I’m in a dog place just now. Or at least, I will be in a few short hours. Humour me whilst I explain. Tammy arrives today. Tammy the Golden Retriever with the most waggy tail in the world and absolutely no spacial awareness whatsoever. Everything tail height (plants, ornaments, lamps…) must be secured or moved [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Thai Green Curry & Tammy’s Tail
Posted in dogs, Recipes on July 13, 2007 | 26 Comments »
Santorini Inspired Souvlaki
Posted in Recipes, Travel on July 12, 2007 | 28 Comments »
Not my picture. Copied from - http://www.csd.uoc.gr/~chasap/photogallery/santorini/oia.JPG Brianna of Oishii recently posted a salmon recipe inspired by a visit to Greece and it got me thinking of my own visits to the country. My first trip was four years ago. I was living in Finland and had had a pretty hectic spring, not least because I was packing [...]
Raspberry Respect
Posted in Recipes on July 11, 2007 | 24 Comments »
Felt a little blue arriving home last night. A visit to the garden perked me up though. Peeping out from between the fence boards were the first ripe raspberries of summer! Now, I have to admit these particular raspberries technically aren’t mine (I do have raspberry bushes but the fruits will be ready [...]
Pumpkin Gnocchi and Blogging Blushes
Posted in Recipes on July 9, 2007 | 24 Comments »
It’s the morning after a great wedding. I’m aching and my toes and arms are covered in dark bruises: a sure sign of a night of ceilidh dancing! If you have never been to a Scottish ceilidh before then add it to your list of things to do before you die. Enormously fun. Question: [...]
Tag
Posted in Tag on July 7, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I have been tagged twice in the last few days. Once from Brianna at Oishii and once from Holler at Tinned Tomatoes. Never been personally tagged before so this is quite exciting! It’s perfect timing too as I’m very busy with weddings (not mine!) and whatnot at the moment. Discovered that memes are ideal [...]
Four Ways with Sorrel
Posted in Recipes on July 5, 2007 | 8 Comments »
My vegetable patch is not large. In order to utilise this small space to its best advantage and be sure of a year round harvest very careful planning was required. Diagrams had to be drawn, growing guides consulted and crop areas carefully marked out. That I failed to even attempt any of these entirely explains why [...]
Vegetable Lasagne & Compliments
Posted in Recipes, teaching on July 4, 2007 | 10 Comments »
All teachers know one of the most powerful ways to keep pupils motivated in class is to provide encouraging, relevant and timely feedback. Without this the kids have no idea how well they are doing and loose their focus entirely. Plus, everyone likes a compliment. In this respect I am no different from my [...]
Improving a Goat’s Cheese Sandwich
Posted in Inverness Restaurants, Recipes, Travel on July 2, 2007 | 6 Comments »
In the same way that I ask my pupils to assess and improve a piece of writing in order understand good practice, in restaurants I often assess and mentally improve whatever dish I have been served. It’s a very informative (though, perhaps, quite annoying) habit. Take yesterday for example. On the way back from our [...]
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