Friday 15 May 2015

It's Friday!

Here's a link to the sweetcorn and chick pea burgers. Well worth the effort!

http://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/chickpea-and-sweetcorn-burgers-with-smoky-tomato-sauce.html

We had a dahl last night, but it didn't really thicken up enough, so it was more of a soup! I served it with Indian courgette and green pepper, because yesterday I decided that all of my food was orange, so I needed to introduce some green!!
Tonight I am tempted to try Jack Monroe's gram flour pizza bases from her blog on my side bar. I might then make a home made coleslaw to accompany the pizzas. As yet, I am still undecided, but it's a plan ........



I started up a bit of knitting again yesterday - the weather was foul! The poor chickens were drenched and so they are very happy to see the sun again this morning! I'm not a natural knitter, apart from a tiny bit a few months ago where I taught myself the basic stitch and how to cast on and off, I haven't knitted anything since I was about 11! I really liked this yarn, which was half price, so I'm going to knit as long a length as possible and then I can make a collar scarf out of it if it's long enough. When I see some of you knitting your own socks, I am totally in awe. I can't imagine me ever getting that far, although the thought of a knitted throw for my settee does appeal ..... Knitting for me is a bit like me on a bicycle - fine whilst going in a straight line, but as soon as I attempt to turn a corner, I am very likely to fall off. (Terrible balance!)

Off to see Mum early in the morning tomorrow and not back until Wednesday so may not have time to blog. Have a wonderful weekend everyone - let's hope the weather is kind :)

12 comments:

  1. I couldn't knit to save my life, but I can crochet......strange that. I like your yarn. I must have a go at those burgers, or Jack's carrot, cumin & kidney bean ones.....I've been saying that for ages without actually getting round to doing it! Have a lovely time at your Mum's.

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    1. I haven't mastered the art of crotchet yet, but then again I haven't mastered knitting yet either!! I have made Javk's burgers too - very nice :) x

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  2. I made the burgers last night and they were delicious, I made a batch of coleslaw to have with them. I will now "play" with the recipe and change the beans for whatever I have in the cupboard. Butter Beans are on offer in Lidl so they will feature here and there. I must check the Gram flour recipe out.

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    1. I often use butter beans in these recipes - they work really well with all sorts of flavours and mash down well. :)

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  3. Thank you for posting the recipe; I look forward to trying these. I love your blog by the way!

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    1. So sorry for the delay in replying! Quite a lot going on which I'll post about when I cam. Glad you like the blog x

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  4. Those burgers sound good, I will pop over and check out the recipe :) Your comparison of knitting with riding a bike made me laugh, yes it is a bit like that. I knit very s... l... o... w... l....y so it takes forever to knit something, I usually run out of patience so I have half finished knitting projects all over the house!

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    1. I suspect I might end up with a house full of knitted dolls house blankets!!

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  5. Those burgers sound delicious. I'm currently joining in with Winwick Mum's sockalong. It's really good. I'm slowly winning the battle with the DPN's. It's addictive. I've never knitted socks before. X

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    1. I've got a long way to go before attempting socks!! I'm impressed with your efforts :)

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  6. Looking forward to seeing your finished knitted article x keep going, you'll get there x

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