I love working from home. Eirene keeps bringing me healthy goodness for lunch like this. I’m (trying hard) to eat healthily. I had my gaul bladder removed last year so I’m supposed to be on a low fat diet (see fig a.) as my body can’t break down fat like it used to. Yes (dear reader) it’s been over a… Read more →
40 days and 40 nights without Sugar. I’ve just discovered it’s actually 46. Eirene suggested it just before pancake day and I thought – yea, why not? My daughter Sophie was also in for the ride (albeit encouraged by the £20 she could spend on Easter swag incentive we offered) I could do with loosing a few lb’s and cutting… Read more →
Asda ran out of pork mince which was unfortunate because I was making pork and ginger noodle soup for tea. Then I remembered the mincer I had inherited with the house that was residing in a dark corner of the cellar. I didn’t even know if I had all the right pieces but living dangerously I decided to buy pork… Read more →
Ingredients Lamb mince Cooked Rice Curry paste Onion Carrots Peas Stock Puff pastry Sweat onions and carrots till soft. Add meat and brown. Add stock, curry paste and reduce. Add cold cooked rice and frozen peas. Roll out pastry into 6 squares. Put filling in middle and seal up the sides to the centre. Brush with milk or egg and… Read more →
A lovely friend has given me some Rhubarb from her allotment. Ordinarily I would freeze a batch but since we currently are freezerless that isn’t an option. For tea we are having baked potatoes. I feel inspired to make use of the hot oven and make my Rhubarb jam using the oven method. Here is the recipe. Rhubarb Half the… Read more →
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