I think it's a myth that if you are an adult, that you have all your shit together. Like you can keep on top of your laundry and you remember to put salt in the dishwasher. You can get yourself ready in the morning leisurely, over some freshly brewed coffee and yes, you even made eggs. There is a meal plan that you write in beautiful calligraphy on a Pinterest worthy chalkboard in your beautiful kitchen. You probably enjoy the finer things in life, like good wine (i.e. ones not bought on offer at Sainsburys), the theatre and discussing politics. This is pretty much crap. Pure crap. I'm an adult and the only reason salt is put in the dishwasher is because there is an angry light that lights up on the new dishwasher when there isn't salt in there. I don't like being judged by technology. Empty laundry basket? That's funny. I dont have time for eggs in the morning. I have time for throwing on an outfit, brushing my teeth and trying to avoid my cats trying to kill me on the stairs. I have a meal plan but am a big fan of coming home in a royal strop and wanting Thai food. Like now. What do I have drawn on my kitchen chalkboard? A ninja. There is a ninja on my chalkboard. As for the finer things in life; yes, I own posh welly boots and enjoy wine. But sometimes it takes every fibre in my mortal being not to laugh when someone says "nuts". You're welcome Ingredients 1tbsp runny honey 1/2tsp coconut oil 200gr plain cashews (not roasted, or salted) 15gr dessicated coconut 1/4tsp salt 1/2 small dried red chilli, finely chopped Method 1, Add the honey and coconut oil into a small suacepan and place over a low heat. When the oil has melted, give it a good stir and then add in the nuts. Stir this well until the nuts are completely covered in the honey/oil combo. 2, Remove from the heat and add in the rest of the ingredients. Toss these together so the coconut and chilli sticks to the nuts. Scrape all of this out onto a lined baking sheet. 3, Spread the nuts out, making sure you dont dislodge too much of the coconut from them and bake for 5-7 minutes until golden brown at 180 o/c. You might have to give them a little shake every now and then so they colour evenly. 4, Leave to cool completely before snacking.

This year, we limited ourselves to two tomato plants. Any more and I find myself in a hate spiral fuelled by tomatoes. You know the one where you find yourself in the kitchen splattered in red whilst cursing passata. No? Just me? Ok. Then I watched as they grew. They flowered. They started producing fruit. I carefully weeded, watered and watched some more. One exploded with glossy red fruit. The other stuck two fingers up behind my back and was like "Nah. Green tomatoes for life. You mad?" No. Not mad. They were perfect for eating green. Crisp, sweet and tangy. The went in salad, salsa, burritos and sandwiches. Oh, and I made a galette with some too. I would only advocate this recipe if your green tomatoes are fine for eating raw - some varieties will be too sour for this. Ingredients Pastry 170gr plain flour 115gr cold butter 1tsp onion/garlic powder (optional) Pinch of salt and pepper Filling 300gr firm green tomatoes 2tbsp parmesan cheese, finely grated Egg Wash 1 egg yolk mixed with a teaspoon of cold water and a pinch of salt. Method 1, In a large bowl, sift in the flour, salt, pepper and onion powder. Cut the cold butter into chunks and rub in until you have a shaggy consistency. 2, Add in a couple of teaspoons of ice cold water and bring together using two blunt knives. You want a ball of dough that isn't sticky. Wrap in clingfilm and chill in the fridge for at least 20 minutes. 3, Prepare your tomatoes by slicing them to around 3-4mm in thickness and lay them out on some kitchen roll. You need to dry them off a bit or you will have a galette that leaks like hell. 4, When your pastry is chilled, preheat your oven to 190o/c and line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper. 5, Roll out the dough to a very rough circle of around 20-25cm. Sprinkle a teaspoon of the parmesan onto the middle of the pastry leaving a 5cm gap around the edge. Top with the tomatoes, again leaving a gap. Sprinkle over the rest of the parmesan. 6, Fold up the edges of the pastry. It's supposed to look rough and ready so don't worry about any uneven flaps. Pinch any small tears together. 7, Brush the pastry with the egg wash and bake in the over for 25-35minutes until the pastry is golden brown and the tomatoes are soft. 8, This is good eaten warm or cold.

