We're having borlotti bean tiger prawn and chorizo horneado, it's just having its last ten minutes in the oven, one of our favourites. Washed down with a bottle of chilled Villa Maria, maybe followed...
Went out shopping with the missus earlier and went to the Card Factory to get a birthday card .... was amazed to see Xmas cards out on the shelf already ... it's just over 4 months away. When do you...
need 2 jobs doing at home 1) supply and fit a handrail to the wall up the stairs (90 degree wind) 2) move kitchen cupboard and worktop over by about 15 cm Is this the kind of job a handyman could...
found a recipe for damson gin and decided to make some for xmas pressies,do you know any recipes for any others and also for fruit,was in ikea yesterday and got loads of bottles and jars,
In yesterday's Daily Telegraph are some recommended books to help parents get their children to sleep in minutes rather than hours. "The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep" has been created by Swedish...
Is it possible to buy either of these in liquid form? Not the baby stuff but for adults. My kids have a serious aversion to tablets and it's getting increasingly difficult to give them painkillers. I...
10 28 pm for 3 mins w departing s PERSEID METEOR SHOWER--THIS WEEK: Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Forecasters expect meteor...
I'm suffering from a touch of brain fade! Any suggestions for blue/indigo/violet foods suitable for a salad. I cannot think beyond blue/purple potatoes and beetroot, fruits such as blueberries don't...
I'm looking at a dress with a fitted bodice and a fullish skirt that will come to just below the knee. Could I wear it with a swing jacket that falls just beyond my waist or are swing jackets better...
Appparently having eight out of the twelve contestants being of white Northern European extraction isn't enough. The BBC had the audacity to include two from Asian background, a biracial woman and a...
I thoroughly enjoyed the first programme last night, sooo glad it's back. Those of us who enjoy the programme, what did you think of last nights cakes..was there one which was outstanding for you? Do...
I've just watched the first episode of this, about the Bloomsbury set, and found it intriguing, wasn't sure how I'd feel about it. How awful to be a woman in those times and be so repressed. No wonder...
This evening we discovered an extremely beautiful but exhausted racing pigeon in the garden. We managed to catch it and it is now in a pet carrier in our utility room. It has had some food and some...
Just made a vast quantity of this and will be having some for dinner this evening, the rest will be frozen in portions.
What's on your menu tonight?...