Friday 19 March 2010

can you help

I have lost that recent commet thingy that goes in my sidebar so i can see where recent comments are published to which post. I want it back does anyone know how?

Friday 12 March 2010

Chocolate pancakes

My daughter had exams and to get her set off for the day, brain food. She told me her teacher at ''eat lots of chocolate'' at 10pm Sunday evening and i said, ''Why did you not tell me soon i could have got some in?'' In Algeria they tell you to take a spoonful of sugar on the morning of the exam so sweetness and a link to brain activity seems evident. Well i was not about to let my dd go deprived so i thought up the perfect
Exam Breakfast
Just your basic pancake recipe and add some cocoa powder or as in my case some drinking chocolate.
For the pancake mixture:
110g/4oz plain flour, sifted
pinch of salt
2 eggs
200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/3fl oz water
50g/2oz butter
To serve:
icing sugar (powdered)

and the results are this , everyone had breakfast that morning!
chocolate pancakes
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rima's exam breakie

Kerla Curry

Bitter Gourds otherwise know as Kerla

I will update the recipe soon.
kerla
kerla
kerla
kerla curry

Thursday 11 March 2010

Inspired

by Ines and Cindi and most importantly The pioneer woman i invested in her book myself too and have been inspired to make some dishes from there not quite following the recipes word for word but inspired to try my own.

Have a look
egg in the hole
Egg in the hole This one is easy and a real confort food the kids love it. Reminds me of the old British ''runny egg and soldiers'' with half the hassle.
egg in the hole
egg in the hole
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Meat balls
meat balls
meat balls
meat balls
meat balls

Paella (sort of)

There was two types of fish in the bag , so i decided to make a paella with the these and whatever i had at home so a kinda paella but maybe not as you know it. On top of all that i forgot to add the saffron.
fish
paella
paella
paella
fish
here is a recipe similar to my own

Fish in Batter

A few weeks ago dh walks in with some lovely cleaned fish someone has given him , all i had to do was cook it. I am not very confident with fish but willing to give it a ago and her it is.

I got the recipe from here

Everything was ok but i needed to deeper fry the fish in batter , this effect the outcome but still edible and the batter was lovely.
fish
batter
fish in batter
fish in batter
fish in batter

Wednesday 10 March 2010

The Crochet Teacher

Who remembers this post ? and my promise of photo's?

Well i have some
crochet class
my class
crochet class
we are making flower brooch's for a women's event to display work we have been doing and also if anyone want to buy then they can. Bare in mind these are ladies who could not crochet and this is what we have been learning together.
crochet class /student Diana
patchwork for charity
this is some work the group have been working on before my arrival, patchwork blankets , knitted by various women to give to families who need them but they are still a work in progress and i am happy to bring some homework home for myself and muck in , we hope to sell some and give some away inshaAllah as there are many. Different squares have been knitted by different women and sewn together.
yesterday we had our stall at the event
exhibition 2010 Forest Gate
can you see the brooch's? We sold 3 while i was there so half as there are 6 , i was ecstatic and the ones we sold are the ones my students made mashaAllah. This made me even more happy as it gave my ladies confidence and a sense of achievement and my one didn't sell. I made sure i pointed this out to them but i left early so i will find out next week if they all went or not!
I gave a tutorial on the day on making 5 petal flowers and leaves. Also i spoke to many women who wanted to come to my classes so hopefully new students as well.
exhibition
In the picture are other crafts ladies make in the group with sewing.
exhibition 2010 Forest Gate
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Random pictures

have a few to share
bukoor
Hex's
London eye
coconut cake
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breakie
patch work
fatima
cake
bulbs
bulbs

New crafts to share

As a result of the craft fair we did attempt some new crafts and here are our attempts. I must what started out as crafts for just me all the kids have taken over and i have hardly had a look in............keep them busy and they do it as a relaxation hobby in their spare time..............rather crafts than TV or PC any day alhamduilah , so i am not really complaining!
Handbag card making for dd age 8
handbag craft
bag cards
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First attempts. Do let us know what you think?
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Felting with needles look what i made
needle felting
neddle felting egg
i didn't really take to this craft and don't think i will be developing it.
Now my fav and the families Decoupage...be warned its addictive! It's the recycling and re-vamping that appeals to me a lot thrifty craft really!
the decopatch lamp
my son and his cousin made this lamp for his bedroom
my work
yummy
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decopathc
decopatch
I should have used a brighter colour
decopatch
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A coaster
decopatch
A piece of rock from the sea that i used for tayumn but not any more opps!
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some drawers before and now
ta da...........
decopatch
smoky eye
at work
re-vamp an old food jar
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letter for F

decopatch
decopatch

Eldest has taken over my big project of the coffee table .mashaAllah its coming along lovely.no pictures yet sorry!

Prayers for Peace

Prayers for Peace