So, here we are again. I'm a bit late this week, I was supposed to send this out on Sunday, but it's Tuesday already. Where do all the days go! Several blogging colleagues send a newsletter every week - I'd never manage that!
Hair cuts
Had my second haircut since March today. I've kept quite a bit of the extra lockdown length, lots of people are doing the same apparently
The hairdresser gets such a lovely curl at the back that I can never reproduce at home. A hairdresser said to me many years ago 'I like doing your hair Lesley, it does whatever you want it to'. I replied that 'it might do whatever you want it to!'
I think you can see a little of the curl in the reflection
Poached pears
I was browsing the supermarket a couple of weeks ago and saw a tin of pears. That got me wondering if a super easy way of having poached pears is to use tinned ones, reducing the liquid down to a nice syrupy sauce with a bit of spice added. Needless to say, I bought a tin and I shall be trying that to see if it works - watch this space
In the meantime, here a few recent recipes
Falafel and Sun Dried Tomato Hummus
This couldn't be more classic, other than the the tomatoes, which are completely optional. There are 100's of possible combinations of falafel, plain or flavoured, and hummus, also plain or flavoured. Anyway, it was very tasty, pretty fast to make and around 50p too, so nice and cheap
Broccoli and Almond Stuffed Pancakes
I didn't have a cauliflower when I next wanted to make these, so used broccoli instead and was very pleased with the outcome.
I knew it would be nice!
Home made sloe and apple jam
Make the most of this seasonal treat by making a few pots of wonderful jam. It's wonderfully, deeply, plummy. Gorgeous stuff
I'd not made anything with sloes before, so just made 3 and half pots with 450g of sloes. I'll definitely be making more next year! I used half sloes, and half Scrumptious apples from the garden. Scrumptious are a self fertile eating apple, but have a crisp and slightly tart flavour, so are great for cooking too
With all best wishes, until next time
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