Very First Crocheted Flower (21 March)

Given my love for lacy things, part of me has always had a soft spot for crocheted items. 

So it’s a bit of a no-brainer that I also wanted to add crochet to my list of things that I could do…

Seeing as I already have a crochet hook that I use with my knitting, some bright multi-colour wool that I couldn’t think of what to do with and that I’ve always loved the look of crocheted lacy flowers, I decided to give this tutorial that I’d found on youtube a go…

 

DIY Recipe - sweet and sour Fish Ratatouille

One of the trials of moving house is the need to use up everything that you have in the fridge and cupboards to minimize the amount of stuff that you will inevitably need to lug around. As anyone who’s known me for a while would know, I’m something of a throw everything together fusion cook – ie. A mix of Asian and western ingredients thrown together randomly according to whatever I think tastes nice. So I guess the closest to calling the dishes I make the most of is something of a ratatouille.

As one of my all-time favourite dishes happens to be sweet and sour fish, it is inevitable that I would attempt at some point my own ratatouille version…