tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52659306329003428572024-03-05T08:38:41.948+00:00Easy English EatingFood - Photos - Faffing
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-1158685070983175382016-02-08T14:28:00.000+00:002016-02-08T14:28:00.574+00:00Start the Day with a Strawberry Smoothie<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The best way to start a busy week is with fruit. I try and get in as much fruit as I can, and smoothies are definitely my favourite fruity snacks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My youngest son has just started a paper round and is starving every morning. Smoothies replace all the energy that he has used cycling in the cold.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-33938603968416700832016-02-07T14:18:00.000+00:002016-02-07T14:18:02.786+00:00Clam Chowder<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The weather has been cold and windy by the coast. There have been days when only soup will really warm you up - and I don't mean insipid, watery broth, I mean proper wholesome chunky chowder.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love clam chowder - it reminds me of ski-ing in Breckenridge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The inspiration for my chowder came from the beautiful <a href="http://www.spoonforkbacon.com/2012/03/new-england-clam-chowder/" target="_blank">Spoon Fork Bacon Blog</a>. When I grow up, I want to take photos like theirs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ingredients:<br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">125g butter</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 onion, diced</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 carrot, peeled and diced</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 leek, thinly sliced</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 tin sweetcorn</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1tablespoons thyme, minced</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 cups new potatoes, diced</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1/3 cup plain flour</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 1/2 cups vegetable stock</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 tin clams</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 ½ cups milk</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">salt and pepper to taste</span><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">optional:</em></span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></em>sourdough bread bowls (I wish)</span></div>
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<span itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> 1. Melt butter in large casserole pan and add onion and carrot. Fry for 5 minutes. Add leek and corn and continue to fry for an additional 2 - 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.</span></span></div>
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<span itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Once onions and leeks are translucent, add thyme and potatoes and stir.<span itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Sprinkle flour over vegetable mixture and stir well (make sure all of the flour lumps have been </span>stirred out), about 2 minutes. </span></span></div>
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<span itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6. Gently fold in clams and slowly stir in milk</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-78023355111308174602016-02-07T14:02:00.000+00:002016-02-07T14:02:08.923+00:00Laaaaaaaazy Sunday<div style="text-align: center;">
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Join me on this windy day in wasting time on the web</div>
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<li>I loved this article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/opinion/sunday/how-to-raise-a-creative-child-step-one-back-off.html?_r=3" target="_blank">raising a creative child</a>. It can be so easy to micro-manage our little darlings.</li>
<li>Creative people make it look so easy. But <a href="https://medium.com/@kotlersteven/secrets-to-long-haul-creativity-ee51feb4ba8a#.xcwmbo7q3" target="_blank">maintaining that creative flow</a> can be such a challenge.</li>
<li>How do <a href="http://projectinspo.com/2014/11/the-one-thing-that-all-successful-people-do/" target="_blank">successful people</a> really do it?</li>
<li>I still want to meet <a href="http://petapixel.com/2016/01/13/this-65-year-old-photographer-is-recreating-famous-paintings-as-self-portraits/" target="_blank">this woman</a>. </li>
<li>Sometimes I feel like crying when I open my fridge. Will <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/food52-1396801/how-to-organize-a-refrigerator-4711314135" target="_blank">this list</a> change all that?</li>
<li>Why we should all <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/107101297366836599/" target="_blank">hijack our children's education</a>.</li>
<li>Are you <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-lambert-voron/alopecia-psa_b_7069450.html" target="_blank">brave enough</a> to ask?</li>
<li>Lets <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-lasher/4-types-of-women-to-celeb_b_7088818.html" target="_blank">celebrate women </a>everywhere.</li>
<li>Are you <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-morin/are-you-ready-for-change-_b_7064604.html" target="_blank">ready for change</a>?</li>
<li>This is another reason why I love <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/pinkpot-11805513/25-must-watch-ted-talks-for-creative-entrepreneurs-4606124989" target="_blank">TED talks</a> so much.</li>
<li>This would look <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/51799248/sale-cobalt-blue-print-on-off-white?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank">lovely in my house</a>.</li>
<li>This <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/107101297363558470/" target="_blank">front door</a> will be mine one day.</li>
<li>There is more <a href="http://thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com/post/2677030315" target="_blank">wisdom here</a> then on the whole internet.</li>
