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Monday Sundries – the beer edition

Monday Sundries – the beer edition

Monday Sundries are otherwise known as ‘I’m rather brain dead right now and ill just update you on my life instead of writing anything’. Basically the lazy blogging option and this week’s is more lazy than most (which means lots of photos in blogger speak) anyways… Last week… Included a trip to see The Hunger Games (finally, I was waiting for B to finish reading…

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Food Friday: Yoghurt Chicken Kebabs

Food Friday: Yoghurt Chicken Kebabs

Hello and welcome to another Food Friday, the weekly post where I try to eat, cook and do things housewifery in a harking back to the 1950s manner. Seriously, Food Friday is all about a recipe a week, good food, big portions and no faff. You can also check out my past food Friday recipes. It’s another Friday and another Indian recipe. I do love…

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In your wedding dress… to have and to hold on tight!

Wedding Wednesday is hosted over at Something Charming. You can read my other wedding posts under the Mr + Mrs Smidge tag. Following my first ‘attack every dress out there’ type appointment on Saturday I started to get a headache: Did I want an a-line, ballerina, ballgown, column, empire line, mermaid, or a short dress? Some dresses just looked silly (on a short girl the…

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Monday Sundries – the 2012 edition

Monday Sundries – the 2012 edition

The last time I did a Monday Sundries post was July last year, but i’m bringing them back as part of my attempt to turn this blog back into a diary. Monday Sundries are otherwise known as ‘I’m rather brain dead right now and ill just update you on my life instead of writing anything’. Basically the lazy blogging option. Anyways… This weekend: started quiet…

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Lamb stew with peri peri

Lamb stew with peri peri

When you think of peri peri you think of chicken don’t you? A very big chain of chicken restaurants in fact.  From the branding of this well known company we also know that peri peri is Portuguese. Well, no it actually isn’t, instead it comes from the Portuguese colonies in Africa; we know this as many of the ingredients (chilli, garlic, salt, oregano, paprika, cayenne)…

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