tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88975948689672486542012-01-31T05:34:21.503ZAmateur Cooks - Adventurous Taste Buds!Amanda at Little Foodiesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897594868967248654.post-92147885157210157192010-06-16T11:38:00.005+01:002010-06-16T12:04:02.854+01:00

Well done the McCartney's... We're not a meat free household, just making small changes where we can.

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Hello...! I know it's been a while.... :) Sharpham Park produce really fantastic things. I know this because my friend has been using spelt flour and other things for a good few years. Now produced by Sharpham Park and fairly easy to get hold of. Until this weekend I'd been a bit scared of using it myself but mid way through making brownies yesterday I realised we didn't have any normal white

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Whilst I might sometimes feel that our life is far from perfect, wading through the quagmire of crappola. I should stop, smell the flowers and realise, remind myself even, that our life is indeed perfect.The boys ate leftover chorizo and wild mushroom risotto, added to which I cooked them a beautiful sirloin steak to share, 2 mins each side and then cut into strips...I'm now making bunting out of

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It's weird. I have another blog, by another name that I've never written anything on... There are times when I want to write but I don't want to write about food so then I'm torn do I just write it all here or do I start writing on the other blog... Just a thought..................In the meantime this isn't food but for those in the South East of England, today was glorious. And (sorry I know

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Normally a medium size chicken can feed all of us and with a little stretching any last minute stragglers that turn up at feeding time... Plus the usual extra meals, possibly a sandwich or two, chicken stock or soup the following day. Duck just doesn't cut it and whilst very tasty I don't think we'll buy another whole duck. It barely fed the 4 of us, maybe it was just a weedy duck.... It also

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Long ago I had to be in the mood for an omelette but now I quite like them for lunch and experiment with various different flavours. The household favourite is definitely cheese and chive. We always cook each omelette per person separately, then there's no arguing about doneness or who has the bigger portion.Cheese & Chive Omelette (for 1)2 eggssplodge of milk2 oz grated cheddarhandful of chives

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I LOVE OUR LITTLE PUPSTER! The PupMeister, the Puppaluppy, she's one of a kind and has very much captured our hearts. Well, at least she's captured the hearts of Little, Small and myself. Hubs is yet to be captured, gumpy git! She had her little lady op yesterday, on the day I chose to take my God-daughter to see Marley and Me. If I ever had any street cred with that girl, I certainly don't have

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This is the first time I've made cheesecake and I think it was a resounding success! It's always been one of those things that I was a bit afraid to make, something about the water bath I guess.Lemon and Vanilla Cheesecake from Olive Magazine via the BBC GoodFood Website.I did a couple of things differently, used vanilla extract instead of a seeds as we didn't have any vanilla pods, made a

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Smoked Salmon Mousse1 1/2 x 200g packs of light Philadelphia or other cream cheese250ml half fat creme fraiche250g smoked salmon3 spring onions washed and choppedHandful of fresh dill washed and choppedJuice of 1 lemonSalt and PepperPut everything in a processor and blitz until smooth, scoop into whatever you're serving it in then cut up thin strips of smoked salmon and place on top with a tiny

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Recently we went for dinner with friends from the village. It was quite simply the best meal I have ever eaten at a dinner party. Our hostess I now know is an amazing cook, her husband very attentive, especially when it comes to ensuring your glass is never empty. To top this they were great fun, and didn't seem to mind when some of us got rather loud and silly.To start we had a choice ofHot

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Somehow, and I think I may have even suggested it myself I've agreed to throw an impromptu childrens' tea party tomorrow. I guess it will be Maundy Thursday... Little and Small have put their requests in and we'll be having the following:Sandwichescucumber (of course)egg mayonnaisetuna mayonnaisemarmiteCakesSuper Simple Sort of Simnel Cupcakes (recipe below)Chocolate NestsEaster Biscuits which

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Before I begin it is the Easter holidays lest you get straight on the phone to the Children's Food Campaign or worse Childline.For breakfast we had crumpets and our version of a mars milkshake. Though Small often needing to do the opposite wanted porridge (and a rocket ice lolly)! Bad mother! Bad mother! Anyway, here's our version of a mars milkshake.You will need2 standard size mars6 generous

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38 years later and my Dad is still wetting the babies head!

