I made herb rolls tonight out of the dough I made last night. They turned out as tasty as I thought they would. I shaped them up as soon as I got home tonight, brushed them with some cornflour water, sprinkled some garlic salt & dried mixed herbs on them & baked them up. You are supposed to let them rise for about 20 minutes but I figured that ( Read more... )

There is something so vibrant & life-affirming about home made bread dough. There really isn't anything quite like it. I have some dough I just popped into the fridge from my old stand-by Artisan Bread in Five Minutes A Day. This is the one cookbook in our house that gets regular use. The next most-used would be my Homes & Gardens Cookbook I ( Read more... )

Our level is having a shared lunch to go with the "Taste of Harmony" thing going on throughout the company.  There are about 70 people on our floor & we are all supposed to bring something that represents our culture (or another culture) to share.   I don't have to cook for 70 people, just bring a fair bit to share around.  The thing is on 18 March ( Read more... )

I put together a surprise Moroccan date night for C last night. There is a Moroccan restaurant near work & I have been there a couple times. I have enjoyed the food but didn't know if C would. She doesn't like curries, onions, bell peppers or anything spicy so I figured it might be better to make stuff here at home and do a "date night ( Read more... )

The ice cream options we have in this country are just not very exciting. There are basic flavors like vanilla, choc, neapolitan. You get gumdrops, passionfruit, hokey pokey. There are some other options from the regular companies like Tip Top, but really if you want something different you have to pay extra for the more fancy companies (think $ ( Read more... )

Yes, I am still here & all is going ok. I've been keeping busy with spring cleaning (ok, not a lot of that but still have done some), with a couple orchid shows & some garden walks when weather was ok & baking. I made some cool cookies with a new set of cookie cutters modeled after 1940's/1950's tattoo flash. It took some time to make those & we ( Read more... )

It's Queens Birthday weekend so a 3-day weekend for me. :) (It isn't actually the Queen's birthday, just a public holiday celebrating it). It's been a bit cool most nights & was rainy last night/early this morning. We are on the road through Autumn & on our way to Winter. We went out earlier today to run some errands, and since I've been home ( Read more... )

I took advantage of the last of the autumn sun this morning to head out to the range. 2nd time this week! Overall I did better than when I went a few days ago, but did manage to munt one of my arrows by accidentally shooting it straight into the shaft of another. It was a typical "Robin Hood" type shot and completely, purely accidentally. There ( Read more... )

My first week back at work last week went pretty well. It was busy but not as busy as we can get, mostly because of the fact we were running a bit short handed ( Read more... )

I made my "salad in a jar" lunches yesterday. This week's salad is carrots, sliced black olives, marinated artichoke hearts, tomatoes & lettuce with red wine vinaigrette dressing. Tonight I've put together my ready-to-cook-breakfasts---oatmeal with dried nectarines, apricots, raisins & crystalised ginger. Yumm, that's breakfasts & lunches for the ( Read more... )