Once again it has been AGES since I wrote anything on my blog and yet again it is completely unrelated to jewelry. I seem to be struggling recently to find a minute to do anything jewelry related, work has been busy with groups, inspections and a few too many nights in random hotel rooms. I have ants in my pants and there are far too many distractions for me to sit calmly and make something pretty. After successfully importing my boyfriend from Singapore in June, he is now a full-time-live-in-boyfriend, we have been doing all things housey the last few months, decorating, buying furniture, installing furniture and generally being homebodies….it’s a whole new experience for me, all very grown up!!
We are still trying to find a rhythm with our work/life balance, he gets home earlier than me but we both go to the gym and cross paths. I still get a little shock on a weekday morning that there’s someone in my room, then I remember he is a permanent installation now ha ha!! So in the spirit of my new grown-up-ness I have been cooking, baking and generally making yummyness….my freezer is filled with all sorts of wonderfulness. I am also determined to lose the extra 2kg I have been holding onto now for longer than desired after quitting smoking, I am sick of eating crap and have taken to the kitchen to make my own healthy options. I figured I’d take some pictures to prove I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth and once this little nesting period has settled I will be back to making pretty things again…but for now here’s a selection of my yummy creations…..
Homemade falafel….apparently canned chickpeas are too moist as I discovered the hard way, a little flour and overnight in the fridge was the trick and these little balls are crispy on the outside and soft and flavourful on the inside.
Tomato & Cheese Tarts….well tarts or quiche or flan, not sure what the difference is with the name, but they are without milk just egg and cheese for the mixture. The round one is tomato, red onion and goat’s cheese and the square one is tomato, roasted peppers and sheep’s feta cheese…both are quite delicious and my homemade pastry was really quite simple, even in this humidity, it does mean you have to act pretty quickly and keep putting the pastry back in the fridge to cool down and go again, but a success all round I think…..my boyfriend and mum agreed, perhaps a slightly biased audience but hey you gotta get the positive feedback somewhere right??!!
And to round off any meal is a sweet dessert of course…my sweet tooth is probably the cause to the additional 2kg I can’t seem to shift, I could quite happily substitute all my savoury food for sweet but apparently that isn’t a balanced diet. Again homemade pastry but this time filled with apple and cinnamon, I made some larger pies and also a few little mini open top pies……yum yum yum……now off to the gym ha ha!!
