Friday night is curry night and this time I thought I’d give the biryani a try. Our usual takeaway curry order is Veg Biryani with Vindaloo sauce, Aloo Brinjal and an Aloo Saag. But we’ve moved away from the takeaway side of things now, just wasn’t enjoying it quite as much as we used to. […]
I have tried a few different approaches to making veggie burgers and in the past they have been tasty but the consistency was not quite right. They’ve either dried out too much from my over cooking or the’re too “wet” and have turned to mush when trying to move them. Not today though, I’ve played […]
There was a time when I used to live on Marks and Spencers stemmed ginger cookies. I could buy a box and pretty much eat the whole lot in a night (I know greedy guts!) This was about 9 years ago and I’d forgotten all about those cookies, right until I made this batch of […]
I had to share this, as if there are other “try hard” bakers out there like myself, you might make this same horrendous resulting baking mistake. I whipped up a batch of what looked like delicious vanilla & oat cookies, they puffed up nicely, looked the right consistency, smelled luscious, until I served them up on […]
Procrastinate – To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. To postpone or delay needlessly. I will hold my hands up and say that there are times when I could be classed as a procrastinator. Always thinking “I’ll start that tomorrow” , “I’ll send that email next week”, “I’ll wait for the […]