I have a copious amount of vodka kicking around the house. Well, it’s all in the cupboard under the stairs but I have been racking up a collection of vodka. Do Jim and I like vodka? Nope. Not really. You know when you’re young (that’s 18 Mum, if you’re reading) (definitely NOT any younger *cough cough*) and you drink too much and you swear off that particular drink. Vodka and red wine are my drinks I tend to avoid. So I’ve decided to turn it into flavoured vodkas and vanilla extract. This is my first post of my forays into getting rid of the vodka. This is Lime Vodka. Well, Limecello. It uses the same principle as Limoncello. It sounds fancier. I made this a while ago. It’s nearly ready. Which is handy… Ingredients 750ml vodka 5 or 6 limes Couple of table spoons of sugar Method 1, Zest the limes. Be careful not to get any of the white pith as it will make your Limecello bitter. Not cool. 2, Pour the 750ml of vodka into a sterilised 1 litre bottle. This makes it easier to shake. 3, Stuff in your lime zest and the sugar. 4, Shake it. (Optional: Pretend you’re a swanky bartender) 5, Leave it in a nice cool place for 2 weeks, shaking it on a daily basis. 6, And it’s ready. It’s good mixed in cocktails or used in baking.

The bare branches of the tree tapping and scraped on the kitchen window. She shuddered. Goosebumps shivered up and down her arms as she pulled her jumper tighter. Had it got colder? The soft whirl of the stand mixer was her solace. She turned it off and it brought a deafening quiet over the kitchen. She raised the head and scraped the pale, creamed butter and sugar back down. She lowered the spatula and slowly turned her head. She couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. And it was just waiting for her to realise... Armed with the spatula, she walked towards the green cardboard box on the counter top. A sense of foreboding washed over her. She slowly lifted the lid. She saw something she didnt want to see. A purely reserved for the stuff of baker's nightmares. Something that she wouldn't wish on her enemies.... There was only one egg left. She lowered the spatula. Bit the inside of her cheek. Looked at the stand mixer. Couldn't continue with her cake plans. And decided to make walnut whips instead. Ingredients Chocolate Shell 200gr milk chocolate Marshmallow Filling 12gr powdered gelatine 60ml cold water 80ml golden syrup 220gr caster sugar 1tsp vanilla extract Water Topping 4 walnut halves (or more, these are big) You will also need four silicone dariole moulds. Mine were roughly 9cm high. Method 1, Melt the chocolate and paint the inside of your dariole moulds with a layer of chocolate. Leave these in the fridge to cool before painting with another layer. Return these to the fridge until you are ready to fill them. You won't use all the chocolate up yet, we need some left over to cover the bases. 2, Make the marshmallow filling by putting the gelatine and cold water in the bowl of your stand mixer. Stick on the whisk attachment so you are ready to go when your hot sugar syrup is ready. 3, In a medium sized saucepan add in the golden syrup, caster sugar and a good couple of splashes of water to cover it. Set over a medium high heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. When it has all dissolved, stop stirring and use a damp pastry brush to remove any rogue sugar crystals from around your pan. If these fall in, they could trigger crystalisation and that would be a bummer. 4, You want to boil the sugar syrup until it reaches 140o/c on a sugar thermometer. When it has, remove immediately from the heat, set your stand mixer to a medium speed and with it running, pour a slow trickle of the hot syrup directly into the bowl. Try not to hit the spinning whisk attachment. Or you end us with a whisk attachment that looks like this and hard sugar crusted over everything you love. (inside of your stand mixer bowl). 5, Keep the stand mixer running until your marshmallow turns white and has the consistency of really sticky bubble gum. This can take around five minutes but keep an eye on it. 6, Wrestle the marshmallow into a pipping bag. You don't need to both with a piping tip. 7, Remove your moulds from the fridge and fill each of them almost to the very top with the marshmallow. It should level itself out slowly. (Optional -Squeeze the rest of the marshmallow into your mouth.) 8, Using some of the left over chocolate, cover the top (which will be the bottom) so that no marshmallow is peeking through. Again, keep a bit of the chocolate for sticking on the walnut halves. Stick these back in the fridge for at least an hour. 9, Unmould the whips from the silicone moulds. Using the very last of the chocolate, use it as glue for sticking on the walnut halves. Stand back and admire your handiwork. Eat these within a day. It's not hard.

