Amigurumi

Sometimes you get to the end of a project that took much longer than you imagined and you just think whyyyy?!!! I shall name him Chuck.

Patches

A rather pretty project which I've been working on this week involving much felt and fabric, hopefully more will come of this and I'll report back if it does. Enjoy!!

Fish Cakes

Today I made fish cakes!! unfortunately they weren't exactly Raymond Blanc standard in terms of presentation, but they're still in my tummy so they can't have been too bad to eat. The recipe comes courtesy of Mr. Asda and can be seen below:

serves 4
50 mins

600g Maris Piper or King Edward Potatoes
150g frozen peas
300g salmon fillet
2 lemons
2 egg whites, lightly whisked
4tbsp breadcrumbs
2 tbsp sunflower oil

Cut and boil potatoes, add peas for the last 5 mins of cooking time. Drain and mash together.

Put salmon in a dish, squeeze the juice of 1 lemon over it, cover with cling film and microwave for 2-3 mins. Once cooked flake it up with a fork and add to the potato mixture and stir in.

Shape the mixture into little cakes (I think this is where it all went wrong, cakes should probably be a bit smaller and neater than massive great splodges in the frying pan) Asda says the mixture should make 8. Coat the cakes in egg white and bread crumbs.

We put the fishcakes in the oven for a while then finished them off in a frying pan to make them crispy, Asda says pre-heat oven to 200C/180C Fan/ Gas 6, put in a roasting tin with some oil and cook for 10 mins on each side.

Then eat! I had mine with cauliflower cheese.

Button Necklaces

I have a passion for buttons, but rather than leave them to fester in a jar with only vague memories of leading a productive life holding things together and... I've made some of them into rather nice necklaces to show off! I've seen these in Accessorise and other high street stores for at least £15-20 which seems ridiculous considering most of mine come from charity shop button bins which, depending of the generosity of the person behind the till tend to be £0.50-£2 for a rather nice sized handful. The best thing of all is I know no-one I know will be wearing a similar combination around their necks.