My Afternoon in Covent Garden

I had to be here twice this week , now its been a very long time since i have last visited here perhaps nearing as much as 10yrs. As with any big city it was all change. I enjoyed visiting this part of London, i took some snaps to share have a look for yourself. I must add i came away inspired after visiting all the different craft markets and the talent on show was amazing!


My journey starts here on an errand

The Waldorf Hotel


The cutest petite cake shop with the cutest little cup cakes see it here


Then there was chocolates





And a Highlander


Live entertainment while you dine.

Lots to see and buy

The hand crafted good on sale blew me awys the sher talent

Socks

Jewerlly made from silver knives and forks , spoons too amazing!

This ones a fork can you tell?


These are Hand made Baltic amber and silver, vintage inspired jewellery by Andrew Pacak.
There are load more lovely things on sale worth a look.

Sweet Berry Fool

A very quick and simple summer desert

I blitzed some strawberries with 1-2 table spoons of sugar (adjust to your taste). Keep about 3-4 strawberries on the side whole for decor latter.
In the mean time i whisked up the whipping cream until the peaks appear.


I then fold in 1-2 table spoons of natural yogurt and the blitzed strawberries.

Spoon into your dishes and decorate with the some sliced strawberries and allow to chill in the fridge.

Enjoy!

Fungi & Linguine

A taste of Italy


Having recently dinned at a this lovely eatery i decided to give the food a try myself for the family. Seeing i enjoyed the meal so much i thought to reproduce it at home.

The starter Wild mushrooms, grilled topped with Parmesan cheese and spinach cooking with garlic, served with rocket salad and cherry tomatoes.
here is what i did:

Wash the mushrooms and grill them.

I did both sides

Top with some grated Parmesan and further grill.
In the mean time with a little olive oil in a pan crusg some garlic and add the spinach i flavoured it with balsamic vinegar and salt.

wash the salad leaves

and serve
For the main course i boiled the linguine to the instructions on the packet.

Gently toast the pine nuts ,


I added some peas to the pasta but really fine beans is what i wanted but didn't have , i added pesto (BASIL) and it came together like this served with Parmesan grated on top.

Now eaten al fresco is even better perfect for these hot summer eveings, yes even in London.

Here are the ones we had at the restaurant Al Fresco of course!

Update on my WIP

I have been doing a bit nothing finished yet but soon inshaAllah!
Remember this find?
Well i started

A cushion cover, i adore that silvery brown wool , the look and texture are very nice , even greater when worked into a project!
Now i took Umm Hibaat's advice and started some smaller items that gave me instant gratification




DD wants a lap top cover but i want a coaster or table mat, perhaps a doily thingy to throw over the stereo to keep the dust off.
I have also been inspired to do some sewing again for my little DD7yrs old

Who recalls the Gingham for school uniform in the summer, well i want my DD to feel cool and comfortable whilst looking good in a modest dress. I managed to get the fabric and i am going to try make something up myself, will post when i have done it inshaAllah. I will most likely go for a two piece long top with trousers.

Just pottering about really

Well the holidays are over and its all back to routine again, i didn't think i would be able to get out of bed this morning to make the lunches and get the kids off to school, well i didn't they awoke me! All what i had planned for the holidays didn't materilise and we spent quality time indoor with one another instead and it was great mashaallah. I said to the kids yesterday i don't want you to go back to school tomorrow as i will miss you guys! They were pleased and said, 'fine ummi( Mum), as we don't want to go back anyhow!''
We have illness in the home just lately and it seems to be dragging out alhamduilah (all praise to Allah). So it was a case of nursing the poorly and doing what i could in between.

A nice cup of tea and an anadin often puts the females in the home right, while the males need

A hearty food but in this case some liver to help build up the strength

Finailly when the sun came out at the end of week two subhanAllah. We decided to finish the garden and get out there, my DS assembled the furniture for me

Then there was time to enjoy a nice cup of Earl Grey Tea in the sun mashaAllah.

There was chocolate to make it all seem sweeter