Out of the saucepan into the oven! I think the best bagel I ever ate was in New York in 2004. It was gorgeous, untoasted, unscooped, and filled with goats cheese. It was light, fluffy and had this beautiful ever so slight crunch as you bit into it. It was good, but has ruined practically every bagel I have eaten since then. Much like the cakey/fudgy argument with brownies, there is a certain divide between bagel fans. My best friend Jewish and she certainly has her view on bagels too! So I’m trying to recreate that 2004 bagel. Trying to make a bagel that my best friend will enjoy. Trying to create something that doesn’t resemble those insipid ones you can buy at the supermarket. I didn’t even come close to recreating it but I don’t think I’ll ever buy bagels again… These were really yummy! Well I might buy them from here, they are gorgeous from that little shop! Ingredients 350gr strong wholemeal bread flour Two big pinches of salt 1 egg (separated) 250ml warm water (possibly more) 1 packet of easy blend yeast (7grams) Method 1, Separate the egg and gently whisk the white with a fork or a mini whisk until it has broken down a bit 2, Sift the flour into a large bowl with the yeast and the salt. 3, Make a well in the centre and pour in the egg yolk, half of the egg white (whisking it a bit makes it easy to divide) and 150ml or so of the water. 4, Stir together adding more water until it forms a soft dough, you might need to add more water 5,Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for 6-10minutes until the dough is soft and pliable and in no way sticky. 6, Put the dough into a greased bowl and cover with clingfilm. Leave in a warm place for an hour or until the dough has doubled in size. 7, When it has doubled, turn back out onto the floured worktop and knock it back (hit it with your fist, it’s satisfying) and give it another quick knead but only for a couple of minutes. 8, Divide the dough into between 8 or 10 pieces and form flattened balls with your hands. Leave them to relax for 5 minutes and then poke a hole through them with your finger or a wooden spoon handle. I would recommend making the holes quite big, they will need a further rise before cooking and my bagel holes got a bit small in the process! 9, Place them on a lined baking tray, cover lightly with some greased cling film or a damp tea towel and put back in the warm place for 20-30 minutes 10, Turn on your oven to 220o/c and in the meantime put your biggest saucepan on the hob and fill with boiling water. Reduce the heat so the water is just simmering. 11, Pop two of the bagels at a time into the saucepan and gently simmer them for a minute and a half, turning after 45 seconds. Remove them and give them a quick shake. I did think by hooking them out with chopsticks. Place them on a lined baking tray 12, When all the bagels have been briefly boiled, take the remaining half of the egg white and whisk into it 2 tsp of cold water and a tiny pinch of salt. Brush this over the bagels. At this point you can sprinkle over caraway seeds, poppy seeds, sesame seeds or cumin seeds (my personal favourite! I buy them in bulk at the local Indian cash and carry!) 13, Bake them for 20-30minutes or until they are golden brown. 14, Transfer them to a cooling rack. I think they are best eaten warm, fresh out the oven!

