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 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.



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.





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.

The Crochet Teacher

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

Well i have some

my 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.


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

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.

In the picture are other crafts ladies make in the group with sewing.

Random pictures

have a few to share

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




First attempts. Do let us know what you think?

Felting with needles look what i made


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!

my son and his cousin made this lamp for his bedroom
my work




I should have used a brighter colour


A coaster

A piece of rock from the sea that i used for tayumn but not any more opps!

some drawers before and now
ta da...........


at work
re-vamp an old food jar

letter for F




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