Category Archives: leftovers

I made a draught excluder!

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

I know, stop press, right?  But I am inordinately pleased with my little door pillow.  Our flat is old, with big gaps under the doors and the heat just creeps out, kilowatt hour by kilowatt hour.  Until today, we’d been … Continue reading →

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Parsnip and carrot cake

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

Or, left-over fruit and vegetable cake Deri loves parsnips and I don’t, so he is always buying them and then they sit in the fridge sadly drying out for weeks while I think of something to do with them. It … Continue reading →

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I ♥ my pinking shears

Posted on September 6, 2010 by

… and (I hope!) so does my washing machine!

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Covered buttons

Posted on April 27, 2010 by

A friend made me a couple of dresses to wear to the millions of weddings I’m going to this summer (she is a seamstres, and I paid her her usual reasonable rate.  Even with the Liberty  fabric I splashed out … Continue reading →

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A chocolate gunge cake

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

There were egg-whites in the fridge after an attempt to make custard, and yoghurt that needed eating.  Last time I made my standby chocolate cake I forgot to put the cocoa powder in and it turned out OK, so I … Continue reading →

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