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11 questions
I’ve been tagged on the 11 things meme by dorkymum. I’m kind of a sucker for questionnaires, so I’m answering dorkymum’s questions, but I’m too lazy to make up some more questions unless anyone really bugs me for them! 11 … Continue reading
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Belated Burns
Since I didn’t get round to writing a Burns night post yesterday, I felt I should post a wee something today! I felt like something was missing yesterday when I didn’t actually celebrate Burns Night. All the talk of haggis … Continue reading
Christmas reading
I was lucky enough to be given a fine stack of books for Christmas: I understand that there is also a marvellous knitting book still making its way through the postal system (thanks, in-laws!) I only just got round to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Food
Tagged books, cookies, Dan Lepard, fiction, non-fiction, reading
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There’s nothing like a casserole for feeling organised
I thought that I was managing the addition of NaNoWriMo to my life quite well until I realised that I was enormously behind with the laundry and we’d been scratching together entirely random meals for the last two weeks (it … Continue reading
Pumpkin creations
Somehow both Mr Woodsmoke and I have been being more creative/crafty recently. I don’t know whether it’s my Artist’s Way rubbing off, or just that we’ve had a little bit of a breather. His woodturning class certainly seems to be … Continue reading
Gammon cooked in soup
This recipe was composed by hacking together a few recipes on the internet based on what I had in the house. The most useful one was the one on yahoo answers! The initial inspiration was my sister giving me a … Continue reading
Parallel cooking (with recipe for spinach sauce)
Last night I had a bit of a cooking binge and it actually worked out (well, apart from the giant mess needing cleaned up this morning). Usually when I try to do too much at once, something goes wrong, as … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, food, gammon, lazy cooking, recipe, spinach, tomato, tomato and spinach sauce
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Practical creativity
For the last few days, I’ve been bemoaning the fact that I haven’t been writing a whole lot beside morning pages and this blog. However, I just realised that maybe I’ve been channelling my creativity into more practical areas. I … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Home, Knitting
Tagged cooking, creativity, knitting, sweet potato brownies
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A personal history of cooking
I’ve been doing a lot of cooking today, and in general over the past few weeks, and while cooking I’ve been thinking about how I got to where I am today cooking-wise. My first cooking influence was my mother, who … Continue reading
The joy of usey-ups
I have just finished my mission to clear out the freezer, and I’m also doing a grocery spending challenge, so round here we have been eating lots of usey-ups, by which I mean either leftovers or something that lets you … Continue reading
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Tagged celery, food, grocery spending challenge, leftovers, meal planning, porridge oats, usey-ups, veg box, weird soup
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