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Apricot chicken with rice, the way mum made it.
Out of a packet.
Chicken drumsticks, coated in apricot chicken mix, apricot nectar, and put in the oven until slightly burnt (exactly the way I remember).
Then served with white rice.
Accompanied by a new knitting project (bathius scarf) and finishing series 3 of Mad Men.
With a couple of stops for beer.
I’m currently knitting a pair of socks out of Moda Vera Noir.
It’s my first pair of socks and it’s probably going to be a pair of three.
The first one didn’t turn out too well – but the second one is coming along better.
Ravelry is awesome. these are basic ribbed socks although for whatever reason, it’s downloaded as Kate’s Training Sock in iBooks.
I love a spag bol. Or any variation on a tomato-ey pasta sauce.
From discussions with work ladies I’m not sure that what I make is a bolognaise (they couldn’t agree between themselves), but it’s delicious.
With a bit of a tweak from my partner in crime J, who saw that I had bought chorizo (he has a not-so-secret obsession with chorizo) and decided what my tomato sauce lacked was said chorizo.
So in the chorizo went, with some chopped onion.
The beef mince was browned.
Once that was cooked some grated carrot and celery was added to the pot to sweat.
Then mushrooms, tinned tomatoes , bbq sauce, salt, pepper and dried Italian herbs for some flavour.
The tinned tomatoes are usually rinsed out and that water is put in to thicken the sauce a bit too (does everyone do this? Or is it just something that’s been handed down in my family?)
That then simmered away whilst I cooked the pasta (and made ringtones in iTunes)
Then a roll of the dice decided which season of How I Met Your Mother to watch (season 1), and bobs your aunty.
The pasta was dishes up with some fresh spinach and parmesan cheese
Hot food for a cold day.
Another night of Parks and Recs.
The tennis is on. I wanted to watch the Tomic game because he’s doing so well. But when we switched it over it was just finished.
Then women’s tennis came on (can’t stand the grunting).
So it’s Parks and Recs. Completely addicted. April Luddgate is my power animal.
and all in all yesterday was a lazy sunday..
i made some cubee craft
i put up my christmas tree
wrapped up some presents
watched some new-who (s6 ep 1 – 3)
caught up with top chef
cleaned the house a bit
made some delicious tuna parcels for lunch
had some gnocchi with butter and parsley for dinner
slept
zzzzz
good sunday…
so into tonights dinner went
– butter beans
– tinned tuna
– wooshter sauce
– lots of parsley
– lots of coriander
– chopped celery
– milk & cornflour for the sauce
added that to mini penne – and a slice of garlic bread
really really good (and interesting) take on tuna bake.
delish
and best enjoyed on a stable table
now i’m off to watch sherlock
And it was good. All of it.
Gossip girl season opener, it answered a few questions from last season’s finale, posed a few new ones, and dropped a couple of very blatant clues as to where this season is going. It’s nice to have that hour where you can completely zone out and watch other people’s lives. And it doesn’t annoy me as much as glee or secret life of the American teenage or any other similar American trash. (by the way I am using trash in an affectionate way).
I have always been a blair and chuck shipper. I always liked them more than dan and serena, or serena and nate, or jenny and nate. I always loved jenny as my favourite character though. I really do see her as a girl who makes a lot of ordinary mistakes and is trying to figure out who she is, which I relate to. Plus I really love her style.
I also finished watching the portrait of dorian grey, which I started watching on Saturday before I had to go out. Its definitely an interesting concept for a movie, but I think I’ll have to watch it again before I can make any sort of critique on it. And I think it’s the type of movie that deserves a proper critique. I’ll have to channel my uni days of textual analysis.
Maybe tonight there’ll be nothing on tele so I’ll have to clean up and put up my Christmas tree. Just maybe.
Well ive been without my iphone for the last two weeks but that’s still no excuse for not writing anything. I’ve been tumblr-ing a lot. But song lyrics aren’t writing, which is what i wanted to do here.
Its almost december so its busy, busy, busy… I’ll probably put up my christmas tree tonight (yay) but i’ll have to make some more decorations first. The ones i made last year have all been thrown out.
Of course by decoration i mean doctor who cubee crafts, oh and maybe a couple of nightmare before christmas ones for good measure.
To me doctor who has become an integral part of christmas. I usually get something doctor who related (this year im hoping for the sonic screwdriver wii remote, wii game, or a t-shirt) but also me and my little brother will watch the christmas episode (on boxing day). We’ve been doing that for the last three years so its become a sort of a tradition, which i like. Same with buying a new christmas dress, and spending one of the surrounding days soo hungover nothing gets achieved.
My boy doesnt like christmas but i dont care – i do.
oh so delicious… and soo simple.
My boy doesn’t really like rice or stir fry that much – so whenever I have a night to myself its usually what I cook.
And this one was so easy and delicious. I read the comments from the recipe and found that someone had substituted the chicken for prawns. I thought I’d try that. I just used frozen prawns which were already cooked.
I’m a little scared about cooking raw prawns and plus they’re so handy to keep in the freezer it means it’s really convenient.
The stir fry accompanied me on the couch lazing around in my pjs watching season 1 of arrested development. I hadn’t watched it in ages so it was quite nice just to have a good laugh.
And im lovin it…
I love living by myself
I love cooking without worrying about other peoples tastes
I love being able to lounge in my pj’s straight after work
I love being able to watch my reality trash (projectrunway, top chef, come dine with me) without being judged
I love not having to talk to anyone…
I love my lifestyle… Just as it is…
polka-dots & sparkles 