Monthly Archive: August, 2011

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Kate and Pauline’s Apple Crumble Cake

I have to be honest from the outset, there was a lot of stress and “mishaps” with this cake. I had been given some beautiful heritage apples and was determined to make the most… Continue reading

Heritage Apples

These apples were gifted to me by someone who came to collect something from Freecycle.  Their kindness made my day and will be long in my memory. Tomorrow, they are being turned into… Continue reading

Bad Tempered Chilli sans Carne

Usually when I cook or bake anything it is with love and feeling good about it. This. Not so much. I was actually intending to make a vegetarian recipe for nachos.  I had… Continue reading

New Blog…

I decided that I needed another blog, because one just isn’t enough… Actually it came from my freecycling obsession. http://musinghappeningsandotherstuff.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/why/ It will be short posts with lots of madness. I do crazy really… Continue reading

Chicken Alfredo

Allan loves pasta, though he much prefers tomato sauces to cream based sauces so I wasn’t expecting him to enjoy it as much as he did.  He raved over and asked that I… Continue reading

Freecycle!

I know I am blonde. I know that I have lived in remote places. So, I know I am behind the times on lots of things. I have never seen a Blackberry! *waiting… Continue reading

Breakfast on the run!!

I don’t know if you are aware of this but this morning breakfast officially was on the run.  I would say on the lam but it was ham and I am not sure if… Continue reading

Handmade Jewellery

A good friend of mine has just started to sell jewellery that she makes. It is all custom made and designed, the colours and size are all negotiated before she makes each piece. Her… Continue reading

The Joy of Cleaning!

I can’t sleep, so what else would I be doing than reading all my favourite cooking blogs and searching for more pancake recipes? After finding approx another dozen recipes for pancakes than I… Continue reading