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Laters guys. Have a great day xxx</div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My youngest son loves fishing. He takes it very seriously and is really rather good at it. He fishes for the England Team and has travelled all over the country (and abroad) to follow his passion. Not a bad hobby for a 13-year old boy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The only problem is that it is flipping cold sat by the sea. The wind attacks, the spray from the sea is like daggers on the skin and hands burn. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The best way to stay warm is with soup, I have found, and this lovely butternut squash soup is a clear favourite.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It needs to be served straight from a Thermos Flask and the hands must be yellow from handling worms.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 tbsp olive oil<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />1 clove garlic, crushed<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />1 leek diced<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />2 cups butternut squash, diced<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />2 potatoes, diced<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />1 tsp salt<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />3 cups vegetable stock </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-70334636487649207802016-02-06T06:30:00.000+00:002016-02-06T06:30:08.113+00:00Adventures with Toast<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For about 2 years I have had <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/bleubird-11529119/tartine-pea-mash-radish-2451733935" target="_blank">this link from Bluebird Blog for Tartine / Pea Mash & Radish</a> and today I finally made it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was soooooooo quick and yummy. I will definitely make it lots more in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The recipe really couldn't have been easier:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Combine diced shallot, extra-virgin olive oil, a pinch salt and water in a small saucepan. Add the peas and cook over medium heat until the peas are tender. After about 5 minutes, take the saucepan off the stove and drain the peas. Transfer the peas to a food processor and add avocado, lemon zest and the juice of half a lemon. Mix together adding a splash of water if it is too thick. Season with black pepper and a bit more salt. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spread some butter or vegan spread on the toast. Neatly arrange the sliced radishes on top of the toast; sprinkle with sea salt.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-87934505203540220102016-02-05T13:14:00.000+00:002016-02-05T13:14:46.215+00:00The Wonderful World of Podcasts<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I drive tons of miles with my job which means that I have a lot of dead time when I can't read, write, photograph or do any number of creative things that I would rather be doing. Apart from a few Radio 4 shows, I am not much of a radio fan. My music taste basically extends to Musical Theatre and 90s dance (I know!) and neither of these please me when driving.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So what to do?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A few months ago I fell into the world of Podcasts and now I love them. They are just the right thing for driving - informative enough to be interesting, short enough to cover most journeys, funny enough to be entertaining, thoughtful enough to make me feel clever. Perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought I would share my list with you, in case you also want to while away an otherwise boring drive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So for my first What I Thought About post I am reviewing Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief moisturiser.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I loved this moisturiser. I bought it at Gatwick Airport for about £27 on a whim. I used to be really loyal to one brand (Clarins), but now I chop and change based on reviews. This was reviewed on a a few beauty blogs so I decided to give it a go. I am so pleased that I did.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The cream has a light, creamy jelly texture and is very lightly fragranced. It goes onto the skin like a dream. I have combination skin that is sometimes a little shiny and I was worried that this would be too greasy. In fact, it was absorbed into my skin almost immediately and just left me with supple, baby soft skin that was neither greasy or dry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Compared to lots of moisturisers, this one is expensive, but it lasted well and my skin did feel great wearing it. I hate it when my skin feels dry - I think it really ages me. The blurb on the Clinique site says that this cream makes fine lines fade away but I can't say I noticed any difference. It also promises vibrant well-being - and here I do agree - my skin did look well with this cream. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-37174301490579204402016-01-31T17:27:00.000+00:002016-01-31T17:27:13.777+00:00Laaaaaaaaazy Sunday<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When the weather is this grey it is ok to allow yourself to stay inside. My family have all been busy this weekend doing activities like Winter Races, World Fishing Comps and 18th birthday parties in Chelsea which left me on my own to potter about, watch films, finish (give up on) books, and read nonsense online.