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A Picture A Day: Week 49

I can’t quite believe how quickly this week has zoomed past, and indeed the whole second half of this year. In fact, I’m sure it’s actually only mid-August. ...

Not many words, and a lot of pictures!

Having a browse through my iPhoto yesterday, I discovered a whole collection on random things that I have made this year that never quite made the blog post ...

St Nicholas’ Day Biscuits

Today is St Nicholas’ Day, and yesterday Mini-M, Mr E and I decorated gingerbread biscuits.<div></div><div>Or more accurately, Mr E and I d...

Polish Style Meatballs with Buckwheat

Or Zrazy z Kasza Hreczana to give it it’s Polish name.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Whichever language yo...

A Picture A Day: Week 48

I’m late yet again, I know! Another busy weekend and a few other projects meant I was spending my blogging time doing other things - some lovely things thoug...

DIY Wellies with eyes!

Yesterday was a horrible wet, windy day, and although we did get out, most of it was spent inside.Windy weather tends to make Mini-M a bit rampage-y and her ...

Super Spicy Squash & Split-pea Soup

Now that I’ve got all that alliteration out of my system, here is a recipe for a really delicious soup I accidentally invented a few weeks back, when we got ...

Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles

I’ll let you into a secret. These truffles started life as an attempt at dairy free chocolate ‘butter’ icing. On that front, they were an unmitigated disaste...