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17 December 2011

Quick tomato tart

Well it's quick if you haven't got to make the pastry....

I used a pre-rolled pack of supermarket puff pastry, but you can make your own, though it's a bit of a faff, and there are some good vegan puff pastry recipes.

1 sheet puff pastry
4 large tomatoes, sliced
1 tablespoon soya cream
oregano
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper

Pre-heat the oven to 200C.

Place the rolled out sheet of pastry on to a baking sheet, or better still, to get really even cooking and a nice crispy base, use one of those wire ones sold to cook oven chips on.

Brush the surface with cream up to 1 cm from the edge.

Sprinkle the cream with oregano.

Lay the slices tomatoes over the cream to just cover the pastry.

Drizzle a bit of olive oil over the tomatoes, sprinkle with balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper (I use sea salt and black pepper)

Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.

Cool on a wire rack so that the base stays crispy.

Transfer to a plate when cool, cut up with a pizza wheel.

Chomp, enjoy the taste and the juices running down your chin.

Yummy.

PS I do have knitting content to blog, honest.....

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11 December 2011

Vegan fat free banana, apple and cinnamon muffins

Preheat over to 150C

100g plain white flour
100g wholemeal self raising flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
45g golden caster sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 mashed ripe bananas
4 heaped tablespoons apple stewed with cinnamon
Oat milk
Few drops rice vinegar

Mix dry ingredients together.
Add banana, apple and enough oat milk to make a loose batter.
Add few drops rice vinegar.
Mix lightly with a wooden spoon, just until the dry ingredients are wet.
I put mine into 6 large muffin tins lined with baking parchment.
Bake for 35 mins.
Cool.
Eat.
Enjoy.

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10 December 2011

Fred being percussion amazing

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(Vegan) Cream of celeriac, apple and sage soup

1 tablespoon rapeseed oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1/2 large celeriac peeled and chopped
1 large apple, peeled, cored and chopped
1 pint vegetable stock
1/2 teaspoon dried sage
3 tablespoons soya cream
salt and pepper

Saute onion in oil gently until soft.
Add celeriac, apple, stock and sage.
Simmer for 20 minutes or until celeriac is cooked.
Turn out heat.
Blitz until smooth.
Add cream, and salt & pepper to taste.

This is a sweet comforting winter soup, guaranteed to lift a jaded spirit.

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8 November 2011

Polarity song by Seventeen Evergreen

I love a bit of evil knitwear and crochet in a music video.

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29 October 2011

Greebo got totally spoiled

He got presents from @morriscat, @MrTibbsatAP and @patlockley

Here he is, after having tasted the catnip snacks (thanks Tibbsy, he thought they were amazing), and the smelly cheese paste (he loved this Morris), investigating the moulded cheese and cat snack mouse (made by Pat). He was literally drooling as he licked the mousie.

He got more parcels this week than I did..... You are all very generous and Greebo says Thank You to all of you. He says he feels humbled by your kindness.

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26 October 2011

Blokes knitting, drinking vodka & coke

Sounds improbable?

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25 October 2011

Have a great trip Skitten!

She's off to New Zealand for 6 months today. Guess I'll have to try and keep you entertained myself until she gets back..... Have a fantastic trip old chum!

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21 September 2011

Remnant stripe cardie

Knitted from a boknits pattern (details on Ravelry), with 2/3 of a bag of Colourmart cashmere/merino remnants. It's very warm and going to be a go to snuggly cardie this year. I can tell.