This is another recipe from one of those books that makes you go “oooh I want to make that!….and that, and that too”…. It is also one of those occasions where you realise that you have run out of this, or don’t have any of that.. in this case, Golden Syrup, Butter, and Semolina. So […]
A little while back (although when I say a little while back I think I mean about 6 months to a year ago!), Mr M’s mother loaned me her old knitting machine to have a play with. This weekend they have come to visit, so I have been having my long promised lesson on how […]
A person who works in our laboratory was recently diagnosed with MS, (a friend of mine also has MS) so we decided to have a bake sale. Charity + Cake? What could be better. Alas I am working at a different trust this week and couldn’t participate in the bake sale with everyone else, so […]
Mmmm Herman bake day was upon us again! Yes I know, another Herman post…. I promise I am working on other things, but they’re not quite done yet, so until then…. Bake-O-Rama. I think I will keep Herman going for about another month or so, but then I will probably be all Herman-ed out. I […]
I actually gave away some Herman this time around, and made two carrot cakes (from the previous Herman post) as they were amazingly tasty, I upped the ground ginger in the second one and it came out lovely and fiery. I did then realise that my next bake day was this weekend, when I had […]
You know that saying, something about you can’t pick your relatives? Well, if I could, I would pick my cousins, over and over again. They are super awesome. Adam and his wife just had their second baby. For baby number 1, I made some bunting, embroidered and embellished with his name, date and time of […]
Another lazy person dish, when you don’t want to cook something too involved, or don’t have time to go to the supermarket. It once again uses the good old frozen mixed vegetables, if you were super keen then of course fresh would be ace, and any combination is just dandy. It also comes from a […]
A while ago, when I made hobnobs for hobnob day, I made a seedy, apricot-y variation, inspired by one of my favourite flapjack recipes. As I sat on my peasant wagon (bus) home, I had the urge to make some again……. possibly due to the fact that I was hungry and stuck on a bus. […]
Another book that has been languishing on my bookshelves for a while, is the book of that beloved Bristol institution… Pieminister. It is a happy Friday when it is a Pie-day, and with the Stokes Croft shop being within walking distance of the hospital…… So I decided that this weekend was the weekend to change […]
You know how I love costumes? Well I also love the 60s……… music, clothes…… What was not to love? There a whole range of retro patterns out there, this is from Simplicity 3833 This is a dress that really brings to mind Twiggy in the 60s, monochrome with contrast top stitching to the black… it’s […]
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