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It would be lovely to share cake for real but in the meantime please take a virtual bite! Scroll down to the bottom if you're here for the April Fools joke...Here's coffee sponge with dark chocolate icing and white chocolate buttons and just chocolate to the right.Simple vanilla sponge with custard filling (creme anglais if you're posh), covered in melted chocolate and decorated with white

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I was proud as punch when I opened the oven door to see the resplendent hugeness that was 12 yorkshire puddings. I was even prouder when for the first time ever they didn't sink. My mum had driven over 300 miles to eat them, even she was proud. We're all nicely full after lots of roast beef and all the trimmings.How did I make these great yorkshire puddings? Funnily enough using the American

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I love the funny stuff my kids say....Moo TURD on hotdogs - what an interesting thought!They've got adventurous palates but I think even they would stop at cow sh**!

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Our very lovely puppy who is now 7 months. A beautiful warm day for snoozing on the patio.The cake : Nigella's mother-in-law's madeira cake, with the addition of poppy seeds. From the book - How to be a Domestic Goddess. The recipe can be found here on the Nigella website. While this cake was baking I said that I thought it was a bit laborious to make but how wrong I was, every mix with the

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So this is me - first time I've shown my face!Comic Relief is here again... and this year Red Nose Day is all about doing something funny for money. Imagine my pride when Little decided at the last minute to enter himself in the do something funny for money talent competition at school playing guitar (he's only been learning for a few months). He freestyled, "I made it up as I went along Mummy."

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Why? Because I love it! Holding a heart in the palm of a 'Little' hand and the fact that the heart was provided by Mother Nature herself.

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I read on a blog a while ago about mixing up flour and butter and then freezing knobs of it, adding to sauces to thicken as and when you need... Did I read correctly and does anybody know the ratio of flour to butter?

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Not really! Well done Wales, shame for England...

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We made Eccles Cakes, well, sort of...Block of shop bought puff pastry (I think it should be flaky pastry made by hand!)4oz raisins (should have been currants but we didn't have any)1oz butter1oz light brown sugarfreshly ground nutmeggrated rind of lime, lemon and orange (I think proper Eccles cakes are supposed to have chopped mixed peel in).Plain flour for rollingA little more sugar and egg &

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This subject can make me a bit cross...For the record Little has packed lunch and has done since the end of Reception, when he was still four years old. He chose packed lunch because he said they overcooked the veg. He wasn't being a fussy eater he just didn't like the food they gave him. As he eats virtually everything that is served to him at home or when we're out and about I know that he

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to find out why just click Stephen Fry. We only just got the leak fixed and the entire contents of the attic room is downstairs as this was the only way they could access the burst pipe - so not much space to swing a cat (not that I'd do that, we love our cat), let alone prepare great food. Laters Dudes!xx

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...and a bad ass healthy lunch... We are now truly ill... Yesterday I asked Hubs if the term splitting headache had come about because somebody's head had actually split from a headache. It also feels like hot coals have taken up residence in our chests' too.... Melodramatic? Hypochondria?This morning after Hubs had gone to work, I went back to bed, not to sleep, door wide open, able to hear

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They've asked several times so now we're off again, learning about other countries and the foods they eat... For those who didn't know, it's Chinese New Year today, the Year of the Ox, we did have elaborate plans but we have a burst pipe above our kitchen ceiling (and since I started typing, it's now running down one of the lights into a strategically placed bin)... Someone coming tomorrow,

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No, I'm not talking about my husband... though he does have a heart! We made cheese straws that look nothing like cheese straws. I remembered something in a Nigella book, I think it was Feast about cheesy feet, hence why I probably did foot shapes, heart shapes because I do love a bit of cheese. Cheesy grins are the best, especially gappy tooth cheesy grins - Little lost another tooth yesterday,

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We live in a lane where it's quite unsafe for children to get out of the car, even in the drive because people speed past despite it being a 30 miles per hour speed limit. Anyway, because of this I park my car in a little parking space at the back of the house, accessed via a road. A road where currently there is some major work taking place, already the workmen have upset quite a few people for

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I bought my haggis today in preparation for the celebrations on Sunday (click on the picture for a link to the makers Macsween). We'll serve it with mashed potatoes and mashed swede, all made with lots of cream, butter and a pinch of salt and pepper. I spent my early years growing up in the North East where we called swede turnip and I understand it's called rutabaga in the US. How to confuse

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I love my boys, their innocence and yet total reliability to be spot on.What a speech... We have some very happy relatives in America today.

