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Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Monday, August 27, 2018
Last week was pretty rubbish as my husband has been not feeling well for several days so I didn't make most of the meals I'd planned, or either of the desserts as we didn't go to the party. It's meant I have lots of random ingredients in the fridge to freeze or use up!
This weekend should be quite exciting though as my little girl turns six months and we are going to begin weaning. I've decided to do a mixture of puree and baby led weaning (where you give them pieces of food to pick up and eat as they wish) but starting with purees. I've got a...
Sunday, August 26, 2018
I made this card for a relative who is a musician; it can be hard to make cards for men that aren't just fairly generic so if a guy I know has a particular hobby (or in this case, it's his profession) I try to theme cards accordingly.
The main elements of this card come from a set of die cuts I bought that you press out from a sheet, I'm afraid I can't remember the brand! The musical notes and stave across the top come from a sheet of outline...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Cheesecake seems to be my default dessert in the summer as it's light and creamy, and you can add all sorts of flavours - my husband prefers chocolate desserts but I don't want to cook with chocolate that much when the weather is hot!
Last weekend we went to his aunt and uncle's house for a family party and I was asked if I could make a dessert. Cheesecake is usually popular and easy to make, so I chose a peach melba cheesecake recipe...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
The mini moo (baby S) and I had a nice few days last week with my parents visiting though my mum was ill on their last day which put paid to our plans to going out for lunch and a date night with my husband in the evening.
Monday
chicken tacos with leftover chicken from the roast I did at the weekend
Tuesday
marinaded tuna steak from this recipe for me, sausage and chips for him
Wednesday
meatballs and pasta with homemade basil pesto
Thursday
chicken and bacon pie and mashed potato
Friday
Spanish style chicken bake, based on this recipe
Saturday
Lunch/Dinner...
Saturday, August 18, 2018
This cake is made from ingredients you probably already have at home - or you might only need to buy one extra ingredient - so is great for those last-minute 'I need to make a cake' moments. It's also incredibly moist and really tasty so I think this is something I will be making again!
I made this cake when my parents came to visit - we'd had a busy weekend and I hadn't really thought about what food we would eat until two days before, so quickly...
Monday, August 13, 2018
We had a really busy but fun weekend, visiting a friend in Cheltenham for her birthday and baby shower then with my husband's family for his dad's birthday. I was really tired on Sunday night and had a half hour nap which is a very rare thing for me to do! This morning I'm firing on all cylinders doing lots of admin (we came home to find my car on our driveway had a puncture, I need to make a doctor's appointment, finish unpacking from the weekend and so on). Baby S has just fallen asleep so I'm now doing this week's meal plan and online shop,...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
It's well known that during pregnancy some women develop cravings and others gain an aversion to foods they previously liked. I didn't really experience either so it was quite a surprise when I developed a post-natal taste for coffee.
I've never been a coffee drinker, unless you count a Starbucks Caramel Macchiato with extra cream, which to me never tasted much like regular coffee as it was so sweet and deliciously caramel-y.. I did occasionally...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
I went a bit unicorn-crazy recently after buying a new rubber stamp and some patterned papers. This card uses one of the papers as backing for the card - it's a busy pattern so I left a bit of white edging around the card.
I then added some die-cut pink balloons and some die-cut blue bunting, which matched the background of the card - I bought both sets of die cuts on Ebay. The 'happy birthday' is from an old set of stamps called Say it with Stamps...
Monday, August 6, 2018
This past week has been much better (we weren't ill, for a start), we have had nice weather and I've been taking baby S to some new classes like baby signing and one called Music and Me, which was really fun.
The coming week is still a bit up in the air as we may or may not be visiting friends at the weekend - it depends on other plans with my husband's family which we are still trying to pin down.
Monday
Barbecue
Tuesday
Barbecue
Wednesday
chicken stuffed with boursin in a red wine sauce I keep planning to make but cancelling
Thursday
fish...
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Animals have been suffering in the heatwave we've had recently - I've seen several reminders on Facebook not to walk dogs during the hottest part of the day. My cat spent several days moving from one spot in the living room to another, seeking out the coolest bit of floor, so when I saw this idea on the internet (on Facebook again actually) I decided to give it a go.
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Tuna ice lollies for cats - whatever will they think of next?! To make these,...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Here's another animal card made with the same set of stamps from Creative Stamping magazine that I used for this elephant card. The main stamped image is of a koala, with a separate stamp of a branch that I coloured brown with Promarkers, and finally a third stamp of the leaves which I used with green ink.
The sentiment, 'you're a koala-ty friend' is a cute pun and one that makes the card suitable for pretty much any occasion - a birthday...
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