I think it’s a myth that if you are an adult, that you have all your shit together. Like you can keep on top of your laundry and you remember to put salt in the dishwasher. You can get yourse…

There are some days when you just feel the urge to make a Yorkshire pudding so big you could use it to either sail the English Channel or put your entire dinner in it and still have room to host a music festival. Ok, so maybe it's not that big, but measuring in at a hefty 7 inch diameter, we're not playing games with this goliath. Here is how to do it:- You will need 3 eggs (for two gargantuan Yorkshire puddings) flour and milk. In a measuring jug, crack in your eggs. This recipe is done on ratios and since eggs vary in weight and size, volume is the key. Measure how many millilitres or fluid ounces, then add the same amount of milk, and the tip the same volume of flour on it too. Transfer to bowl, and whisk until smooth and season to taste. Pop this into the fridge. Acquire two eight inch sandwich cake tins, and pour in 3tbsp of vegetable oil into each. Put straight into your cold oven and crank the heat up to 230o/c. When the oven has finished preheating, leave them for five minutes so the tins and oil gets very hot. When your ready to go, pour equal amounts of the batter into each tin. It will sizzle and may spit so do be careful. Bake for 15 minutes until they are evenly golden brown and well risen. Hot pan, hot oven, hot oil is the key for these. Marvel at your handy work. Impress people with your Yorkshire pudding skills.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

The bare branches of the tree tapping and scraped on the kitchen window. She shuddered. Goosebumps shivered up and down her arms as she pulled her jumper tighter. Had it got colder? The soft whirl of the stand mixer was her solace. She turned it off and it brought a deafening quiet over the kitchen. She raised the head and scraped the pale, creamed butter and sugar back down. She lowered the spatula and slowly turned her head. She couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. And it was just waiting for her to realise... Armed with the spatula, she walked towards the green cardboard box on the counter top. A sense of foreboding washed over her. She slowly lifted the lid. She saw something she didnt want to see. A purely reserved for the stuff of baker's nightmares. Something that she wouldn't wish on her enemies.... There was only one egg left. She lowered the spatula. Bit the inside of her cheek. Looked at the stand mixer. Couldn't continue with her cake plans. And decided to make walnut whips instead. Ingredients Chocolate Shell 200gr milk chocolate Marshmallow Filling 12gr powdered gelatine 60ml cold water 80ml golden syrup 220gr caster sugar 1tsp vanilla extract Water Topping 4 walnut halves (or more, these are big) You will also need four silicone dariole moulds. Mine were roughly 9cm high. Method 1, Melt the chocolate and paint the inside of your dariole moulds with a layer of chocolate. Leave these in the fridge to cool before painting with another layer. Return these to the fridge until you are ready to fill them. You won't use all the chocolate up yet, we need some left over to cover the bases. 2, Make the marshmallow filling by putting the gelatine and cold water in the bowl of your stand mixer. Stick on the whisk attachment so you are ready to go when your hot sugar syrup is ready. 3, In a medium sized saucepan add in the golden syrup, caster sugar and a good couple of splashes of water to cover it. Set over a medium high heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. When it has all dissolved, stop stirring and use a damp pastry brush to remove any rogue sugar crystals from around your pan. If these fall in, they could trigger crystalisation and that would be a bummer. 4, You want to boil the sugar syrup until it reaches 140o/c on a sugar thermometer. When it has, remove immediately from the heat, set your stand mixer to a medium speed and with it running, pour a slow trickle of the hot syrup directly into the bowl. Try not to hit the spinning whisk attachment. Or you end us with a whisk attachment that looks like this and hard sugar crusted over everything you love. (inside of your stand mixer bowl). 5, Keep the stand mixer running until your marshmallow turns white and has the consistency of really sticky bubble gum. This can take around five minutes but keep an eye on it. 6, Wrestle the marshmallow into a pipping bag. You don't need to both with a piping tip. 7, Remove your moulds from the fridge and fill each of them almost to the very top with the marshmallow. It should level itself out slowly. (Optional -Squeeze the rest of the marshmallow into your mouth.) 8, Using some of the left over chocolate, cover the top (which will be the bottom) so that no marshmallow is peeking through. Again, keep a bit of the chocolate for sticking on the walnut halves. Stick these back in the fridge for at least an hour. 9, Unmould the whips from the silicone moulds. Using the very last of the chocolate, use it as glue for sticking on the walnut halves. Stand back and admire your handiwork. Eat these within a day. It's not hard.