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This cake is from How to be a Domestic Goddess. For once I followed the recipe exactly... The boys and I loved this cake, as did friends. H wasn't so keen as he said it tasted a little of marzipan (he doesn't like marzipan). I think that's probably the almond extract in it. Although it was really good, I have to say I still love and prefer lemon drizzle cake and lemon drizzle cupcakes, because

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Edit: I swapped the cup amounts over for rice pops / oats - sorry - I've changed it to read correctly now.I had a bag of dried cranberries and macadamia nuts that needed using up so I was looking for the recipe for the white chocolate, cranberry, macademia nut cookies. I was also in the middle of making Nigella's damp lemon and almond cake. In the end I decided not to make the cookies and make

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I'm missing the holidays... aren't you? It's freezing cold, we've had snow, we've had it so cold that the trees and ground remained in a permanent state of winter wonderland, now the grey, damp weather has arrived. The sort that makes all your joints sing that they're getting old. I still love it. The wood burning stove giving that gentle warmth that doesn't dry your skin out like the central

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When you're in somebody else's kitchen do you ever...open the cupboards?sneakily open the cupboards when they're not looking?peek in the fridge?spy cookery books that you don't have and pick them up and start reading them?I'm guilty of the last one and I very much want to look in other people's cupboards but the way I was dragged up stops me.

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You can tell I'm a food blogger because... the only pictures I have of New Years Day are of food, albeit not very good ones!Creamy Chicken, Bacon and Leek Pie made with love, as you can see from the hearts...4-6 chicken thighs depending on size (4 large, 6 small)one onion, peeled and finely dicedone small packet of cubed pancettaone large leek, peeled and very finely sliced1 teaspoon of dijon

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Baileys very kindly sent me a bottle of Baileys with a hint of coffee before Christmas and I've had every good intention of making something with it but I can't stop drinking it. I've made everybody who has entered the house taste it (with the exception of children of course!), I wasn't that generous with my measures, using the excuse that I needed to cook with it... The verdict so far - very

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I've said it before but I really do hate it when the holidays end. We've just had the best Christmas ever, relaxed, good fun, the house full of love and laughter. The house is going to feel so empty tomorrow when the boys go back to school and hubs goes back to work. The boys have been adorable, even when they've been over excited and gone past the stage where you feel like stringing them up by

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I seem to have found my blogging mojo again. I didn't want to say it until I was actually posting regularly but it's just sort of happened and I'm loving my little blog again.Banana and Blueberry Buttermilk MuffinsThis REALLY good recipe can be found at the BBCGoodFood website.Hubs loved these as they're not too sweet. The only thing I did differently was put a lot more blueberries in (we had a

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This is very loosely based on Nigella's chocolate peanut butter fudge sundae. I say loosely because I didn't look up the recipe in the book but went from memory and now I've looked up the recipe and got the link to Nigella's newly refurbished website for you, I realise that what we did was different. Though different it was delicious and uses fewer ingredients for the sauce, but it did have the

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Happy New Year to one and all. May 2009 bring you lots of good times the whole year through.I have a few resolutions for 2009... to use the things I save for best on a regular day to day basis, to empty my life of the things I do not need, and to REALLY live my very lovely life!To my boys - we know the rules, it's up to us how to play and break them...!