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">The images in this film were beautiful, disturbing, and breathtaking in parts but it was a looooong harrowing film that I can't decide whether I enjoyed. The scene with the bear was so realistic it made me panic and there were many equally horrific scenes throughout the film. Leonardo DiCaprio definitely carried the film and his acting was superb, but there was just a bit too much grunting and heavy breathing</span><span style="background-color: white;"> for my liking. Would I see it again - no. Would I recommend it - I am not sure. Was I impressed - yes. Truly a quandary of a film - but will be probably be worthy of the oscar when it comes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This film was powerful. I cried a lot, then it got better, then I cried a lot more. The acting in this film was superb - Jacob Tremblay and Brie Larson should both win many awards. The innocence of the boy and his belief in the world of Room was so touching. My heart was in my mouth in the rug scene and I have never known a cinema to be so silent - I think I only took 2 breaths through the whole film. I have not read the book, but it is apparently very faithful to it - I would be interested to know what you think on that. Would I see it again - yes. Would I recommend it - yes definitely. Was I impressed - absolutely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I gave up on this book - sorry, don't judge me. I wanted it to make me cry, or scream or exclaim anything, But it didn't. It left me cold and unsympathetic. Does that make me a bad person? The language was just not evocative enough. I felt sorry for the dad a bit, but then I didn't. I felt sorry for the siblings a bit, but not that </span>bothered. I did not feel sorry for the mom at all. Admittedly I gave up half way through - so if it gets really great in the second half then tell me and I will pick it up again. </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is exactly what happens <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-guided-meditation-for-the-anxious-mind?mbid=social_facebook" target="_blank">when I meditate</a>.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/last-photos-of-famous-people/celebrity-lists?format=SLIDESHOW&page=15" target="_blank">These photos </a>are very poignant.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5 insane things about <a href="http://www.salocainwonderland.co.uk/2015/12/whats-inside-a-bloggers-home.html" target="_blank">bloggers homes</a> - which may resonate.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I want to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BA9iaipFcUf/" target="_blank">see this </a>next time I am in London</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are two types of people who don't take their lunch break. <a href="http://jezebel.com/psa-take-your-fucking-lunch-break-1751862971" target="_blank">Which one are you</a>?</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If, like me, you are <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vegan-myths-about-veganism_us_568aa3d2e4b06fa68882e539" target="_blank">considering veganism</a> (sometimes) then this might help.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This <a href="http://petapixel.com/2016/01/13/this-65-year-old-photographer-is-recreating-famous-paintings-as-self-portraits/" target="_blank">65 year old lady</a> rocks. I want to meet her.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Social media had a sombre, but also celebratory tone this week as it first mourned and then rejoiced in the gifts that these 2 precious people had given us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On laaaaaazy sunday, I don't want to mope, but somehow, I also don't quite feel like sharing silliness - so I have bumped some sites til next week and instead give you a somehow more contemplative list of perusements (new word?).</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Force spring into your home with these <a href="http://www.ladylikelen.co.uk/2015/08/diy-floral-cardboard-letters.html" target="_blank">lovely floral letters</a></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Africa is nearly free of the <a href="http://ideas.ted.com/liberia-after-ebola-how-human-nature-affects-our-response-to-disease/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=global-social%20issues" target="_blank">Ebola virus</a> - but it doesn't end there.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See - <a href="http://www.thecanary.co/2016/01/11/homeless-man-sits-shivering-train-happens-next-wonderful-video/" target="_blank">humans do know how to be good</a> - we need more of this stuff.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BAaOyogFcTe/" target="_blank">Hailstones</a> can make the place look beautiful.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://gilesnewman.com/" target="_blank">WANT</a>........(sigh)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jodie-rogers/9-thoughts-that-are-holdi_b_6913448.html" target="_blank">resolve not to be held back any more</a> - come on girls</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would love to just stand <a href="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/fascinating_photographs_of_an_abandoned_chinese_fishing_village_reclaimed_b" target="_blank">here with my camera</a> and drink in the eery loveliness.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Surely we can get over <a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/fashion/in-fashion-fat-is-still-a-taboo.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1&referer=https://t.co/QyGhKFcyRv" target="_blank">this</a>. For God's sake - let women just be the shape they choose and bloody love them for it.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But, we need to be brave enough to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-lambert-voron/alopecia-psa_b_7069450.html" target="_blank">love ourselves</a> no matter how we look.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I finally finished reading this at the weekend, thank goodness. I loved the Girl with a Dragon Tattoo series and was really looking forward to reading this next instalment. I was conscious that this was a new author picking up the series, but I was determined to give it a fair chance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This book bored the pants off me, sadly. The plot was so long and complicated that I was at a loss as to what the central theme was for most of the book. The plot was based around cyber attacks, artificial intelligence, autistic children and Millennium magazine. Many of the old characters were there - Blomkvist at the heart of the story, Lisbeth Salander as the improbable heroine and the raft of security and police staff who also appeared in the original series. The appearance of Salander's sister, Camilla, was a good addition, and I enjoyed the grit that she brought to the story, however, we were never really given her story.