Thursday, August 27, 2009
Home grown vegetables
At the beginning of July DH and I decided to start a vegetable garden. It was bit late but we've got a few things growing and tomorrow I'll be harvesting our first courgette. The conservatory is now a greenhouse with tomatoes, peppers, chillies, cucumber and even a melon plant.
Next year I'll be better organised and start earlier. I'm hoping to grow a crop of salad leaves all winter but don't know how successful that'll be.
ETA: This is the receipe that I used with our first courgette and it was very nice.
Spaghetti with courgette & cherry tomato sauce
serves 4
200g cherry tomatoes
1 courgette trimmed
350g dried spaghetti
frylight or one cal
1 garlic clove peeled & crushed
1 bunch of basil stalks removed
2 tbsp very low fat natural fromage frais
6 spring onions finely sliced
salt & freshly ground black pepper
basil leaves to garnish
Finely chop half the cherry tomatoes. Cut the rest in half & reserve.
Coarsely grate the courgette & squeeze out the excess liquid & set aside.
Cook spaghetti.
Whilst pasta is cooking heat frylight, add garlic & courgette & cook gently for 3-4 mins stirring frequently. Add halved tomatoes & cook for 2-3 mins.
In the meantime roughly chop the basil & place in a bowl with the fromage frais, spring onions & chopped cherry tomatoes.
Serve in warmed bowls & garnish with basil leaves.
This recipe comes from an OOP Slimming World book called Fast Food and is one of our favourites.
Enjoy!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Big Bad Berries Blanket
Big Bad Berries Blanket
Pattern: Big Bad Baby Blanket from Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook
Yarn: Wendy Fusion. Colour Juniper Berries. Used 256g.
Needles: 5mm Knit Picks Options Interchangables
Time taken to knit: February 5th 2009 - May 24th 2009.
Size: 78cm x 73cm
Big Bad Berries Blanket
Inspired by another project on Ravelry I sewed 4 flowers onto the corners of the blanket so that they wouldn't cause discomfort if the baby was laid onto the blanket.
Full frontal of the Big Bad Berries Blanket
I wonder how many people will find my blog for the wrong reasons with that title!
Big Bad Berries Blanket
A friend reminded me of my rusty crochet skills when she showed me how to make these:
crocheted flowers
then I got a bit more adventurous and made these:
Meconopsis Flower from 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet
Scabious Flower from 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet
A number of friends are due to give birth very soon & it'll be given to the first baby girl!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Current WIP's
A quick post to reveal some of the projects I'm working on at the moment:
Waffle House socks
Shetland Triangle Shawl
Plus some older ones. I'm trying to finish them & get down a smaller more manageable number.....
Waffle House socks
Shetland Triangle Shawl
Plus some older ones. I'm trying to finish them & get down a smaller more manageable number.....
Monday, August 10, 2009
Bouncin' on the Beach
Oscars' first visit to a beach
he likes sand under his paws
Wow this is fun!
Got it!
Mine.....
I wanna take it home...
Wheeeeeeeee!
I'm gonna get you!
Umph!
Poor Annie!
Quick recovery....
Ouch!
Come here.....
1,2,3...
Bitey face!
Just keep your tail still....
Hahaha you can't catch me
I said keep it STILL!!!
Annie & Oscar relaxing after all their fun
These photos were taken on location in Northumberland, England on our recent holiday & all photos were taken by DH (as per usual):
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Saturday, August 08, 2009
Kiwi & Custard
Ribbons Baby Blanket
Pattern: Fiber Trends 'Ribbons Baby Blanket' by Evelyn A. Clark
Yarn: King Cole Smooth. Used 100g of Moss, 49g of Buttermilk & 57g of Cream
Needles: 4mm Knit Picks Options Interchangables
Time taken to knit: June 18th 2008 - May 28th 2009.
Size: 58cm x 58cm
This blanket sat for a long time ignored in a corner as 2 stitches came out at a colour change. I managed to sort it out but am not 100% happy with my fix.
It was intended for another baby but she is too big for it now so next week it'll be heading off to London as my best friend at school is having her second child in a few weeks.
Ribbons Baby Blanket
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