A friend and fellow blogger posted her Easter adventure list here and it has inspired me to do the same. So, here goes… Visit Survive our trip abroad Go on a National Trust Easter egg hunt Make Make chocolate nests […]
The one about standing up for education
This blog post is a first for me. I usually write about the mundane aspects of life – pies, gardening, family life…. Today I want to tell you a story. A short but sad story. Today (March 26th) NUT members […]
The one about pie 9
Almost up to date at last! Pie 9 was made tonight – it was supossed to be goat’s cheese & mushroom polenta pie, but it turned out to be more like mushroom and artichoke pie with a feta and polenta […]
The one with pie 8
It’s from the HBPP – vegetable samosas. Overall assessment – tasty, and the recipe was easy, but far too fiddly to assemble! Tasted good though!
The one about 7th pie heaven
This week, I decided to tackle my first sweet pie – a traditional Bakewell tart! The puff pastry was shop bought, on the advice of Si & Dave, but everything else was homemade. It was a delicious pudding after a […]
The one with pie 6
Rattling through the pie updates now! Pie 6 – the HBPP Salmon gratin. An expensive one, as it used a half salmon, but very tasty and it did yield quite a few portions.
The one with Pie 5
Another week, another pie. 28th January was another HBPP (Hairy Bikers perfect Pie) – tuna mayonnaise plate pie. A lazy recipe this week – store cupboard ingredients but I did make my own shortcrust pastry. This would make a great […]
The one with the fourth pie
Let me introduce you to the main source of the pie recipes, Si & Dave! I will try to add the filling recipe to this post later on….
The one with the third pie
OK, so I am a bit late posting these pies…. Pie 3 was made on 19th January and was a celeraic & potato topped cottage pie. No recipe in this post, it was just thrown together really! If I get […]
The one with the de-brief
Somehow, my 102 things blogging fell by the wayside…. so, here is the very overdue de-brief on what I achieved in my 1001 days. If I ever get time, I will do a separate post for each category, but this […]