Actually I haven’t lost the plot, but I seem to have forgotten a lot of the details. Like where I’m supposed to go on various days. I forgot to go to a party today. Second party I’ve forgotten this week. I have developed a fear of calendars now, to add to [...]
O.k. Let’s see if this works
Here’s how to do links
open carrot – the one above the comma
a href=”putyourlinkinhere”
close carrot – the one above the fullstop
type the test you want people to see
open carrot /a close carrot
The only space is the one after the first ‘a’
The average person has between four and eight meals that they will rotate through.
I think I’d be closer to the eight. So I’ve got to learn eight new vegan recipes to get me through the next however many weeks until Christmas.
Feeling pretty tired now. I can see why slowing down your schedule during [...]
This is really nice and really easy to make. I turned it into a lasagna and it was delicious. Tasted just like the meat version.
1 tin lentils or 1 1/3 cup washed dried brown lentils
2 tins crushed tomato
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp dried parsley
1 tsp dried basil
3 cloves garlic
Cook it all in a [...]
I went out to a birthday tea last night. Usually at such occasions there is a roast, so I decided that it would really be most polite if I ate whatever I was served. Do you know what we had? A help yourself salad platter with bread rolls! [...]
_There was basil at the Market!!!!!!!!_ I have been waiting and waiting for basil to appear. Huge massive bunches of it. And so, drum roll please, tonight’s dinner was _Wheat_ Pasta and stir fried _Vegetables_ and basil pesto. It’s an exciting day.
Basil Pesto (I’m sure I’ve shared this before)
1 bunch basil
100g [...]
For the Orthodox, an advent fast means, for 40 days, no meat, eggs or dairy, although fish is allowed on the weekends during advent. Advent is the time that we prepare for the coming of Jesus into the world. Advent means “coming.”
I’ve fasted from other things before, “given something up for God,” and it has [...]
I’m feeling really good after the Bishop’s visit. The birds are singing, the sun is shining and I’m floating a cm or two off the ground. I feel light and content. I feel at ease and at home, and in the right place. No doubt there is hard work ahead.
This is [...]
It’s raining today. Real rain, that keeps falling steadily all night and day. It’s committed. It’s so beautiful. People are out in in, kids are dancing in it, and nobody minds in the slightest, even though the concrete can’t be poured, and the sports can’t be held. It’s [...]
2 cups cooked basmati rice
1/3 cup coconut cream
1/3 cup sultanas
1/3 cup brown rice syrup or maple syrup
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. ground ginger
1/8 t. ground nutmeg
After the most delicious lunch of polenta, gingery dahl, pumpkin curry, spinach triangles, felafel, potato and beans, shared with the bishop and the lovely people of our new parish. [...]