Posts Tagged ‘food’
Sweet promises
Our continental shopping spree could be described as a moderate success. I have to keep checking the wall cupboards in the kitchen, as a (somewhat paranoid) part of me is convinced they are easing away from the brickwork under the weight of multiple bottles of red wine – so that’s Lloyd’s needs taken care of. [...]
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Tags: chocolate, food, shopping
Stocking up
It’s been a bit of a sickly household here recently. Halloween brought me a delightful (ahem) cough and cold, so when I wasn’t dishing out sweeties to ghouls at the door, it was sofa time for me. Over the past few weeks, perpetually ill bionic-bun Pepper has been fighting off a nasty eye infection. After [...]
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Tags: christmas, food, rabbits, shopping, sick
Vegging out
Is it possible that my lack of bloggery could be down to spending too much time eating instead? An afternoon spent at the twice yearly local food fair saw us come home with a haul of the usual culinary essentials – chocolate buttons, chilli jam, smoked cheese – and refreshed our enthusiasm for our own [...]
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Tags: food, garden, grow your own, knitting, the big knit
Wishes granted – almost
Snow? Tick. Coffee? Tick. Lack of anything worth watching on tv? Pretty much “tick”. So is the bracket for the shiny new tv now installed on the wall of the living room..? Nope.
Things fell into place in a rather spooky way, starting with a deluge of snow overnight sunday – 5 whole inches! Since it [...]
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Tags: diy, food, home, power cut, snow, tv
I love making these brownies; the recipe is really simple, but they are so satisfying – and so good that I’ve had people with a serious nut allergy risk eating them anyway… Not for times you’re hoping to drop a few pounds or lower your cholesterol level: you have been warned.
You need…
40g plain [...]
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Tags: baking, brownies, food, This is...
My kitchen smells good
I love baking: it’s like science you can eat. At least, I hope these are edible; I always get that “Is it going to be cooked in the middle?” anxiety whenever I make anything remotely cake-like. Some of these feel squidgier than I’d like underneath, but any longer in the oven and they’d be burnt [...]
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Tags: baking, food, home, kitchen
“Look, Merlin – it’s a Chinook!”
Not a phrase I expected to overhear on Thursday afternoon; but when we set out in the van that morning, we didn’t know we were going to end up at Stonehenge. One of the perks of long drives across the countryside… It’s been a while since I’ve been there, and you can get a lot [...]
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Tags: beach, food, stonehenge, work
Self-basting
I have been overdosing on vitamin D this week. The classic British summer has taken a holiday, and the sunshine is here in bucketfuls. Last monday took us to the Isle of Wight (allegedly for work, but it seemed like fun – ?!), where we eventually found a beach Lloyd was hankering to hunt fossils [...]
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Tags: food, Travel, weather
Bye bye Barpy!
It was sweet while it lasted – but he didn’t stand a chance.
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Tags: food
Ketchup
Or as it’s more commonly known, catch up. It’s been so long since I posted last… Rovinj seems like months ago; we had such a great time, I hope we can go back someday.
Returning to everyday life has been tough! I think it’s much easier to get work done when it’s not sunny outside, but [...]
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Tags: food, Travel, work
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