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A Marks and Spencers plain round fruit cake which Little made a banner to go round, I put marzipan and icing on and then we topped with Christmas candles, again from M&S. I'm just not a fruit cake maker, or eater truth be told... but the banner has been folded carefully and will be taken home and treasured by my stepdad (this was one his Christmas presents) and made me realise ever more that it's

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Buy it while you can...If I'm with you - you can put what you like in your bag.. but only if it's Christmas! Which brings me nicely to my point that children can self regulate. Yesterday I told you we were off to Woolies and that I was going to let the children choose whatever they wanted sweetwise. Below shows the contents of their Pic N Mix bags... Admittedly they didn't just get Pic N Mix but

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Small has just finished school, just waiting for Little (who finishes in 42 minutes) and then the festivities REALLY can begin...I'm going to take them straight to Woolworths (while we can) where I'm going to let them choose lots and lots of sweet things (chocolate, biscuits, sweets, whatever they want). We can then come home and fill up all of the little bowls, pots and tins which are dotted

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Decorations and dressing your table up doesn't have to be expensive. I just bought this little silver cup at the St Catherine's Hospice shop,added a tea light and a piece of gingham ribbon and I think it looks great.I'll add a few more charity shop finds soon, in the meantime here's some pictures of Christmas at our house.The tree, topped with a star that I helped Little and Small make. A great

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Not two things you could eat in the same week... The cabbage soup diet, also known as the Mayo Clinic Diet, or the Sacred Heart Memorial hospital diet... No institute wants to take claim of this diet. It is a fad and it works because your calorie intake is so greatly reduced you'd have to be really in touch with your inner sloth not to lose weight on it.Basically a homemade vegetable soup that

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If anybody knows where I can get a Star Wars Galactic Heroes Millenium Falcon from I would really appreciate you letting me know.... It's not the huge expensive £150.00 one. It's the smaller RRP £40.00 one which Argos very kindly decided to sell at half price and the great Martin's Money Saving Tips decided to let the whole world know about... Now they're going for upwards of £50.00 plus P&P on

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Do you hate liver? I'm not that fond of it, or atleast that's what I thought. The other Sunday Hubs went off to do the shopping, we'd missed the butcher and being sensible they close on a Sunday. Supermarket bound he returned with liver. "Thanks a lot for just thinking about yourself!" I was actually really cross. I really didn't want liver. Anyway he cooked it with bacon, onions and amazing

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Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot.I can think of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent to blow up the King and Parliament.Three score barrels of powder below to prove old England's overthrow.By God's providence he was catch'd with a dark lantern and burning match.Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells

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Happy Halloween to everyone... be it tasteful or tacky, have lots of spookable fun! This year we're having a tacky one as I hit the pound shop this afternoon and stocked up on a whole load of tat! The pics are from the last couple of years... No halloween food for us this year, the boys have had parties to attend... Small was too scared to stay so came home with me, he's had some bread, a carrot,

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TinksThe newest member of our family has arrived. She's gorgeous, 7 weeks old, very laid back, a tiny little bit stubborn, slept right through the night without a peep last night (yippeeee!). Seems to hit the paper more than the floor. Her mum is a rescue Tibetan Spaniel, father unknown. She is very, very much loved.On the food front I cooked some Skate Wings last week. First I put some cornmeal

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1.6 million bananas wasted each day according to this article at the very brilliant lovefoodhatewaste.com - Well it doesn't happen here. I am out and out proud that we now never ever throw bananas away. I thought we were quite good before when on the whole, most would get used up by making Nan's banana and honey tea loaf. Though I have to admit that sometimes more than a few ended up in the

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Small woke up in a bad mood and announced that he wouldn't be starting school today, he went back to bed and ten minutes later got up, jumping about exclaiming how excited he was to be starting school. Just shows what an extra ten minutes in bed can do for you. I know this from experience as still being in bed having an extra ten minutes I missed this little drama!! Good job too or I'd have

Amanda at Little Foodiesnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897594868967248654.post-24946606263442276032008-09-01T16:30:00.007+01:002008-09-01T18:20:32.786+01:00

So much going on... lots of posts written, blogging legs lost, inability to hit the publish button. How do you start blogging again when you've been absent for so long? Feelings of inadequacy, in limbo, gone off taking pictures of food all the time. Need to lose weight but continue to feed the children great food, can this work alongside food blogging??? Quandries, quandries...Little starts back

Amanda at Little Foodiesnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897594868967248654.post-70199660102396300502008-06-25T10:17:00.004+01:002008-07-06T20:50:47.540+01:00

