Quick orza supper

You’ll have noticed, dear reader that Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s posts  often squeak in just before midnight turns me into a pumpkin, and sometimes I’m even writing in a state of squash. This is because I am out at quiz on Tuesday and choir on...

Shin of beef

    @Felix_keeps_on enthralled me with her recipe for Jugged Shin of Beef the other day so I hastened forth to Waitrose to buy the cheap(er), flavourful cut to make it. You marinate the beef with some olive oil, a bayleaf, a sliced onion and wine. Mine was...
Three shades of pink

Three shades of pink

How vivid are the colours in nature! Just have a look at sunrise this morning. Isn’t it great that it’s finally light when we get up? In a couple of months we’ll curse being awake at 4am though, I bet we shall. Last week I saw someone in Waitrose...

Shrove Tuesday

I’ve just returned from celebrating in Beckenham’s traditional Mardi Gras parade. I never want this wonderful night to end so I’m sitting here in my shiny silver bikini; sequinned pasties and glittery butterfly wings. I might just sleep in them and...

Comfort food

  Both MsDD and I have colds at the moment. The worst thing about that is knowing that, no matter how lousy they make you feel, they’re really not serious and so you’re expected to keep calm and carry on. Normally I send MsDD into school no matter how...