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Sunday, 14 October 2012

Pics From Today...















The Alfred Nicholas Gardens...

Blossoms heavy with rain drops

Blossoms floating on the water.

The islands, and bridges.


Yesterday I took lots of photos in this beautiful garden, as preparation for shooting a wedding there today.
It should be great and it's supposed to be sunny. Looking forward to an exciting day.

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Blue On My Bench...

Just piling up a few blue things on my bench, to go with my beautiful new bowl.

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Pastry Wrapped Pears....

With Carrot, Peas and Cauliflower Cheese.

Core and peel Pears,
stuff the cavity with Blue Cheese and Bacon.
Wrap with thin strips of puff pastry.
Glaze with Egg Wash.
Then bake at a high temperature. 
Bake with oil drizzled Fennel and Bacon and the above mentioned Cauliflower Cheese.
For maximum impact, serve with some sort of chutney.

Marinated Artichoke Hearts...


Chop off the top, and the base and peel back all the outer leaves.
Scoop out the hairy "choke".

There's a lot of mess.

Simmer the hearts in water with Lemon, for about 10 minutes,
then marinate in Olive oil
 Balsamic vinegar with a bit of Garlic, Lemon Thyme, Capers Kalamata Olives and Salt and Pepper

What's On My Kitchen Bench...


Artichokes and Pears.

Saturday, 6 October 2012

New Blue House...

This one has corrugated paper on the roof,.


Brunch...

This morning I made Egg on toast with Mushrooms, Capers, Snow Peas and a sprinkle of Parmigiano.
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012

New From Old...



Grant made me a trestle table from recycled old floor boards.
He delivered it yesterday, and I'm having coffee at my new spot this morning. 

Tuesday, 2 October 2012