Teatowel Love

A dear friend gave me this or my birthday....printed and given with love.

I've framed the gift tag!

Cotton and linen teatowel by Klippan.

Today's Lunch

Baby leaves, lebanese cucumber, persian feta, roasted capsicum, pickled cocktail onions, chipolata sausages, soft boiled egg with seeded mustard dressing. Served with a slice of fresh sourdough. Dressing a bit on the tart side but healthy!

Yorkies

I've been watching '30 minute meals with Jamie Oliver' this past week when I can - I am quite doubtful these meals can be cooked by the average person in 30 minutes, but the meals do look achievable.

I had heard of Yorkshire Puddings before but never realised they were so simple and meant to be eaten with a roast.

I'm on a baking frenzy today (cookies in previous post this morning) - whipped these up out of curiosity and craving for something to eat! I followed Jamie's recipe which he stated on the show. I forgot to heat the muffin tray with the oil in it before pouring the batter in but they seemed to turn out OK even though they were a little stuck to the pan.

1 cup plain flour

1 cup milk

1 egg

Pinch of salt

Preheat oven 220 degrees.

1. Heat muffin tray with oil in the bottom of each muffin cup.

2. Mix all the ingredients together - he used a blender, so I made sure I sifted the flour and used a slotted spoon to mix.

3. Pour batter in tin - filled 6 large muffin cups.

4. Bake for approx 20 minutes or until puffed and golden on top.

I'd been thinking before I made them that parmesan would be great in them! Alas I do not keep parmesan in the fridge as I know for me it's dangerous for my waistline!

I did eat one with a wedge of camembert and it was very good! : )

Variation of Bills Cookies

I had intended to trial a variation of Bill Grainger's Choc Chip Cookies as I remembered I had some dried cranberries I needed to use. So I thought white chocolate would pair nicely.

It's New Year's Day and my high school friend from Hong Kong texted to say I could pop over to see her 2 newborn twin nephews if I wanted to. I couldn't go empty handed given I am chinese and also given I was visiting chinese friends!

And so, the cookies were well and truly taste tested - devoured.

Look for the cookie recipe on a previous post - instead of milk/dark chocolate use one block of chopped up white chocolate and as many cranberries as you like....I poured a whole heap in so not sure how much that was!