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Beetroot Risotto

This is the risotto I mentioned cooking yesterday. So, so good. Rather obviously this is only something you’re going to like if you like beetroot, although the flavour is both more subtle and more interesting than the ready cooked stuff you can buy and bears only a passing resemblance to the pickled stuff.
The colour is [...]

Glimpses of a slow day

I’ve spent today pottering around my flat, not doing very much but messing with a few things.

Little works in progress sitting in the sun. They happen to match in colour, I think I bought these yarns a possible accent yarns for a long abandoned project, but have no other real connection.

Clearing out a cupboard [...]

Carrot and Ginger Muffins (vegan)

Makes approx. 12. These are pretty gingery, but if you’re less fond of it than I am you could happily leave it out.
1 cup wholewheat spelt flour
½ cup white plain (all purpose) flour
½ cup rolled oats
2/3 cup sugar
1tsp bicarbonate soda (baking soda)
1tsp cream of tarter
2tsp ground ginger
1tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup grated carrot
1/4 cup chopped crystallised [...]

Cake!

Chocolate avocado almond pear upsides down cake, if you say that fast enough it really is delicious!
This would be the recipe I teased you with the ingredients for a few days ago.

I know they look a little odd together but it really is good and of course much healthier than most indulgent desserts. My presentation [...]

Little Black Cardigan is finished (almost)

The cute little button tab thing didn’t really work out, but I’m already planning on using that on something else. For now this has a single button and loop closure, but I’m not convinced it’s perfect. I’m thinking of wide ribbon.

First though, I need to perfect this. The neckband is knit onto the back stitches [...]