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think we were asked to make too many leaps of faith in this book. We just had to accept so many events and assumptions - and I wanted these to be explained thoroughly. Central characters came in and out of the narrative at inappropriate times.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The end of the story left lots of gaps and I still did not really understand why the central character had been killed. At the end of the original series, I felt satisfied with the outcomes for Blomqvist and Salander - this book just had them fizzle out. It did not set up for a sequel and did not resolve there stories - it just sort of ran out of words.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I really, really, really wanted to love this book, but in the end it left me not giving a crap about it. After publishing this blog post, I will probably never think of this book again.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-44718355828041378592016-01-11T19:37:00.000+00:002016-01-11T19:37:46.796+00:00One Pot Spaghetti<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I needed cheering up and I knew just the dish that would do it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have had this recipe on my pinterest for ages. I am not really much of a pasta fan if I am honest. But today - it was all I wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took inspiration (in fact I followed the recipe almost to the letter) from <a href="http://www.kitchennostalgia.com/pasta/one-pot-spaghetti.html" target="_blank">Kitchen Nostalgia</a> and I must say it was delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The ingredients were not fancy - just olive oil, onions, garlic, grated carrot, canned and puree tomatoes, vegetable stock , spaghetti and herbs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then add the garlic, carrot, tomatoes, herbs and veg stock and let it cook for 15 minutes</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-65451636881952636882016-01-10T12:38:00.004+00:002016-01-10T12:38:53.539+00:00Laaaaaaaaaaazy Sunday<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's Sunday, it's raining, it's cold. Time to shut out the outside world and lose yourself in internet-land for an hour......(ok maybe more like 4)</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can't pretend any more - Christmas is over, 2016 is here. Resolve to make it awesome. <a href="http://www.ted.com/playlists/217/talks_to_inspire_new_year_s_re" target="_blank">TED always helps.</a></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not unlike the BBC 5-min interviews - this <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/107101297366816082/" target="_blank">73 questions series</a> will eat all of your free time. You have been warned.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Good riddance to bad rubbish. <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/08/is-this-the-collapse-of-the-kardashian-economy.html" target="_blank">Laters Kardashians..</a></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am ready to be a vegan (apart from fish). <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/food52-1396801/10-tips-for-going-vegan-incorporating-more-4698034201" target="_blank">This</a> helped.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is so good to challenge your assumptions. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-TyPfYMDK8" target="_blank">The Lab: Decoy project</a> made me think, a lot.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have made a commitment to read more in 2016 and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jADnNpx3R4" target="_blank">this film</a> tells me that I am right.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35108339" target="_blank"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How the world was changed by the slogan 'Je Suis Charlie'</span></a></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just watch this beautiful <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/fabien_cousteau_what_i_learned_from_spending_31_days_underwater" target="_blank">TED talk</a>.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Is there such a thing as writing for children? <a href="https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/12/05/j-r-r-tolkien-on-fairy-stories/?utm_content=bufferf6a97&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" target="_blank">JRR Tolkien thought not</a>.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yet another <a href="https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/65-challenges-for-my-65th-year" target="_blank">65 reasons</a> to love Richard Branson.</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-14848012743905441372016-01-10T08:28:00.000+00:002016-01-10T08:28:32.095+00:00Cocktail Year - Week One<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker, and shake until the ice has broken down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pour into the kitschest cocktail glass you can find.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Serve immediately, garnished with an extra lime wedge if you are fancy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Then pass out in a state of bliss :)</span></div>
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As soon as Christmas is over, my attention turns to my garden - I have a Pinterest board for both my <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/rachhs/back-garden/" target="_blank">back</a> and <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/rachhs/front-garden/" target="_blank">front</a> gardens and I am impatient to get started on them.<br />
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However, my plans are being buggered up by the rain and my garden looks sad, neglected and WET.<br />
