by Alet | Sep 25, 2013 | Cooking
What to do when you have bought a packet of ready-made puff pastry for a household of two? Make chicken pies, then a beautiful strawberry dessert, then start thinking about the next application…. Ingredients: Ready-made puff pastry (or make your own!) Fresh...
by Alet | Jun 16, 2013 | Cooking
Twinned bread rolls: I took the short cut – using bread ready mix for both the brown and white parts (seeing that I don’t have to prove to anyone that I can make bread from scratch.) For 12 rolls I used 250gram of each and prepared as instructed on the packets. While...
by Alet | May 19, 2013 | Articles, Writing
Q: Help! I want to be more than I am right now, but how will I ever attain that? I am tired of wondering and wondering and being on an emotional rollercoaster I don’t want to just carry on with life – I want to LIVE! How am I going to succeed in doing that?...
by Alet | Apr 22, 2013 | Cooking
What do you do when you are stuck with a bunch of grapes past their “best by” date? Other than cooking jam or making a fruit cobbler? Have a quick look on the Internet whether anyone else has had the mad notion of combining grapes with butternut, which was my only...
by Alet | Apr 15, 2013 | Articles, Writing
Being corrected by others is never pleasant or comfortable, but if I’m humble enough to accept correction/discipline gracefully, I’ll grow in wisdom and understanding, be “master of my soul” (Knox) in a human sense. If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself,...
