by Alet | Feb 17, 2014 | Cooking
What a privilege to dig up new potatoes from our own garden! (Not me, but my very able husband who loves gardening.) So I had to whip up a lovely Sunday lunch – to be enjoyed outside with the patio heater making up for the winter sun not being able to give the...
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 | 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 | Mar 4, 2013 | Cooking
As usual, I had to make do with what I had, so this is how I came up with a stunning salmon dish: Ingredients: 2 salmon steaks ½ an onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, chopped ½ a mild chilli, deseeded and chopped ½ – 1 bell pepper, chopped a large handful of baby...
