Category Archive: Food

birthdays, and why you shouldn’t bother following instructions.

These last four weeks while I have been at home a lot I have turned myself into the epitome of the perfect 1950s housewife. Okay, that’s not exactly true. I have cooked and… Continue reading

a DIY wedding adventure, amongst other excuses…

okay, I know I know….I’ve been gone for oh….10 months?! 10 months that flew by at lightning speed. 10 months that now see me a happily married woman; a passport stamped traveller; a… Continue reading

Sisterly Bonding 101. December 2009

some more wholesome sisterly bonding. Christmas time brought L a new daring bakers challenge which neither of us had ever tried before- a gingerbread house! You can see L’s blog on this tasty… Continue reading

please sir, may I have some more? Part 3 May 2010

For  a while now I have been following Susan V’s blog Fat Free Vegan. Now I’m not vegan and I’m certainly not fat free, and it’s quite possible that to ordinary old meat… Continue reading

please sir, may I have some more? Part 2. May 2010

Today is P’s birthday and seeing as I don’t have any money, I decided to cook him whatever he wanted for dinner instead of buying a present.  The order for corned beef, potato… Continue reading

please sir, may I have some more? Part 1. June 2010

Recently I decided to try to eat a healthier diet in a bid to increase my immunity to baby/toddler germs I encounter at work and to halt the inevitable weight gain that comes… Continue reading

spoonful

I haven’t actually spent much time loitering around blogs lately, but the ones I have been drawn to have been about food. Here are a few that I have been drooling over…. Kiss… Continue reading

hibernation 101

*I am posting this one week after actually writing it because in my malingering state I capped our internet and was not able to upload. It’s still relevent though! I am writing this… Continue reading

one week late

Sometimes I become tongue-tied and prefer to hide away in a corner… preferably a corner with lemon curd, 6 eggs and an oven.  One friend’s kitchen, two evasive kitties, one flopped meringue, twelve… Continue reading

My creative space. 20th Feb

I may have gone a little quiet and retiring around this here blogosphere, but life away from the computer has been as busy as ever.  One reason for my absence and obvious flouting… Continue reading