We stayed out too late playing cards on Saturday night, I said we would leave at 9.30 but was having far too much fun so we stayed until after 11! We played a huge game of demons in which the Gibson family took all the bottom places. We have a plan however and will play [Continue]
So last weekday in my diary of the week. Well it started early – I woke Ruth up at 1.35 thinking it was 7.05 and she had missed her paper round! I heard her get up at the right time for her round and got up. Finally this week I managed to get up early. [Continue]
One morning this week I had a chance to just sit quietly at breakfast time and realised that the table was full of my favourite things. The first daffodils we’ve had this year: A lovely scone with home made jelly (apple and sloe gin flavoured). A tea pot full of Earl Grey tea – the [Continue]
Jonathan and I had plans for today. Yesterday Jonathan had made some shortbread and crispie cakes at the HE meet – but they weren’t dairy free (I hadn’t been on top of things enough to remember to take alternative ingredients) so he couldn’t eat them. He was happy to give them away to the rest of us [Continue]
Our Christmas days follow a fairly predictable pattern. The girls get up early and open stockings we eventually wake Jonathan up and any remaining stockings are opened in our bedroom and all gifts are displayed for everyone to see. highlights this year were Rebekah spilling her tea over my lovely and expensive (certainly by our [Continue]
We made a few edible Christmas creations this year. Some fudge and some of Nigella’s puddinis and some vodka soaked blackberries covered in chocolate. A selection of Lemon cakes: Rebekah has been working on chocolate creations – marbled penguins and chocolate slabs: [Continue]
I was really pleased with the results of my first attempt at Stollen. In general my bread has turned out better since I’ve been making Paul Hollywoods cob loaf and following his advice on the Great British Bake Off not to let the dough get too dry and to use the oil method of kneading. I followed the Hairy Bikers [Continue]
For as long as I can remember we’ve taken part in the Learning Zone Christmas hamper or cookie exchange. So we’ve been busy yesterday and today making our cookie contributions. Rebekah made her lovely cranberry and double chocolate cookies. Ruth made Wendy’s lovely custard creams but in heart shapes. I made Twinks Hobnobs from [Continue]
I haven’t posted any thing about our October boat trip – there was really far too much and so I didn’t get round to posting anything but while I was thinking about food for my last blog post I thought I’d post some of our foodie pics from our trip. A stack of pancakes with home-made apple [Continue]
My Yorkshire pudding tins have disappeared. I took one of them to church full cupcakes in and it has not been seen since. The other one more mysteriously was last used for cupcakes at home – and it too has disappeared. So rather that buy new ones I thought I would give Yorkshire puds a go in the silicon trays I [Continue]
