Poppy seed and Garlic bread

Another flavour experiment.  Honestly the base recipe for this bread is a game changer, you can add just about anything to it and it works.  I have made 2 versions of this one, ingredients for […]

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Orange, Cardamom and Walnut no knead bread

I have been doing more experimenting with no knead bread flavours and this one is a goodun’.  The orange is a good background flavour and the stars of the show are the spices which give […]

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Garden Bunting

Now that Spring has officially arrived, I thought it was time to give the garden bunting a bit of a refresh.  Each year I pull out my scraps and make some bunting for two areas […]

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Chilli and Lime no knead bread

Continuing on with my flavoured bread experiment, I have made 2 versions of this bread and they were both equally as good. The first one had one lime and the second one had some wholemeal […]

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Upcycled Christmas bags

I started to wrap my Christmas presents on the weekend as I have mostly finished my shopping.  I have a good stash of gift bags to reuse and I had three of these Farmers ones […]

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August Socks

August socks done. These ones are for Hubby. He chose the yarn and is really pleased with how they turned out. Pattern is the usual Winwick Mum basic 4 ply sock pattern and the yarn […]

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No knead Ginger and Sultana bread

I decided to experiment with a new bread flavour and thought I would share as it turned out fabulous and tastes amazing. This is a no knead recipe so super easy to make. 3 cups […]

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Rainbow socks and an author recommendation

I feel like this is turning into a sock blog so to mix it up, as well as telling you about my latest pair of socks that I have finished (which are now my new […]

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Weekend wanderings

We had beautiful weather on the weekend, more like Summer than Autumn, so I thought I would share a bit of what we got up to. I grabbed some ripe figs at the vege market […]

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Apricot and Almond no knead bread

I had another go at making the Cranberry Walnut bread recipe that I made a couple of weeks ago (this post) but this time I made it with apricots and almonds in place of the […]

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