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LBLUK – Day 5
End of Day 5 - yay, FINISHED! Breakfast today was more bannocks, all jam ones this time. That was the last of those, they lasted well. Lunch was some potatoes, cooked in the microwave, with roasted vegetable hummus on them. That used...
LBLUK – Day 4
Another lovely sunny day today. We walked up to Cade Street and watched Dame Heffle release the cuckoo to usher in the Spring. Watched some Morris dancers, looked at all the different stalls, 59 this year. I’m sure there are a few more every year. Got a lovely...
LBLUK – Day 3
Delicious breakfast this morning. I made some bannocks yesterday and had two with some roasted veg whizzed up into a hoummous, and two with some home made damson jam. And the ubiquitous large glass of water to wash them down with. The bannocks recipe is here. Do try...
LBLUK – Day 2
Day two almost done Porridge and jam again for breakfast. It’s not as filling made with water. or rather, it is filling, but it goes down quickly and I want something else after a couple of hours. Went to a U3A Science group meeting this morning. Very good,...
LBLUK – Day 1
One day down - four to go. First up was breakfast. Porridge, made with water and served with jam to sweeten. I did modify the purchase here. I have lots and lots of pots of home made jam, so decided to use one of those. The one I chose is a damson jam made when I had...
Sunshine, Snaps, Seeds and Sowing
What a glorious day today. We went down to Hailsham to speak with a photographer for the wedding, he had some lovely shots, as you would expect, and seems like a nice chap. He gave me the number of a friend who does flowers. I don't need loads and loads, just a few. ...
Stuff for free at Latest Free Stuff
The site is stuffed full of all the latest free stuff you can get from all kinds of different places. There are literally hundreds of offers. They now list over 600 free samples from the biggest companies in the UK. You can get everything from makeup to perfume completely free! Basically, you name it, it could well be there. Deepak said that he launched LatestFreeStuff.co.uk in 2012 because he wanted to create the UK’s largest resource for finding freebies on the internet.
Two books and a lipstick
I read two books about dementia recently, one after the other. I didn’t plan it that way. It just came about. The first was Elizabeth Is Missing. We see things through the interpretation of Maud and she is the person with dementia. Maud is convinced that her friend...
I’m doing the LBLUK challenge from next Wednesday!
Do you remember about this time last year, I did Live Below the Line UK for Action Aid? I have been talking about it for the last couple of weeks. Why Action Aid? Because they are a charity that concentrate on women and girls in extreme poverty around the world. Why...
Peanut butter and jam mug cake, mmm, too easy
I was inspired to try this pudding this evening by Skint Mum over on the Skint Dad blog who made a chocolate mug cake. DP is mad on peanut butter on toast at the moment, so I made this peanut butter and jam version. I used a large mug and put into it 2 tbslp sugar 2...
Curries, U3A and wild garlic
Had the U3A Cooking On A Budget group here yesterday. Seven people came, and we had a lively, chatty afternoon. We made Tomato Dhal, Sambar, Chickpea, Coconut and Mango Curry and a Nan. We managed to fit it all in the 2 hour time slot easily, and still have time for...
Vegan bean and spicy katjan sauce sandwich paste, 12p a sandwich, LOADS of variations
Having tried draining and rinsing a can of beans recently for the sardine sandwich paste, I thought I could make lots of different variations of a beany sandwich filler with that same type of bean.