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So I decided to embrace the endless rain and get photographing. I was inspired by this photo by Bator Horvath on FlickR, but I have not yet got to grips with the clone stamp on Photoshop (goal for this year):</div>
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So these are my little attempts - what do you think?</div>
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I love the concentric circles that happen with each plop of rain. I wanted to get the splash, but need to understand my camera settings better for this.</div>
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Raindrops on windows make me think of the Sound of Music (so do whiskers on kittens and brown paper packages tied up with string)...</div>
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I don't have many flowers or leaves to photograph at this time of year, but the ones I do have were sparkling :)</div>
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Rain rain go away - come again another day (and when you do I will be ready with the right camera settings and a clone stamp tool).</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-76459982682764754882016-01-03T15:48:00.000+00:002016-01-03T15:48:45.293+00:00Laaaaaaaaaaazy Sunday<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is the end of the holidays and I am starting to panic that I forgot to chill out. I feel more knackered today then I have all holiday - but that might be due to overindulgence at a party last night.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a desperate attempt to prove that I have had some down time this holiday, I thought I would share some of the mindless nonsense that I have found on the web recently. Busy people would not have had time to look at all of this.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Make a cuppa, turn up the fire, close the curtains and lose yourself for an hour looking at these beauties:</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now all the christmas lights have been taken down, my house looks bare. I need prettiness - and what would be more lovely than <a href="http://www.ladylikelen.co.uk/2015/08/diy-floral-cardboard-letters.html" target="_blank">these diy floral letters.</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The new year heralds new possibilities. Being <a href="http://thesundaychapter.com/2015/08/9-ways-to-be-more-positive/" target="_blank">positive</a> is a great start.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Harness the ice cold weather and <a href="http://www.lifebuzz.com/ice-town/?utm_source=email" target="_blank">build something beautiful</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course you need to know <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/alannaokun/what-font-are-you?sub=2994029_2428668#.xnodBOV1z" target="_blank">what font you are</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Are you planning a holiday - what about visiting some of <a href="http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/eco-tourism/stories/too-beautiful-to-be-real-16-surreal-landscapes-found-on-earth" target="_blank">these</a> places.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How can you resist <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/oh-lovely-things-2463351/14-resources-for-foodies-2200880587" target="_blank">these</a> foodie resources?</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lifebuzz.com/speed-painter/?utm_source=email" target="_blank">This</a> mesmerised me.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you have watched movies this holiday then check out <a href="http://inktank.fi/82-mind-blowing-movies-facts-you-probably-didnt-know/" target="_blank">these facts</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thisismarvelous.com/national-flags-made-from-each-countrys-traditional-foods/" target="_blank">Flags made of food</a>, of course.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you are recruiting staff, then NEVER use <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230931?newsletter=true" target="_blank">these questions</a> - they suck.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lifebuzz.com/they-went-for-a-canoe-ride-to-the-island-what-they-saw-on-the-way-back-was-unimaginable/" target="_blank">Nature</a> is amazing.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everyone needs a <a href="http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp" target="_blank">personality test</a>. </span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/slideshows/b53fb50eca/idiot-dogs-who-don-t-know-how-to-pose-for-pictures?_cc=__d___&_ccid=7v04v7.nt61np" target="_blank"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LOL!</span></a></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">15<a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/slideshows/d7a1ad6c13/15-things-that-should-not-exist-but-do-for-some-reason?_cc=__d___&_ccid=7v04v7.nt61np" target="_blank"> things</a> that should not exist, but do. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I want to <a href="http://sodapic.com/22-kitchen-cheat-sheet-guide-basic-cooking-techniques/" target="_blank">print these </a>and hang them on my kitchen wall.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy Sunday. Tomorrow will be okay - we will get through it together.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436144033478762450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265930632900342857.post-61866097723884060522016-01-02T07:16:00.000+00:002016-01-02T07:16:08.896+00:00Lunch: No More Rubbish...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For me, lunch is the hardest meal of every day. When you are out working, it is so easy to grab an unhealthy sandwich and bag of crisps. Shop bought salads are either bland or smothered in unhealthy dressings. They are also messy to eat in the car.</span><div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2016 is my year of lunch and I am determined to develop some lovely ones. