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

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just an update

Up early this morning as every morning for prayers but today was different as its the sunnah day for hijamah

I started early with my DH and DD who fainted as per normal for her. I decided to teach my DH the technique so he could cup me and mashaAllah he did a fine job for first time. DD videoed it on my phone so i could have a look. That's me sorted now alhamduilah, as i often had to go in search for a therapist and last month i paid £30 for it. After being cupped we have a warm drink of honey.

Just pottering about , mixed some pizza dough as dd 7yrs old has been asking to make pizzas for ages after she discovered my new cute little rolling pin (pictures latter).






Me and DD &yrs old managed to eat a whole tray ourselves
Like them? want to try, here is the dough recipe here

I have more clients arriving in about an hour i find the spring season is popular for cupping therapy.

The long weekend has been and almost gone , its been wet and grey, we stayed at home just enjoying each others company, i have a mountain of ironing i need to tackle today as i have been saying for about a week.
I started a cushion case with my new wool, which is coming on but i find myself becoming dishearterned so soon, my problem is i want results and fast..........i am so impressed with Barbara and the amount of dish cloths she turns out, i got a new crochet magazine and feel inspired so need to get cracking.

My kids have to stop from their Saturday Arabic school sadly which means i feel stressed about their Arabic and quran learning but will try to maintain it best i can inshaAllah (God Willing). My DD 15yrs old has finished her 3 month TAWHEED course , that she enjoyed so much mashaAllah. I am planing to go and do a 3 month course myself for the June term. My Tajweed class is going well but i find when problems hit home my studies suffer alhamduilah.

I will be back latter with pictures and more ............just other stuff we did today, i finially used my Ramikien dishes that i purchased a month ago with a credit crunch dessert. Strawberry jelly topped with strawberry mouse topped with shavings of dark chocolate.

A Woolie find

In the form of wool or Yarn if like, i found some cheep wool today and i am looking forward to starting some new projects!


I also fond some great sites for shopping online if your UK based perhaps you would like to look.


here is some i purchased from here i wanted yarn for making a jewerelly the silver is too silver and my kids describe it as tin foil. The others are nice but soo hard to crochet with i felt more of an knitting yarn so i made this bag with the black one , i knitted it!

its a wee back to keep my smal prayer book in so it won't get grubby in my hand bag but then my DD7yrs old has taken claim to it! Am i ever going to get to keep something for me? My DD decided it needed a flower so i made this free style meaning my own made up pattern and it looks horrible so we decided not to use it. The kids then said i should have made it in another colour and guess what? They are right!


ok for some more online sites!
this one is just off Oxford St
Special offers on now
Intresting wool
And last but not least
Also found this site may intrest you budding crochters

Murder in the Garden

Well i thought i would try my hand at some gardening this year as in the past i kill everything normally,,so why did i assume there would be an exception now?

Well i hanged some trellis and seeing we are getting a garden shed i needed to free up a corner of the garden to accommodate this. This meant digging up plant and relocating them. Well all started well and i managed to finish the task almost but my lemon smelling plant is dying on me and i killed it by digging it up, i feel so sad this was my success story from 4yrs ago and now it looks so sad. I hurt it i am sure i did.


Please someone advice me what i can do to save this blessing? I am a very sad Rainbow at the moment.

This is the plant in question

Triffle and Medals

Get started with this lot


Make up the jelly as instructed on the pack , add the slices of Swiss roll once the jelly has set!

Now make the custard and pour over

Return to the fridge


Next up whip the cream and sprinkle with decor now return to cool yet again to the fridge.

Enjoy !

The occasion is? My son won Gold and Bronze at his karate tournament yesterday mashaAllah. We are all very happy for him as he only started up with this group upon his return to the UK 9mths ago alhamduilah.