The bare branches of the tree tapping and scraped on the kitchen window. She shuddered. Goosebumps shivered up and down her arms as she pulled her jumper tighter. Had it got colder? The soft whirl of the stand mixer was her solace. She turned it off and it brought a deafening quiet over the kitchen. She raised the head and scraped the pale, creamed butter and sugar back down. She lowered the spatula and slowly turned her head. She couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. And it was just waiting for her to realise... Armed with the spatula, she walked towards the green cardboard box on the counter top. A sense of foreboding washed over her. She slowly lifted the lid. She saw something she didnt want to see. A purely reserved for the stuff of baker's nightmares. Something that she wouldn't wish on her enemies.... There was only one egg left. She lowered the spatula. Bit the inside of her cheek. Looked at the stand mixer. Couldn't continue with her cake plans. And decided to make walnut whips instead. Ingredients Chocolate Shell 200gr milk chocolate Marshmallow Filling 12gr powdered gelatine 60ml cold water 80ml golden syrup 220gr caster sugar 1tsp vanilla extract Water Topping 4 walnut halves (or more, these are big) You will also need four silicone dariole moulds. Mine were roughly 9cm high. Method 1, Melt the chocolate and paint the inside of your dariole moulds with a layer of chocolate. Leave these in the fridge to cool before painting with another layer. Return these to the fridge until you are ready to fill them. You won't use all the chocolate up yet, we need some left over to cover the bases. 2, Make the marshmallow filling by putting the gelatine and cold water in the bowl of your stand mixer. Stick on the whisk attachment so you are ready to go when your hot sugar syrup is ready. 3, In a medium sized saucepan add in the golden syrup, caster sugar and a good couple of splashes of water to cover it. Set over a medium high heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. When it has all dissolved, stop stirring and use a damp pastry brush to remove any rogue sugar crystals from around your pan. If these fall in, they could trigger crystalisation and that would be a bummer. 4, You want to boil the sugar syrup until it reaches 140o/c on a sugar thermometer. When it has, remove immediately from the heat, set your stand mixer to a medium speed and with it running, pour a slow trickle of the hot syrup directly into the bowl. Try not to hit the spinning whisk attachment. Or you end us with a whisk attachment that looks like this and hard sugar crusted over everything you love. (inside of your stand mixer bowl). 5, Keep the stand mixer running until your marshmallow turns white and has the consistency of really sticky bubble gum. This can take around five minutes but keep an eye on it. 6, Wrestle the marshmallow into a pipping bag. You don't need to both with a piping tip. 7, Remove your moulds from the fridge and fill each of them almost to the very top with the marshmallow. It should level itself out slowly. (Optional -Squeeze the rest of the marshmallow into your mouth.) 8, Using some of the left over chocolate, cover the top (which will be the bottom) so that no marshmallow is peeking through. Again, keep a bit of the chocolate for sticking on the walnut halves. Stick these back in the fridge for at least an hour. 9, Unmould the whips from the silicone moulds. Using the very last of the chocolate, use it as glue for sticking on the walnut halves. Stand back and admire your handiwork. Eat these within a day. It's not hard.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

Jim and I both commute to London to work. Waking up in darkness doesn't make me spring out of bed an hour early and whip up a breakfast fit for a king. Breakfast for Jim is inhaling three weetabix. Breakfast for me is porridge at my desk. Saturdays aren't much better because we try and catch up on all the things we miss doing during the week. Laundry, gardening, shopping etc. Sunday mornings are our solace. Brunch is my forte. So I thought I'd start sharing them with you. These Breakfast Eggs are a delicious way to start the day. And perfect for clearing out the fridge! Serves 2 Ingredients 4 rashers of streaky bacon, chopped into strips 1 small onion, chopped 200gr courgette, chopped 3 tomatoes, chopped Pinch of black pepper Small pinch of dried chilli to clear out the cobwebs 4 eggs Method 1, Warm a nonstick frying pan over a medium heat and add the chopped bacon. I like to render some of the bacon fat down, rather than adding cooking oil, or else it can end up a bit greasy. 2, When the bacon has released a bit of fat and is nearly cooked through, increase the heat, add in the onions and courgettes and cook these until they just loose their crunch. 3, Add in the chopped tomatoes, pepper and chilli and stir through until bubbling. 4, Make four small spaces in the vegetables, son you can see the bottom of the pan and crack an egg into each. 5, Cover the whole pan with foil and crimp around the edges. You want to steam the eggs rather than fry. 6, Turn down the heat to medium and cook for two minutes for soft eggs. 7, Divide and serve.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