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This quinoa, red rice, corn and spring onion salad is a great start. My original inspiration came from <a href="http://www.justataste.com/quinoa-with-corn-and-scallions/" target="_blank">Just a Taste</a> blog. I had a packet of Grains, Red Rice and Quinoa mix in the cupboard so decided to build from there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">1 pack of <a href="http://www.merchant-gourmet.com/products/ready-to-eat-pulses-and-grains/cook-with/item/grains-red-rice-and-quinoa" target="_blank">Merchant Gourmet Grains, Red Rice and Quinoa</a> mix</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">50g Baby Corn, chopped</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4 Spring Onions, diced</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">2 tablespoons honey</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">2 tablespoons Olive Oil</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mix all of the above in a bowl. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Boom! Done!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is finally a new year. I have been waiting for 2016 to arrive and am so ready for a new start. 2015 was a pants year for many reasons, and I am excited for things to change and for life to be fabulous.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have many many plans and am ready to embrace all that the universe has to offer. My 2016 goals include:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Finally making this lovely blog as wonderful as I know it can be</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Photographing lots more and learning lots of new techniques</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reading many of the books on <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/rachhs/books-worth-reading/" target="_blank">my pinterest board</a> and sharing my opinions through the blog and through my (to be established) book group</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Making the most of my <a href="https://www.playbyplay.co.uk/logon.php" target="_blank">play by pla</a>y subscription and seeing much more live theatre</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Exploring, photographing and sharing healthy recipes</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Making my house beautiful</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Making myself beautiful - inside and out</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Empowering my boys to be even more wonderful than they are now - I am excited for how they will develop this year</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Having the confidence to develop myself professionally and being brave enough to take the risks I know I need to take.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am looking forward to a busy and energetic year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is important that I am spiritually and physically nourished, so I thought I would start the year off well with a healthy breakfast. I took my inspiration from the wonderful blog <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/how-sweet-it-is-1439878/toasted-pistachio-pineapple-muesli-2188882635" target="_blank">How Sweet Eats</a> and messed about with it to include ingredients that I could find at my village shop. My version uses the Fruit and Fibre Cereal rather than pure bran as I couldn't find it - a total cheat I know, but believe me it works.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We spent a blissful last week of August in Orlando and Clearwater with wonderful friends. There we rode roller coasters, explored Hogwarts, swam with stingrays and saw dolphins playing in the wild. We also ate twice our bodyweight in American food, including the fish that the boys caught on a fishing adventure in St Petersburg.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday we had the wonderful privilege of attending my cousins wedding in Ham, Kent. Everyone looked lovely, the decorations were delightful and the whole afternoon and evening were great fun. The colour scheme was navy blue and yellow and all the bouquets consisted of these flowers below. Anyone know what they are called?</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Train-Paula-Hawkins/dp/0857522310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441461973&sr=8-1&keywords=the+girl+on+the+train" target="_blank"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had mixed feelings about this book. I was a compelling story for sure, but it was just a bit too chick-click for me. It reminded me a lot about Gone Girl and I did not like the main character at all. That being said, I could not put it down and read it pretty much in one sitting. If you are by a pool and need to zone out then this book will help.</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1447261135/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441462232&sr=8-1&keywords=talk+like+ted" target="_blank"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to do more and more presenting in my job and I always want to make sure that I am as polished as I can be. I LOVE TED talks and am often impressed by how engaging the speakers are and this book shared some of their tips. I have already brought some of this into my own work, and now actively try and think of anecdotes that I can weave into my own presentations. If you present or just want to be more engaging in a group, then read this book for sure.</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I already have my next reading list lined up from my pinterest page, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/107101297365455151/" target="_blank">here</a>. I can't wait to get started.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Today is the first Sunday since forever that we have not had plans. </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">You have probably seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=qY-d46-gPMI" target="_blank">this adorable video of newborn twins</a>, but I could watch it everyday</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">My oldest son is about to flee the nest for a while, so these <a href="https://mylifeoutofbounds.