I'm not meaning to post once a month, it's just turning out that way. I've been tagged and awarded and I have a list of people that I need to reciprocate and I will... I have a little project going on which is very exciting but it takes up brain space... we all know what that means. Anyway Aidan tagged me to "list one fact, word or tidbit of information that is somehow related to your life for

Amanda at Little Foodiesnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897594868967248654.post-64803429982214403392008-06-07T13:55:00.004+01:002008-06-07T14:18:21.672+01:00

The lovely Pig in the kitchen (who incidentally writes a rather splendid blog) made rock cakes here. I saw them and immediately wanted to make some... and eat them of course. They looked fabulous and would have taken a very good picture, but this is all that's left...Cinnamon and Raisin Rock Cakes Makes enough for a family of 4 to enjoy over a few days with enough to let the next door neighbours

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Delia's Cheating Banana Bread PuddingI meant to post this some time ago... but then I'm at my most relaxed when I'm late.I'm not a huge Delia fan but I think she's okay. I can cook and I'm confident with food, probably because I was taught from a very early age. I've mentioned before the whole family thinks they're experts when it comes to food. Nicknamed a chemist in the kitchen from very early

Amanda at Little Foodiesnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897594868967248654.post-75509786864380940162008-06-02T14:34:00.011+01:002008-06-02T20:38:51.688+01:00

I'm waiting on the arrival of some sumac and other things before we continue with Arabian days and nights. In the meantime we've had a very small glimpse of India. Not strictly true as we eat Indian food at least once a week, but it's the first time that we've really done it in a learning experience sort of way.Our neighbours have a daughter, Little is very good friends with her, (she's a year

Amanda at Little Foodiesnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897594868967248654.post-27110928271611367252008-05-27T08:45:00.001+01:002008-05-27T20:04:27.613+01:00

In the book Arabesque, Claudia Roden explains why Lebanese cuisine is so well known. Representative of food throughout the Middle East, often when a Syrian restaurant opens in London it calls itself a Lebanese Restaurant. This is possibly because most people will have heard of Lebanese food but she puts this down to the Lebanese being great entrepreneurs, making the best of their food heritage,

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A while back Little asked when we could carry on learning about food from around the world. I said soon, but at the time the thought of researching countries and their food wasn't that appealing. I did ask them both what they liked about our virtual travels. Small (who remember is only three) said he liked cutting up the baking paper and stuffing it with food and covering it up. I think he might

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Fading bluebells which were absolutely beautiful this year.Now I hadn't intended to leave it a whole month without posting but before I knew it weeks had passed. I'm sorry that I haven't been actively reading or commenting and I do really appreciate all of your comments and e-mails, thank you and big hugs to all. I can't sit at the computer for too long (woe is me). Also, I've only really been

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Something that never made it...Hard to believe, a year ago today I started this blog... Time has flown by at a rate of knots. On April Fool's Day I turned a year older too... When I think back over the past year it feels like I stepped into the Tardis and pressed fast forward 12 months. I've made friends all over the world. I've learned things, I love it that you can learn more from food blogs

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Hope you all have a fantastic Easter weekend!Good Friday was indeed good for me as I was allowed home from hospital. As Hubs described it in an e-mail to some of you - missing some disc and a few bits of vertebrae. Hard part is over, have to lie flat for just over a week with a small shuffle around every 90 minutes or so and physio exercises which are nothing like exercises. So pleased to be home

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Hello.... how is everyone? I'm good - surgery is finally booked and the question is will I be shorter ....after Wednesday? Eek! It's due to take place that evening. I have to forget past surgery problems, get my head down and get on with it now... can't help being a little (a lot) scared. I should be out next Saturday, so I wont be home for Good Friday but eggs have been purchased and though I

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Hello. I'm so sorry I haven't responded to comments etc. I was feeling a bit blah! Thank you very much for your kind words and wishes, they all cheered me up but I just couldn't or didn't find the words to respond. (Aidan, the boys were over the moon at your comment, I shall put them on the next available flight, but only if you can arrange for your Dad to be there. Surrogate Grandfather and all