I was trying to figure out the most horrible thing about festivals. Rain? You kind of expect it and should prepare for it Toilets? Shudder. Mud? Some will get on you. Get over it. Hangovers? Bad when you're at home. Worse when you're in a tent. "Over enthusiastic" people (normally in jester hats)? Proper annoying but not the worst. Sweaty wellington trench foot? I pack enough socks to kit an army. We're safe. Cash point/bar/toilet queues? Oh, honey. We're British. We invented the queue. Sunburn? I've seen some people who would give lobsters a run for their money in the redness stakes. Sitting through a terrible act and you want a good seat for the next act? Six words I do not ever want to hear in the same breath - "Nick. Cave. And. The. Bad. Seeds." Please. Never again. Ever. *nervous eye twitch* Flags? View blockers. Asshats. But there can be only one. Warm drinks. Warm beer. Warm cider. Warm Diet Coke. I came back and after shaking the dirty clothes out of my bag into a pile in front of the washing machine and having a shower, went straight for the freezer. Ice. Precious ice. I'm entering these into Kavey Eats Bloggers Scream for Ice Cream herbs challenge. You can read all about BSFIC and how to enter on Kavey's blog. Makes 2 large servings Ingredients 400ml water 70gr sugar Zest and juice of half a lemon 1tsp fresh thyme leaves Thyme flowers for garnish Method 1, In a small saucepan, over a medium heat, dissolve the sugar into the wafer and add in the lemon zest and juice. 2, Bring up to a gentle simmer and then remove from the heat. Stir through the fresh thyme and pour into a freezer safe container. Leave to cool completely. 3, Put the unfrozen granita into the freezer and leave for an hour. You'll need to break up the ice crystals and then also periodically after that with a fork. It's really up to you as to the consistency of the granita. Some like it almost slushy and some like hard shards of ice. I hover in the middle. 4, Check the granita every half an hour after that'll break up the ice. Mine took just over two hours as my freezer is quite new and has a super fast freeze option. When you've got to to the desired consistency. Serve immediately. 5, If you're making it in advance, after step four above, leave in the freezer. Remove from the freezer five to ten minutes before it's due to be served so you can break it back down.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

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"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

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"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

"I'm going to make my sister an eight foot giant squid pillow for her birthday. I found this really cool pattern on the Internet.", I announced to Jim. A normal husband might raise eyebrow. Mine didn't bat an eyelid. It was on. First things first. Emily Guendelsberger is genius. She posted the pattern and tutorial and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly who I would make one for. You can see Emily's post here. I found it exceptionally hard to find somewhere that sold yards of felt. Ikea Polarvide blankets are about £3 each. I used two purple and one turquoise, with plenty left over. I measured out the pattern first, converting it to centimetres as I grew up on a diet of metric. You don't need the scalloped edge. Cut it off. Cat supervision is optional. First the fins. I used soft toy stuffing for the fin and arms. Sewing the body together with the fins. Diet Coke cans for scale. And because I have a problem. The arms. I sewed these then turned the inside out. I weighed the stuffing for each arm so they were even. Sewing the legs onto the body... ... So it looks like this when turned the right way in. Starting to take shape! (That is a double bed...) Creeping on the little cat. Giant Squid have three hearts. This squid has three hearts too. Finished stuffing and sewing in the bottom panel. I used the rest of the toy stuffing I had and some polystyrene bean bag ball filling. Which is a mess to use. Added the eyes on as the last finishing touch. We weaned him on Diet Coke. And taught him how to drive. It's really hard to wrap an eight foot giant squid. But it was worth all the hassle. My sister loves her squid.

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