Saturday 30 January 2010

YuMmY iN mY tUmMY...

What am i making?...
One of my favourite dishes...macaroni cheese...

Which was last nights tea...its a lovely dish & so filling,i thought i would share it with you.
The ingredients are above & here is the method...
Cook your pasta,rinse,drain & set to one side...

Melt your butter/marg on a very low heat,then add the flour.Cook for a few minutes constantly stirring.
Gradually add the milk & bring the sauce to the boil,stirring constantly. Simmer gently for 2/3 mins.
Remove from the heat & season well with salt & pepper.
Add the macaroni & 5oz of the grated cheese & combine well.
Pour the mixture into your dish & sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
Brown under a hot grill & serve immediately.
DA DA....

And serve with garlic bread...yummy yummy!!

Let me know if you try it or what your favourite dish is that i could try out but please remember i am a vegetarian!!
Mr h is golfing today so i have been doing odd jobs along with the dreaded weekly visit to mr tesco's.....one of love of my lifes favourite teds had to have some plastic surgery today as he had got rather rough with him & when shook vigorously stuffing flew everywhere like a snow storm & quite frankly mummy was getting very fed up of picking it all up from through out the house!!
Love of my life looked very worried when he saw him mummy sticking this sharp pointy thing into his teds face....so had to give big ted a big cuddle afterwards to make sure he wasnt too traumatised by the experience!!
I have been meaning to get some hyacinths for the last few weeks & today managed to pick some up in tesco's,i think its a pink one...they are not open yet...
Watch this space....
Well that me for now..im off to munch on another favourite...a pecan & maple twist!
Have a happy weekend....x














Monday 25 January 2010

Sunday by the sea...


Taless from snowdrop cottage could go on a bit today or should i say the pics could...i love pics of the coast & found it hard to choose which ones to show you! So yesterday we set off to one of our favourite coastlines...suffolk to a little seaside town of Aldeburgh..i have been going there since i was a little girl & now i go with my little family...

It was a fine day & very still...there was hardly any movement in the sea apart from when it hit against the shingle shoreline....there were fisherman & families out walking with their doggies...
There was lots of treasure to be found...

Love of my life had spotted some treasure of his own....
Remains of sea life amongst the lovely stoney beach....

This lovely piece of driftwood came home with us...
Looking towards the yacht club people sit in their cars enjoying their fish & chips...while the gulls watch from above waiting paciently....


Across the marshland...

Boat wrecks on the mud flats....





The breakwaters were so amazingly smooth from years of the sea working its magic....

Splish splash.....

Curling tideline....
Pebbles & string have found a home nestled in the aged wood....

A piece of art by nature itself...so pleasing to the eye....i would have loved to bring this home....




Flying the flag....

There are some wonderful properties...all shapes & sizes steeped in history.....


This little gem is the old custom house....

After all that walking it was time for chips out of the paper smothered in salt & vinegar....YUMMY!!
Love of my life had a sausage....
We had chippies....

Love of my life waiting...

for his share of chips..please excuse mr h's mouthfull!!

Where's daddy gone?

To get his very scrummy hot chocolate!!

Looking out towards the lovely picture of sea,shingle,sky & boats...

I love this picture.....

Nets & floats....


Lobster pots....

Humour on one of the fish sheds....

Spiral stairs on the gallery on the beach...
Hope you enjoyed our little stroll taknig in the fresh sea air & coming home with glowing rosey cheeks...have a lovely week. x