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This months cookery group recipes, including some invented ones
Had the U3A cookery group here yesterday. As usual, we fitted in lots of different recipes in our two hours. As well as a couple of made up things, I wanted to try some recipes from a new book. I saw a couple of recipes from Izy Hozzack in the paper and liked the look...
Using up bits and pieces of fruit to make a lovely fresh Summer Berry jam
Sometimes, I get a bit of this and a bit of that fruit wise. There are lots of things it can be used for. This time, I used it as a Summer Berry Jam
Millions of Cusheen toilet rolls. What are they like compared to others?
Groupon do Cusheen toilet rolls sometimes – is it worth getting the offer?
A day out to see Adele at Wembley, what an experience!
I'm sitting on my sofa, back after a couple of days away. Back before Christmas, I noticed somewhere or other that Adele tickets would be on sale for Wembley. Well, I'm a bit of a fan, so I decided to see if I could get any. I was on that site on the dot of 10am when...
A seasonal change over of my silk flower display
I updated my silk flower arrangement today, to be used for the next three months. This is what it looked like before. A base foliage display, fixed in resin in the vase, white Ranunculus and three different shades of Lilac. Stripped out the Lilac and put them away...
The easiest sundried tomatoes in olive oil – ever! And use them in instant tomato pan fried focaccia
A couple of very quick things for you today. Super simple. Do you remember I bought some big bags of wonderful sun dried tomatoes from Healthy Supplies. They taste wonderfully fresh and tangy, the best I’ve had. If you can afford the initial outlay, they are a great...
A No Bake, No Gelatin Cheesecake, with salted caramel, fruit topping and lots of other variations
If you like salted caramel, you’ll love this! A crispy crushed biscuit base, velvety cheesecake, topped with sticky salted caramel – yum!
Lots of different things you can make, all using Magic Dough kept in the fridge
These are just some of the things I have made using Magic Dough. I’m sure there will be others!
Now it’s merely very hot rather than scorching, here are some piccies of the garden
By heck it was hot today. Mike wanted to go for a walk, as he did yesterday. There was NO WAY I was walking in a squillion degrees! It was too hot to do very much until this evening, when the temperature dropped from 31 to a mere 26. I took a few pictures around the...
Fascinating speakers at TEDx, and some less so, then wonderful singing
On Saturday, I went to an all day event at Tunbridge Wells. It’s an independently organised TED talks event, TEDx. The talks this time were a mixed bunch, some talks I enjoyed more than others
It was the U3A cooking group today, we made LOADS today!
It was the U3A cooking group today. We had a new lady joining us at the cooking group today, so with the people who came today, that was 5, plus me. A nice amount for standing around in my kitchen and getting hands on with some recipes. Today, we explored some oaty...
Some beautiful quilts by some very talented people
I went to an exhibition by a local quilting group on Saturday. The talent being displayed was pretty awesome. This first quilt was made by a friend who actually prefers to embroider. So she embroidered the panels with the most beautiful flowers. Apparently, the...