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/25-rules-for-mothers-of-sons/" target="_blank">rules for mothers of sons</a> have never been more relevant</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Someone buy me <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/108408403/pink-raindrops-plate-ready-to-ship?ref=shop_home_active_20" target="_blank">this</a> please</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">These <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/slideshows/4b071b52a5/distressing-letters-from-kids?_cc=__d___&_ccid=7v04v7.nt61np" target="_blank">hilarious letters from kids</a> will make you die</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">This <a href="http://frame.bloglovin.com/?post=4478867480&group=0&frame_type=a&context=post_page&context_ids=&blog=12377123&frame=1&click=0&user=0" target="_blank">dreamy apartment</a> is built in a ski jump!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">I want to send everyone of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/16-perfect-cards-for-couples-who-also-happen-to-be-best-friends_55cbb079e4b0cacb8d32daf3" target="_blank">these cards</a> to my husband</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Make your own <a href="http://www.wayfair.co.uk/aresidence/2015/08/06/making-my-own-bottle-of-gin-at-45-gin-school/" target="_blank">gin</a> - need I say more?</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">If you need a holiday read - make it <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/107101297365858373/" target="_blank">this one</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">If I knew where to buy leather, I would definitely be making <a href="http://www.babybugjournals.com/leather-sunglasses-case-diy.html" target="_blank">this sunglasses case</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">It would be rude not to make <a href="http://minimalistbaker.com/diy-dark-chocolate-almond-bars/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+MinimalistBaker+(Minimalist+Baker)" target="_blank">this chocolate bark</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">If I won the lottery I would send myself flowers every day. Until then, <a href="http://www.ladylikelen.co.uk/2015/08/diy-floral-cardboard-letters.html" target="_blank">this</a> will help</li>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last Saturday we spent a surprisingly lovely day in Gosport, Hampshire. Now I had been told that Gosport was a bit of sad, slightly rough seaside town and so I was not expecting much. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O had a fishing squad day, so A and I hung around the seafront watching him fish and generally enjoying the sunshine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We arrived pretty earlier in the morning and the sea was cloaked in mist, but as it cleared it revealed the delightful coastline of the Isle of Wight. I was staggered by how many ferries, hovercraft and catamarans made the journey over the water - it is certainly a popular place.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have never been a sufferer of headaches before, and my heart goes out to those who live with head pain on a regular basis. Daily life is really affected when you are in pain and trying to maintain a normal home routine is practically impossible. Mr EEE has been my rock and has kept me sane while I have been worrying myself silly. I hope that the kids and the rest of the family have been blissfully unaware of all the tests and panicking.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I have taken this recipe directly from <a href="http://talesofpiglingbland.com/2013/12/17/chicken-and-bread-sauce-pie-romance/" target="_blank">Tales of Pigling Bland</a> and give full credit there. The photos are my own, but the ones on <a href="http://talesofpiglingbland.com/2013/12/17/chicken-and-bread-sauce-pie-romance/" target="_blank">Pigling Bland</a> are just gorgeous and I would urge you to check them out.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Roast Chicken and Bread Sauce Pie</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the pastry:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">110g plain flour<br />25g butter pinch salt<br />2 tsp dried sage<br />some ice cold water for mixing it together<br />egg for brushing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Put the flour and salt into a bowl, cut the butter into small cubes and add to the flour.<br />Rub the butter in with your fingers until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs (or pulse in a food processor). Stir in the sage.<br />A couple of tablespoons at a time, add water over the surface and used a table knife to cut through it and mix it together. Keep adding water slowly (try to add as little as possible) until you can bring all the mixture together into a ball with your hands.<br />Put the ball of pastry into a plastic bag and leave to rest in the fridge for 20mins.<br />Preheat the oven to 200C /400F<br />Roll out the pastry as thin as you can without it breaking and line either one large pie dish or 6 tartlet tins.<br />Brush with egg and prick with a fork.<br />Bake “blind” : you can fill the base with baking paper and baking beans/ teaspoons / foil or just check half way through and press the pastry down if it’s puffing up.<br />Bake for about 8mins or until turning golden.<br />For the filling:<br />1 packet Colmans onion sauce<br />1 packet Colmans bread sauce<br />3 small cooked chicken or turkey breasts, shredded (or equivalent from leftover roast)<br />2 tbsp frozen/tinned sweetcorn<br />2 tbsp frozen peas (or other leftover veg from roast dinner)<br />Optional: some breadcrumbs<br />Make up the bread sauce to the packet instructions but with a little less milk so that it’s thicker.<br />Put to one side as you make up the onion sauce.<br />Add the milk to the packet mixture and whisk together.<br />Start to heat and add the chicken, peas and sweetcorn – keep stirring as it thickens.<br />Make sure everything is thoroughly heated through.<br />Season as required.<br />Spoon the chicken mixture into the pie cases and top with the bread sauce.<br />Sprinkle with breadcrumbs if required.<br />Pop in the oven for 5 mins or under the grill to brown.<br />Eat with cranberry sauce and whatever else you fancy.</span></div>
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