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A Salmon pasta lunch and other things
I had Smoked Salmon pasta for lunch today, with a slight variation in the sauce. I sauted the onion, boiled the pasta, adding a handful of green beans towards the end of the cooking time. Then I just mixed everything together, including the salmon trimmings,...
Motivating myself and getting fitter
I feel really unfit at the moment, I think I've mentioned before. So after getting back from Dorset, proper efforts must be made. I put a step counter on this morning to help motivate me. A regular Friday date is coffee with the girls. You may remember that I used to...
Confession time, What I’ve actually been doing this week
Did you guess that we have been away? When we got back from our trip to Scotland, DP said that he would rather the world and his wife didn’t know the house was empty, and I reluctantly agreed with him. I have hated not being able to share properly what we’ve been up...
Bread, bread and more bread
I have lots of lovely pictures to show you, but they simply won’t load today. The broadband speed is appalling this evening and everything is taking for ever. So I’ll post this and get the pictures in when I can. Shame about the piccies I’ve updated with the pictures...
Glorious roses
This is one of the roses in the garden, called Jude the Obscure. It has the most glorious scent, deep and musky. And this one is the other one I have. It is called The Generous Gardener. I have it as a climber and it is very vigorous. Both roses are in their full...
Sardines on Toast, from 38p, and most of the Omega 3 you will need for a week
A very simple and super quick lunch. A tin of sardines in tomato sauce on a couple of slices of granary toast. Just to up the tomatoeyness even more, I added a handful of cherry tomatoes as well. A tin of sardines in tomato sauce varies quite a bit in price. The...
Late nights, coming crops and what to put in next
It was a very late night for early to bedders like me, who also like football. I was up until the small hours watching England play their first match in the World Cup. It was as tortous as I thought it would be, and I’ve been drooping around all day as a result of my...
A reprise on semi-freddo, and lots more flavour ideas
Remember this? Instant semi-freddo After dinner this evening, DP announced that he wanted a pudding. He was angling after a crumble, but I really didn’t want to make one. So I dug out a bag of mixed berries from the freezer, picked out all the strawberries and whizzed...
Huge lintels and sunny days
This bad boy was delivered yesterday…. Our lintel, woohoo. It had to be moved from the front of the house, round to the back where it is now. Did he have any hefty fellas for that? No! Muggins here was told to ‘get on the end of that’. Do your DIY chaps do that to...
Mango, coconut and feta pasta
Tried a variation of the Chickpea, Mango and Coconut Curry today. Made the sauce as usual, then added some green beans from the freezer. And then instead of rice, nan, or anything else like that, I stirred it through pasta. And popped some little bits of feta on top....
More fracking and the garden
I have had a look around google for information about fracking and found lots of stuff. But I have found it is very difficult to form an objective opinion. Much of what is written is either extremely anti or very pro, where what I was looking for were some facts so I...
Fracking in East Sussex
Well gentle reader, I am feeling somewhat discombobulated right now. I have just got back from a meeting in Heathfield about fracking in East Sussex. I went because I didn't know a huge amount about it and wanted to know more. The Government are very keen on it and...