Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Breadmaker arrives


I have always wanted to have a go at making my own bread, and so a bread maker was added to the kitchen. It is so easy to make, the instructions are brilliant, and you can even get ready mixed breads from the local supermarket. There is nothing like the smell of home baked bread even though it does take 3 hours to make a large loaf! all you do is add the ingredients and switch it on- its that simple! you can also make cakes, pizza dough, jam, and all sorts of things with it.


erm it doesnt always go to plan though, as you will see in the picture i have added! go on you can have a laugh at my expense- just this one time though! it actually tasted very good in spite of its odd appearance.
They aren't cheap to buy though, they start around £60 for a decent one, i got mine for just over a hundred quid - it was reduced in the sales, but it makes a bigger loaf than some of them and was worth the bit extra.
A large loaf costs around 50p to make, not bad eh? Orders for bread are now being taken!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Winter Wonderland

Hello folks,



Well Winter is here and its been the worst for over 30 years so they tell us. It has been over a month since we last got our bins emptied and the pavements are just so dangerous for people to walk on. The big supermarkets, such as ASDA, Morrisons, Tesco, seem to pay no regard to their customers who are braving their car parks to get inside the store and spend an awful lot of money. Young and old alike are risking life and limb making their way from their cars. Surely they could do more to make it safe for people who are putting millions of pounds into their coffers. Rant over.



i have uploaded a video of our back garden - not sure if it works or not. We got a big "dalek" type compost bin today, along with a small one for the kitchen, all for free- there is a website called "freecycle" you have to register and people can offer free stuff that they would maybe be throwing out, or they can request things that they want. No-one passes any money over, and its all very civilised. Usually an email comes out each week with the new items for offer. http://www.freecycle.com/ have a