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This has been a busy week. Following Manic Monday, we made a video on Tuesday which just wasn’t very good, it’s only the second time we have had to discard one thankfully but left me feeling a bit deflated. So I sat down to do some crochet and watch “Escape to the Country” when theContinue reading “Saturday’s come round so quickly…”

Well. Where to start? Yesterday was quite a day. A message came early in the morning, out of the blue, from Mike at the BBC. I wasn’t rushing to start the day but in no time at all I was ready for the zoom meeting and recording, spending the rest of the day feeling anxiousContinue reading “Manic Monday!”

The weather here last Saturday was truly horrible – rain, sleet and icy winds. One of us had to be out in it all day and would be needing a hearty meal that evening, so a roast dinner was planned….potatoes, vegetables, gravy to go with the inevitable chicken. Then what about some stuffing to enhanceContinue reading “Stuffed!”

Over many years I’ve always emphasised safety in the classroom kitchen. Since I’m hopeless with blood I’ve always warned of the dangers- sharp knives, graters, peelers, food processors- you get the idea. My insistence on cutting vegetables using your fingers like a bridge is an obvious example. Being able to illustrate the dangers using realContinue reading “Safety first”

You might have noticed that the last two videos have been soups. There really is nothing else which warms you up quite so well on a chilly winters day. They are so economical as they usually contain very little meat but a lot of vegetables in a tasty broth and many recipes allow for flexibilityContinue reading “Super soup”

Like most people I really hope it will be different from 2020, not just healthier but better in so many ways. The roll out of the vaccine can’t happen quickly enough for me, so I can hug my friends and family without fear and talk without a mask so we can all see each other,Continue reading “Happy new year!”

Maths was my worst subject at school. No teacher could ever explain why I needed to learn about logs, anti-logs, slide rules, sine, cosine or tangent. Show me a knitting pattern and I panic, my brain gets dizzy. But a recipe….. now that’s something quite different and my mental maths is fine. When I wokeContinue reading “Countdown to Christmas”

The decorations have started to go up, as I’d intended, but there have been some interruptions, so I need to dig out the boxes again and make the house look a bit more festive. It all started with my auntie of 98 pressing her panic button when the crumpet she was toasting caused the toasterContinue reading “It’s been a funny old week.”

Having been involved in a competition I just need to tell y’all that there are some very good (and very bad) mince pies out there. I promise you that my recipe is truly better than anything else I’ve tasted. So if you plan to make some, make mine. OK?

…quite a bit like Christmas – not least because several of our neighbours have installed hundreds of multi-coloured flashing fairy lights which brighten the gloom for several hours each day. Not subtle enough for me, sadly, but our decorations will begin to appear very soon if I get my way. A small tree on theContinue reading “It’s beginning to feel…..”