a busy domestic blog of knitting, sewing and all kinds of needlecrafts, cooking my garden produce and preserving it

Friday 15 February 2013

Another Pumpkin.....



This pumpkin has been hiding in the cupboard under the stairs since Halloween and I only got it out now because I needed to make some marmalade.




That took a big 4lb chunk out of it so then on to using some for dinners ....


    chilli....


bacon and pumpkin inauthentic  goulash .....









curried bean and pumpkin soup


'leftovers' soup - basically cooked, mashed pumpkin with leftover spicy tomato sauce.







another chilli - with cannellini beans as I couldn't find kidney beans!





 ...and on to the very last piece for another 'leftover' soup, this time with a small amount of lamb stock, potatoes, baked beans and a generous spoonful of curry powder.



Last but not least - the seeds roasted with peri peri sauce. A tongue-tingling snack.

Friday 8 February 2013

Picking up my 'up-cycling' project

 I had a free day this week so got my sewing machine going again and worked on this long-running bag-making project. If you haven't caught the earlier posts here and here this is being made from a pair of my daughter's old trousers and lined with an old skirt!


I've at last got it into a 3d bag shape - this is the outside..















..and this the lining




checking to make sure they're the same size










but I decided to add a phone pocket at the last minute.


Next step is sewing and turning handles .. and the end looks almost  in sight.