A quick post about Arancini
This is just a really quick post, a little add on extra to my previous posts on risotto (Mushroom and Rosemary, Beetroot, Butternut Squash and Sage, Goat’s Cheese, Pea, and Lemon). Most of the time when I make risotto, I make enough for 4-5 people (generally only 4, as Mr M will usually have an […]
Quick Pea and Mint Soup
I have a bad habit of seeing random ingredients at the supermarket and buying them. A month or so ago it was the turn of some Green Pea Flour that I saw at Milk Pail Market. I can’t deny that part of the reason for buying it was so I could say to Mr M that […]
Cheesey Cauliflower and Pasta Pie…. with an optional little “Slap”
It’s been a while, but I thought I would take a brief break from the sewing posts, and do a little experimental cooking. A friend of mine swears by a little bit of Slap Ya Mama to add a little spicy kick to everything. I saw some the other day, so decided to buy some […]
Chickpea and Spinach Pie
My old job was located right in Bristol city centre. Close proximity to all kinds of tasty foodstuffs, including the joy of Pieminister Mothership Tuesdays, Pippin doughnut Fridays, and a little place called Royce Rolls, which was just inside St Nick’s Market, and sold super tasty flapjacks sarnies and bits of pastry. This is my […]
Happy Pi(e) Day!
I made some Homity Pie again, using the recipe from Pieminister . I miss you Mothership Tuesdays! Oooooh check it! I made the edges all fancy and everything! …and then I made mini ones from the leftover pastry and filling using my new toy from Lakeland. Yum! (also a Lemon Meringue Pi(e), because it is my […]
Mushroom and Rosemary Risotto
I’m going to level with you. I don’t really like Mushroom risotto. Or at least, I don’t usually like Mushroom risotto. It is just too…… Mushroomy. But I had some lurking in the refrigerator and fancied some risotto, so gave it a whirl. The addition of the rosemary lifts it from being just another mushroom […]
Grävling (the Swedish badger) gets some Pyjamas.
This little project started from something silly. Such a silly story that I’m not sure why I am telling you. Mr M was napping on my shoulder, while we were watching tv, and complaining that it wasn’t comfortable and so using our soft toy badger (an IKEA special, which is why it’s name is Grävling) […]
Lovebird: Agapornis fischeri……. and Yorkshire Puddings.
I have been stuck in a cross stitch rut. I am still working away at my Bristol Balloons cross stitch project, but the easy part is over now (the blocks of colour for the bridge towers), and now I am on the slow to complete foliage. There are 4 different greens, with a non-uniform pattern, […]
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