TGIF!

Yesterday was the most stressed that I’ve felt since the run-up to the launch of the Massive Christmas Tracking Project in my old job. I don’t think I slept properly all week. There were a lot of wobbles through the day, times when I was trying to respond to five IM conversations at once and [...]

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Experimental Monday: Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni

I haven’t blogged the last couple of experimental Mondays – I went on a bit of a soup binge and I can report that roasted sweet potato soup is yummy. Last week I was feeling totally uninspired and cooked easy, familiar comfort food.
But fear not! During the week I got a craving for cannelloni and [...]

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Alternative expressions of creativity

It appears that my current main obsessions are cooking and knitting. It keeps surprising me because a few years ago I’d never have thought that I’d end up loving such domestic, home-making things. I’m not an artist, I never will be, but I consider myself to be creative and it appears that these crafts are [...]

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Yarn, Thanksgiving and roast potatoes

I have just enjoyed a Thanksgiving weekend with my sister. It was pure accident. She booked her flights, told me the dates and I squeed as I realised that she’d unwittingly booked to be with me over the long weekend so I’d get the Monday off work to spend with her without worrying about vacation [...]

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Experimental Monday mishap (and other foodie things)

Yesterday was Monday and thus it was going to be a new experimental dish: stir fried beef with broccoli. Um, that wasn’t quite what I did…
Firstly, I must confess that I worked out my menu when I was in a rush on Thursday and didn’t have the time to do my usual poring over books, [...]

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Experimental Mondays week 5 (and other things)

Er, OK, so experimental Monday got shifted to Saturday but the reason will become apparent.
I made aubergine, shallot and sun-dried tomato calzone. This involved making pizza dough from scratch and, as this is a yeast dough, it required prooving. There was no way that I could get home from work and have pizza on the [...]

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Catching up on many things

Knitting

I’m making good progress on Brighton Take Too, the cardigan for my sister. I love the pattern, I adore the yarn (Rowan Cashsoft DK) and the combination of the two makes for a really great knitting experience. I did encounter a small technical hitch yesterday…
I was knitting merrily on the left front. Mum and I [...]

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A post of many things

After 3 months of fog, apparently summer has decided to appear. The temps are in the high twenties with humidex taking it to the low thirties at the shore (where my house is). The humidex even two kilometers inland is taking it to the high thirties.
Yes, this does feel a wee bit extreme.
Still, I’m feeling [...]

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Knitting and other babbles

Last night, for the first time since I came up with the recipe, I managed to mess up my hamburger rice dish. It was a rookie mistake, too. Too much corn starch to thicken the gravy and I knew that it would do that as it went in. Damn! Managed to fish out the most [...]

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Surprisingly fun Saturday

I was sort of slightly dreading today, because I’m totally shattered and I needed to get up early to get the car down to the dealership to change my tyres from winter to summer. And then I needed to get something ready for a pot luck lunch tomorrow at church, plus do my usual chores [...]

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