Vegetarian Foods Archive

I have been working this weekend, so you will have to forgive me with what is going to be a short post on two subjects I quite like - my kitchen and cookbooks.   In the past five years, I have lived in three different places and therefore cooked in three different kitchens.  The first was in my flat when I lived in Glasgow.  I had a really tiny eclectic kitchen which I absolutely fell in love with. I made a little film of it before  packing up for our inevitable move to Wales. Then we had  the kitchen in my rented abode;  and finally our new place also in Wales, it's not my dream house or my dream kitchen - but it is home and its where I want to be most of the time.   So I share with you a glimpse of my kitchen from the hallway.  Some posts you may be interested in reading that are related to  my new Welsh kitchen and more recently  vegan month in my kitchen .  I do have to point out, although I have started to get back into c...

Thank you for those of you coming by Amy's Five on Friday .   To start of with, I'd like to say that I am mentally gearing up for winter and the ailments that come with it: coughs, scratchy throat, runny nose, headaches...  I have good selection of herbal teas, Tea Tree Tincture, Echinacea drops and honey for toddy, yes I even a home made  Daisy Honey  which happens to be vegan.   Two, a while back I went with my husband to the National Botanic Garden of Wales.    I shared  lots of pictures from the day,  but not this Plant Pharmacy  Patchwork Exhibition which was inside the Apothecary's Hall . Once you've walked through the  Apothecary's Hall   and viewed some of its curiosities and guests, you will come across the  The  Plant Pharmacy Patchworks Exhibition. Three - The  Plant Pharmacy Exhibition   is a collection of textile squares showing wildflowers and their medical and herbal propert...

The practice of Secret Santa in the workplace is meant to create a warm, convivial and harmonious  environment.  Secret Santa is supposed to bring joy and laughter to what can be a very long dreary day with everyone patiently waiting for their festive holidays to begin. Secret Santa only works if every one who wishes to participate participates , but there will always be some people who will try to sabotage it; or plain and simply be bah humbug, but we will not them them spoil it for the rest of us.  I was ever so pleased to have pulled out a good friend at work for Secret Santa.  She is into Matryoshka dolls also known as Russian Nesting Dolls.  I found these festive themed Russian dolls a few months back, so it was quite timely and fitting that I pulled her name out of the jug,(don't worry I also bought her another gift). I was given a beautiful Fair Trade hand crafted silk scarf by my Secret Santa - its just my colours.  I also received this Cinn...

I celebrate my Blogiversary today.   Hip Hip Hooray.  2009 2010 2011 2012 2012-2013 2013 2014 2015 Blogging is not the same world anymore when I begun.  It has changed enormously - these days more about ratings, chasing awards, promotion of products, competition give aways and so on.  I am not of that blogging world. I am on the periphery of that world, though I must admit I been seduced sadly a couple of times when I should have stuck with my gut instincts and principles.  I miss honest and down to earth blogging.  There have been times when I have had to remind myself of the reasons I set my blog up in the first place as I haven't enjoyed it so much over the past couple of years.  I have to make blogging succeed for me. And I shall as I enjoy my blog space.  I will continue with my blog adventures and share what inspires me, what I create at home in my kitchen.  Its also a way for me to stay in touch ...

It's been a week of big smiles and warmth in my heart, so I that is what I am going to share this Friday. To start off, I returned to work after a long weekend away only to receive a phone call from one of my clients who rang to simply say Thank you .  I know you many go, big deal, people say Thank you to me all the time, but the nature of work I do, I rarely get any thanks as people just want to move on, so I was totally overwhelmed by this graceful elderly lady making an effort to tell me  of the difference my involvement has made to her mental and physical well being.  She has even invited me back to her home for a cuppa and cake int he future.  I assured her, I would take her up on her kind offer when I was in her direction.  A long-term blogger friend of mine Choclette who has been blogging as long as I have, won her first long-overdue blogging award for Love Made My Home .  and Friday's Fave Five with Susanne. 

I am looking forward to my  holidays, however when the time comes we won't be venturing far.   Home-made Welsh Dragon Pastry Crust So I am dreaming of dragons and castles. Did you know that Wales has more castles per square than any other county in the world, apparently it is so.   Over the years, w e have visited our fair share of fantastic castles in Wales, Wales really is a land of legends, so this  Friday I am sharing five. Harlech Castle   -  w here I was most most free. I  met my now husband in the seaside town of Harlech, so I will always have a fondness for the place.  Meet Dewi - The Welsh Dragon guarding Harlech castle in the background. Caerphilly Castle Conwy Castle  in the background. Chepstow Castle And finally,  Cardiff Castle   With its rather magnificent  Animal Wall .  I love this city. I am sharing these Five Castles with  Five on Fridays   hosted by Amy a...

I am not going to assign a gender on this androgynous stone carved statue, but it is rather beautiful and quite solemn in it own way.   I've been wanting to share this picture a while ago as it made me smile.  Someone had yarn bombed it, or at least lovingly adorned them a colourful crochet scarf  to stay warm and a pair of spectacles to ignite a little sunshine and humour into what I remember was a blustery grey day. It does certainly bring a smile to your face as well as a little magic into your life, well I think so.  We actually took this picture some time last year or maybe even a year before that, when we visited an area of Newport called Caerleon.  I will share more pictures of it tomorrow, but this is my contribution  for  Sunday Snap   hosted by  Sunday Snap ; a nd  Sunlit Sunday . If anyone knows any more about the significance of horns and the story behind this stone carved character, I'd love to know. I have two o...

So its Five on Friday and I am sticking once again with my Welsh theme especially as it is St Davids Day next Tuesday. I thought I would share five Made in Wales things in my home. I picked up this 'Made in Wales' framed picture from a crafts arts and fair market. Its handmade and upcycled with a  traditional Welsh blanket, almost tartan style  and some cute little alphabet cards.  I fell in love with it instantly and D bestowed it upon me within moments.  He has a terrible habit of spoiling me.  I love him. These graceful Welsh ladies are handmade by Kingsmaker  and carved from real welsh coal.  I  think they date back to the 1950s.  I know such things are terribly old fashioned but I like them.  I picked these charming Welsh ladies in full Welsh costume from a charity shop last summer, there is something quite solemn about them and somehow that impacts on my mood in a positive way.  I hold one in the palm of my hand when I...