Amanda at Little Foodiesnoreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897594868967248654.post-70346276239536030792008-02-22T11:57:00.004Z2008-02-22T12:39:13.830Z

Sorry I should have written something before. I'm okay. I'm still waiting to speak with the consultant about the results of the MRI but it is the NHS and I can't expect things to happen immediately. I should know by the end of next week at the latest which will by then be two weeks after the scan.I'm afraid I haven't really read done any blog reading. I feel a tiny bit spaced out most of the time

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...and in hindsight (such a wonderful thing) I maybe should have done it a bit earlier.This is the inside of the moreish muffins....'The back' is playing up a tad following my stupidity in bending down to pick something up. I had an x-ray on Monday which showed the vertebrae are too close together, definitely indicating a prolapsed disc. I was told that if my back hadn't settled down by the time

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I made these earlier and tomorrow I will photograph them again when it's light. I just hope that I will be able to take a photograph that portrays how expletively delicious they are! They are the best muffins I have ever made. This isn't saying a lot really as muffins are a fairly new concept to me. I always made cupcakes until I started blogging and then I discovered that muffins are often

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It's amazing what a little sun can do. I had intended to make Tana Ramsay's Bang Bang Chicken on Thursday evening. Best laid plans and all that, we ended up having pizzas delivered. Will it blow the budget out of the water? I haven't added up this week so who knows.Earlier today outside in the glorious sunshine, just two days late, we had Tana's Bang Bang Chicken. Although by the time I'd

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I love, seriously love my husband but I fear that he has completely and utterly lost the plot. He recently purchased an elliptical cross trainer, having cancelled his gym membership. We live in a bungalow with one attic room. Said attic room is currently the dumping ground. At the moment this cross trainer is sat in the lounge, alongside the very old and very beautiful church pew, and infront

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Who needs a balanced meal when it's pancake day?! We eat pancakes often, they're not a once a year special occasion feast for us. Though I have got into the habit of making American style pancakes with maple syrup more often than the crepe style pancakes that I had as a child, which were always served with golden syrup or lemon juice and sugar, and always rolled. I remember when I lived with my

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This isn't food related but I just posted an article over at The Daily Tiffin with tips and thoughts on coping with family life when you're temporarily unwell or incapacitated. If you want to take a look then click here.

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This is easy peasy. Can't believe we're into week three already. The fact I may have spent all of the money saved so far on some on-line shopping purchases is neither here, nor there. They are all valuable things for the kitchen or household - slow/rice cooker steamer combo, blender to make smoothies for breakfast, ceramic bread pans, books, Roald Dahl collection of children's stories on CD. Like

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I didn't do a meal plan as such. I wanted to see if I could stick to the £70.00 or under without a meal plan. I think we need a meal plan this week so I'm working on it now.Midweek Breakfast : cereal with milk, fruit, water. Weekend Breakfast: cereal on Saturday, bacon and eggs on Sunday.Midweek Lunches :tuna wraps with salad, fruit, apple juice2 days X cheese and chorizo sandwich, salad and

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This week has been a total pain in the you know what, for more reasons than one... I've been in serious pain for most of it and do not feel like I've been coping well. To top it all when Sainsbury's decided to give the most rubbish service I have ever experienced it was blood boiling time.During the first week of trying to change our food budget from an average of £140.00 to £70.00 a week (Click

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Do you see this beautiful little package of figgy, fruity, nutty goodness? Can you tell just by looking at it that it's laced with booze?Before I tell you where it came from. I first want to tell you a little story. Let me remind you before I begin that this little package is packed full of fruit, nuts, chocolate and booze.The story of the Canadian Boooooze Cake...Mama Bear could smell the

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Not sure why I felt the need to leave this to the very last minute, it's becoming a bit of a habit.....Posting day arrived and yet again I still haven't made the LMP (Lemon Meringue Pie). I've read a few things about this LMP. Throughout the month on the Daring Bakers Blog I've seen some stunning ones, some runny ones and well to be honest... meringue scares me, pastry scares me, making lemon

