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Savoury flapjacks, fragrant with rosemary, caramelised onions and sweet chilli, 15p
Do you have a savoury flapjacks recipe? Really tasty. Great for a grab and go breakfast, good in lunch boxes too. Men in particular seem to like these
An early start, millions of calories, old favourites and new discoveries
Had a lovely day today. It started off early as I woke up at 5:00am. Millions of calories At 8:00 I went off up to the gym for my set up meeting with my new coach for the next 12 weeks. One of the things he did was work out how many calories he wanted me to eat,...
Use it up meals, Roquefort tart, split pea soup. Soup just 13p
Use it up meals, Roquefort tart and split pea soup. The soup is the simplest one I know, only needs 2 ingredients
The New Year Diet
Well, here we are again, another January 1st, and all the usual resolutions apply. The next 12 weeks I've signed up at the gym I go to to their new program. In a couple of days, I'll be going to set up a 12 week program with them. They go through all your targets, do...
Sunny days, charity shops, handbags, puddings and good reads
Heathfield was heaving today, hardly surprising being Christmas Eve Eve. It was so nice to get out and about in some light and sunshine. I decided to have a wander in the town, partly for the sheer joy of it, partly to get a bit of exercise- so easy to vegetate this...
What I Love About Christmas Week
I love this week! Christmas Week, (I think of it in capitals!) the week before Christmas. It holds one of my favourite days, the shortest day. This means that Spring, is just around the corner, longer, warmer days, and an evening that doesn't make me feel shut...
Mixed veg Dahl that turned into Dahl soup
Had an experiment that turned out lovely today. I intended to make a Dahl, but it ended up as Dahl soup because I added too much water. There were the stalks and stems from an entire cauliflower in the fridge, and I thought it would make a delicious Dahl, with some...
Using up mincemeat – Mince pies, Mincemeat Muffins, Mincemeat Brownies and Mincemeat Ice Cream
A few days ago, I made some mince pies for the U3A Christmas meeting. I had bought a new large jar of mincemeat, but then remembered I still had 2.5 jars of the same size left from last year. So I dug out one of those and used that. I made some oil pastry, then used...
A long walk, lost keys and no mince pies
I was going to write today about how much cheaper it is to make mince pies, along with a couple of variations. I was going to do it after getting back from a U3A walk, which was lovely. We went up onto the Downs, up some steep climbs (good for my fitness, which is...
Those questions
These questions have been going round blogland lately. I've read them here and there, so I thought I'd have a go. The ones asking if I have a gun, like hotdogs or KoolAid, make me wonder if it started in America? Oh yes, it must have done, my spellchecker has just...
Zombie burgers using dead bread
Tried the first experiment with reviving dead bread stored as breadcrumbs today. Had a look in the fridge and found a few bits and pieces that I thought would work, got a bag of breadcrumbs out of the freezer and had a play. I have set out below what I used to give...
Reverse Advent – batch two, a loaf and Spicy Apple Cake
Productive day today. Had a rummage in the loft for Reverse Advent, made a loaf, some soup and an apple cake. So going today are; a surplus masala tin; several more cardboard boxes that held appliances that won't need the box any more; an old sewing project that will...