morning everyone,

hope ur week has been as fantastic as mine. Went out to celebrate my b'day last Sat and had a humangous good time. Here's a lovely card my friend Leah made for me. Thanks Leah

Tasty spaghetti

Tasty Spaghetti

You need

about 700g good mince meat (chicken is great too)
2 -3 lge cloves of garlic diced
1 med onion diced.
1 tin tomato soup (400g)
1 tin tomatoes (400g)
rock salt, cracked pepper, raw sugar(optional), mixed herbs (oregano, italian parsley, thyme, rosemary)
2 - 3 Tbsp portwine
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Heat up saucepan before adding about 1 Tbsp oil (I use olive), let the oil heat up before adding onions and garlic, saute till the onions soften and brown a little.
Next add the mince and brown, stiring to keep from sticking to the bottom.
Add about 1 tspn rock salt (trust me it's not a lot of salt for that amount on meat) and pepper
Add port and let cook for a couple of minutes , next add the whorchesterhire sauce.
Add herbs, tin soup and tin tomatoes.
Taste - if to your liking let simmer otherwise add

I at this stage I would add more of what I think it needs. (I like my dishes to be on the sweeter side so I would maybe add sugar and pepper to bring the flavour out.)

Serves 4 - 6 people

Serve with pasta and a nice green salad
any sort of lettuce variety
tomatoes chopped
red onion (thinly sliced)
carrot (thinly sliced)

Dressing
Balsamic vinegar
olive oil
salt
pepper
honey (use icing sugar if you haven't got any)
wholegrain mustard

all ingredients into a bottle and shake.

BON APPETITE

Remember there is no right or wrong, it depends on your taste buds.

Something horsey

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Hey Everyone,

Hope you all enjoyed the sunny day we had today.

With nights getting cooler, nothing better than a nice hot chicken soup.
You need about 1kg of chicken (skinless thigh with bones is best or a whole chicken - remove some of the fat and skin), 1 to 11/2 water, carrots , celery, and any other veg you want, salt, sugar and pepper. Bring the water to a boil and add the chicken with seasoning. Scope the impurities off the surface. Boil for about 1/2 hour before adding the carrots and other vegies. Boil for about another 1/2 hour. Check the soup is to your liking. Can add extra seasoning if needed.

This really goes well with the chicken soup
Garlic and ginger condiment.
Dice about 3 to 4 Tbsp garlic and ginger finely, add about 1 plus tsp salt. Heat 3Tbsp of oil till just about smoking and pour onto ginger and garlic placed in a china bowl. NB PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN POURING OIL .

Serve it with steamed rice.

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What is a rose?

What is a rose?

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A card I made for my dad

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Here's the card I maded for Leah's http://stampinwithleah.blogspot.com/ challenge this month

Didn't Leah do a fantastic job - we all got different books.
Here;s what I did with mine.

Here are my lovely roomies for the convention
Mel, Leah and Karen

Pre-dinner drinks and a photo session with Shannon

Outside our hotel apartments on the first day of convention. Was a very cold and misty start to the day

A "scrapbook" maded by the lovely Leah for her roomies to record their 2009 convention memories

Chickees in a row
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Sailboat
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Pink elephant
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