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So I didn't quite stick to the meal plan every time, but when I did change things it was due to unforeseen circumstances (read that: change of mind), or I made a more frugal choice to use up leftovers or something that was on the turn. But did I manage to stick to the budget? That is the question... and what did we actually eat.Midweek breakfasts were the same every day, cereal with milk, fruit,

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Sara over at Farming Friends mentioned that it was Farmhouse Breakfast Week. Farming Friends, by the way is a great blog, it's good for young ones too, you can read some of the interesting bits to them and look at the pictures together.Farmhouse Breakfast Week is an annual campaign in the UK to promote how important it is to eat a healthy breakfast every day. The website has some great

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Hubs and I are not overly extravagant with gifts for each other. Often Valentine's Day passes and we've forgotten to exchange cards. This happens on our anniversay too sometimes. It's not that we're not romantic it's just that we're romantic when we feel like it throughout the rest of the year. Infact if I'm honest it could be something to do with... Hubs is bad at choosing presents for me. So

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Mmmmm, cake....!Mmmmm, lots of cake....!Toffee Coffee CupcakeAh, gone!Mmmm, more...A question for your knowledge. These were a little experiment, you can see the toffee sank to the bottom. Anybody good at the whole science thing of baking? If so, please tell me why the toffee sank to the bottom and what could I do to suspend the toffee pieces throughout the cake. Possibly sprinkle the toffee

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I've been sat here trying to think of some inspirational quotes, they are all evading me!Meal Plan Week OneMidweek BreakfastsChoice of cereal with milk, fruit, waterWeekend BreakfastsPancakesPoached Eggs on ToastMidweek LunchesCheese Roll and salad, fruit, apple juiceTuna sandwich, salad, fruit, apple juiceSpicy rice salad (using leftovers), fruit, apple juicePasta salad, fruit, apple juiceCous

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Before we've even started I have a feeling that I might fail with this whole budget thing. Maybe not the budget but staying away from Waitrose. That's before I even begin with the pain of meal planning. I'm the sort who likes to look at what we've got and decide on the spur of the moment what we're going to eat. With the flu and then my back, I hadn't been into Waitrose since before Christmas,

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When I wrote the post here, about the annual jamon, I wasn't paying much attention and I certainly wasn't up to researching the inside leg measurements of said pig. I'd tasted it, knew it melted in my mouth, leaving a resonant sweet and deep taste. I realise now of course that even though ONLY glimpsed at from the utility room door, the colour of the hoof should have given it away. I realise now,

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Some time ago I started a post (which I didn't publish) with the title Dashing Daddy Eco Warrior and the Frugal Mummy. It was a bit of a joke, at my husband's expense, as he'd been at the Earth Summit Conference in London for a few days. He would return home in the evenings to find the house at sub-tropical temperatures, visibly annoyed, turning the temperature down, mumbling, sometimes not

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The Garlic and Star hanging on the Housekeepers CupboardThe Kitchen WardrobeThe chillies, grown in our own garden this year.The hanging wall unit, bagged on e-bay for £20.00, which houses a few of our lovely white things (and a touch of blue).

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Tatooine Trifle(This is a cheat's trifle, very quick to make, takes minutes, and one the boys said they'd like again if they want a proper dessert and we don't have anything.)Bought Trifle SpongesSeedless Raspberry Jam, or whichever jam you choose.Hot WaterAmbrosia CustardDouble CreamMascarponeIt's up to you how much you want of everything in each layer.Assemble everything you're going to need

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Okay, apologies, need to reduce the meds - big time, I'm spouting all sorts of stuff. I'm in danger of pulling you down faster than quick sand.... I forget sometimes that a couple of people actually read this blog. So on to something cheerful....Tatooine Trifle - coming later...

