Recipes

22nd August 2009

Here are the recipes for the goodies I made on Thursday, so many people requested them I thought making a post was my best bet!

Oat Cookies
Ingredients:

75g (3 oz) self raising flour
75g (3 oz) porridge oats
75g (3 oz) sugar (I used dark brown sugar but any kind will work)
75g (3 oz) butter
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 tablespoon milk

I also added 45g M&Ms but I think you could add in any candy or dried fruit/nuts!

Directions:

– Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4. Line a baking tray with baking parchment.
– Sift the flour into a bowl. Mix in rolled oats and sugar.
– Melt butter, syrup and milk in a saucepan and stir until heated through. Add to the premixed dry ingredients. Mix until well combined. Spoon onto a baking tray and shape into rounds.
– Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Leave to cool for 5 minutes before removing from tray.

Rice Krispy Treats
Ingredients:

•100g toffee (individual sweets or a slab) I hope to experiment with varying flavours
•100g butter or margarine
•100g marshmallows
•100g Rice Krispies

Directions:

– Grease a shallow 28x18cm tin with butter or margarine on a paper towel.
If you have a slab of toffee, put it in a plastic bag and break it up with a rolling pin.
– Put the toffee, butter or margarine and marshmallows into a pan. Melt them gently over a low heat, stirring all the time.
– When melted and blended, take the pan off the heat and gently stir in the Rice Krispies.
– Spoon the mixture into the tin and press it gently with the back of a metal spoon. Leave to set then cut into squares.

Have fun trying these out, and taste testing of course!
I hope to do a lot more baking in the near future, I’ve re-discovered how much I love being in the kitchen.

Do you have a favourite recipe? Feel free to share it with me, I’d love to try out some new things!

I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend

xoxox

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sweet tooth

20th August 2009

Last time I baked, I made flapjack, which I sent with Mum to work (at a Doctors Surgery). She came home the same day with requests for more baked goods, so this morning after waking up at a stupidly early hour I set to work.

For the record, I bake in my PJs, I make so much mess, it’s not worth putting an outfit on for!

First up today was Rice Krispy treats, which are so easy to make and always a hit. I think they took me 15 minutes in total (and then a further half an hour to clear up after myself)

Then, having had an urge to do something with the surplus of oats we have, I found a recipe for oatmeal cookies and at the last minute added in some M&Ms for colour.

Again, these were really quick and easy to do, and smelt amazing whilst cooking.

And after all that?
My outfit today is barely worth showing

American Apparel t-shirt dress and some plain full length leggings.

If anyone wants either recipe let me know

xoxox

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denim x 2

18th August 2009

A rarity for me, but over the past couple of days I have found myself favouring jeans over my usual uniform of a dress or skirt. It’s like a comfort blanket I think, and with things being just a little stressful in my life at the moment I’ve fallen back in to old habits.

Not that I mind, denim has it’s charms, I’ve just never felt its suited me all that well.

These are my £4.99 Urban Outfitters jeans, made by [blank] and worn with a past season topshop top. I’ve never heard of this brand before, but they fit well and are long enough in the leg and waist for my tall frame. I wouldn’t pay £60 for a pair of jeans, but at less than £5 I can’t complain.

Today I was too lazy for anything more than a mirror picture, especially as Mum is ill so I’ve had to make a couple of trips to the shops to pick up things we need as we have no food in the house. The jeans I’m wearing today are River Island (nabbed off Mum) and the shirt is a hand me down from a friend.

I did indulge in some more retail therapy both yesterday and today,
budget style of course.
I picked up two pairs of tights in Boots yesterday; one grey and one royal blue for £1.25 a pair…so if you have a Boots near you, check them out as they are having major clearance (also on some Soap and Glory products though typically these were sold out here).

Today I treated myself to a much lusted after leopard print leotard in New Look, rationalising that I should make the most of my student discount as I have less than two weeks until it becomes in-valid. So, £10.80 makes a bargain, yes?

Sorry if the photo is super small.

I can’t wait to take my saved up pennies along to Primark, I am in major shopping mode lately.

xoxox

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wishlist

16th August 2009

Apparently shopping this week has set off my quiet of late lust for all things new.
Asos has been today’s browsing material of choice, and I’ve been thinking about how perfect all of these things would be in my A/W wardrobe.

Sadly all WAY out of my price range,
however, the new Bristol Primark finally opened it’s doors this week and I have plans to visit either this coming week or next with a friend
so perhaps I’ll find some cheaper alternatives to quell my desire?

(it’s pretty sad I’ve had to save for near on a month just to afford a few bits in Primark…c’est la vie)

I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend

xoxox

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retail therapy at its best

13th August 2009

So yesterday, in the end I wasn’t needed at college (but will be at the end of the month) but as the weather was good and Mum and I had planned to shop after, we went on in anyway.

It was a success in terms of buying things I needed, Urban Outfitters sale was a gold mine yesterday and I ended up getting a skirt for £4.99 (instead of £30) and some [blank] jeans for £4.99 (instead of £60). I also got a sweet floral top in the New Look teen section for £10 and some bits and pieces for my Mum and a friend.

Outfits this week have been hit and miss,
mainly because I’ve been lazy and the weather has been so-so.
Tuesday I wore a dress I forgot I owned (woops, I’m so bad for doing that)

I think it was once Mum’s, bought for a holiday…possibly from Matalan.

Yesterday I opted for a cream and black dress, but failed to get a photo because I was rushing around,
and today I popped on my new skirt and top
(I could have done without the tights but I was too lazy to de-fuzz this morning)