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Easy Fresh Summer Pasta

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Serves 4 500g Penne 2 tbsp Olive Oil 1 Red Onion (chopped) 2 Cloves Garlic 1 Courgette Handful of Cherry Tomatoes Splash Lemon Juice Grated Parmesan Basil Cook the pasta for about 10mins, meanwhile heat the oil very gently (optional … Continue reading

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Brambly Hedge Books

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I have incredibly fond memories of my Mum reading the Brambly Hedge books to me as a child and later reading them myself. Enthralled by the story, the characters and the beautiful illustrations inside, I was transported into the most … Continue reading

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Chips – easy way to make your own!

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. We never buy chips…we always make our own – so tasty and easy!. .. Potatoes (you can use sweet potatoes – they do cook quicker though!) Oil Salt Pepper . Put an oiled baking tray (shallow trays tend to … Continue reading

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Suren Manvelyan – Your Beautiful Eyes Photos

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Suren Manvelyan is a very intelligent and interesting man, he has many photo projects on his website. One of which has drawn lots of attention recently, titled Your Beautiful Eyes it captures close up, incredibly detailed photographs of eyes, stunning and wondrous. … Continue reading

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Leek & Bacon Flan

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Serves 6-8 Shortcrust Pastry 225g Plain Flour 110g Butter 2.5tbsp Water Filling 3 Eggs (beaten) 4-6 Rashers of Bacon (chopped) 1 Leek (chopped) 25g Butter 25g Plain Flour 290ml Milk 2tsp Wholegrain Mustard 50g Cheddar To make the pastry cut … Continue reading

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Springtime Flowers

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Springtime in our garden and dotted amongst our vegetable crops were some beautiful flowers in full bloom, so i took some photos of them to share…Allium, Gladioli, Lobelia and Viola. We have almost exclusively purple / blue flowers in our … Continue reading

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Steak Dinner

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As it was Adam’s Birthday on Sunday i cooked a lot of delightful foods! For breakfast we had Pancakes – our household tradition for each and every birthday, dinner was steak filled and pudding was Carrot Cake. Yum yum! So I will share the steak recipe … Continue reading

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DIY Project 3; Cable Spoon > Mosaic Garden Table

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My third project was turning a cable spool into a mosaic garden table, I found the cable spool and some tiles on freecycle after a lot of searching! Materials Different coloured tiles (some from freecycle, some samples from tile shops) White Grout Spatula … Continue reading

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Puff Pastry Pizza Pie

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Very easy recipe to put together and serve with salad / pasta / new potatoes – very summery! Makes 6 mini pizzas 1 pack of frozen Puff Pastry Tomato Sauce Splash of Milk / Beaten Egg Toppings (slice thinly so … Continue reading

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Miniature Street Art – Slinkachu

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Slinkachu is a street artist / photographer, his artwork has been around for a little while and a friend gave us a book called ‘Little People in the City – the street art of Slinkachu’ for Christmas. So i have … Continue reading

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