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...possibly overly so. Today we have lots of very ripe bananas that need using up, but I don't think it was that... We also have some dulce de leche to be used up. Such a sorry state of affairs I know. I was searching the internet for cakes or puddings and then I remembered Nan's Banana & Honey Tea Bread. I wondered if the honey could be replaced with toffee sauce. So whilst I write this post for

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We're going to make some muffins with the Galactic Ginger Jam, aka Orange & Ginger Marmalade (seen below). The little competition - we'd like your Star Wars theme ideas for a name please.To enter leave a comment with your suggestion for the name of the muffins. If we pick your name as the winner you could win a little prize. This is just for a bit of fun and the prize is not going to make your

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Sorry, promised these yesterday. I don't know who I was trying to kid when I thought I could get right back into cooking every day. Worse still that I'd be absolutely fine without help. I think I'll blame it on all the drugs (prescription ones!) either that or I was some kind of martyr in a previous life, an heroic one obviously! Thankfully, these were made before my back told me that the Jedi

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Not that long ago in a galaxy quite near, there has been some serious eating going on.Naboo Nuggets (to serve 2 small Storm Troopers)4 chicken thighs (organic and free range if possible)Handful of Cheerios (the breakfast cereal)Handful of Plain FlourFreshly Ground Black Pepper to season1 Egg, lightly beaten in a small bowlTablespoon of OilCut the thighs into pieces, about 2cm chunksIn a freezer

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We've come up with all sorts of ideas for the Star Wars Food. So much that I think we'll have a whole week of it before heading off to another country. (Forgive us the indulgence we did sort of miss out on a full blow out Christmas).Our Empire Eaterie we will have all sorts of Tatooine Treats. Not convinced we'll be making all of these but we'll give it a go...Galactic Ginger JamEwok EggsPadme

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Little is a huge Star Wars fan and has gone to great lengths to ensure that Small is able to keep up with him on all things Star Wars. It's not really that great hearing a three year old say things like "Don't make me destroy you." So I was pleasantly surprised when it came to writing Christms Lists and Little said he had enough Star Wars things now. Shame really as there was still a present

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If the in-laws are coming over from Spain and it's near Christmas they usually bring a leg of jamon serrano (mountain ham). Not wishing to bleat on but having been in bed I hadn't seen this years and not willing to negotiate the war zone that is our utility room floor this is all that I can see of it (at the moment). It's also all that you can see of it too. Now that I'm up and about (yippeee!)

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Spring cleaning in Winter, everybody is doing it you know... Starting with the blog list seemed like an easy place to start. This is a work in progess and definitely needs a few adding... I'll get there.80breakfastsA pot of tea and a biscuitA cracking good eggAccidental ScientistAidan BrooksAmbrosia and NectarA Year from Oak CottageBackseat GourmetBake my dayBook The CookBoys Can Cook TooBut do

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I'm still in bed (lazy cow!). Medication has changed so hoping that from next year (less than 6 hours away) I'll be out of bed more than I'm in it.It's been interesting. I've been grumpy, happy, sleepy, dopey. Infact the Seven Dwarfs have got nothing on me. I've caught up with lots of blog reading. I read and enjoyed every single post that Lydia of The Perfect Pantry has written. If you ever

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Or atleast that's what it feels like. Anybody know any good jokes? interesting facts or good stories?I'm writing from my bed, from the laptop my lovely hubby bought some time ago. The laptop I said I couldn't get to grips with. Bored out of my brains I seem to be getting to grips with it quite well now. . I've been in bed for 3 days now. At least I think it is 3 days, I seem to have lost all

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Following my earlier post... I wished real hard and she turned up and sprinkled her magic dust all over me. Giving me enough energy to make a gingerbread castle (inspired by the wonderful Tanna) and some biscuits, and the thing I'd been planning on making all December - a spiced igloo cake (I forgot the fruit).I want to thank the wonderful Kelly-Jane of Cooking the Books for getting hold of and

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I think I mentioned that things were going to be a little slack around here... I hadn't realised that a shed load of other stuff would happen.... Some of this post might be a bit bah humbug but I thought I'd explain the absence. There is a recipe for Fairy Dust which I think more than makes up for it. Ho Ho Ho...December was taken up with a lot of making for the school Christmas Fair, I neglected

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I love Aimee's blog Under the High Chair. Aimee is a very cool Mummy, who lives in Montreal, Canada. Currently pregnant with child no.2 she still produces amazing food and has the energy to invite a shed load of people round to hers for a cookie swap, despite the fact she'd just (literally) had the house renovated. They (the builders) were probably just packing their van up as guests arrived, you

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