I made an ice-cream charm bracelet with a twister and fab style icelollies, a mr whippy and an strawberry spilt. Cutting up all those individual sprinkles took near forever and they still wern't quite small enough.
Next up is the owl necklace. This was suprisingly easy to make actually just a big blob of brown sculpey with pink triangles for wings and an oval for his stomach. Add a beak, a couple of ovals for feet and a pair of white discs for eyes and your done. Just add your findings then pop into the oven for half an hour.
Some food successes:
It's almost the time of year again for watercress. I love it and it makes excellent soup. Simply fry an onion and a potato over a low heat until softened then add 600ml of stock. Leave to simmer for around 15-20 minutes then add a bag of watercress. Let bubble for 5 mins more and then blend. Serve with a drizzle of single cream and some warm crusty bread.
Sour cherry and white chocolate biscotti courtesy of "The Great British Bake Off. How To Turn Everyday Bakes Into Showstoppers." This was the first thing I've made from this book since I got it in the new years sales but it didn't disappoint. Only problem for me was I didn't realise quite how expensive dried cherries were so had to replace some with cranberries but it still tasted brilliant.
And a few fails:
I attempted to make brandy snaps. Could have done with a little longer in the oven and once out were too hot to actually form into the tuilles I was going to put whipped cream in but they still tasted good even in their slightly deconstructed form.
Next was a trip to Sprinkles Gelato. Have a look here --> http://www.sprinklesgelato.co.uk/ This was a fail but for all the right reasons. They make some awesome sundaes, waffles and crepes and you definately get your moneys worth as my friend Lauren will attest to (check out her blog the suspicious owl here --> http://thesuspiciousowl.blogspot.co.uk/). She had a waffle smothered in half a tub of nutella and a packet of oreos and only manage around a third of it.
Some days you just cannot be bothered to make something yourself and today was definitly one of those days. So for luch my sister and myself decided to take advantage of the tapas range available at Tesco. With 3 dishes for £5 or 5 for £9 you can be full up before you know it. We had spanish meatballs, a prawn and chicken paella, potatoes with smokey garlic mayo, spanish omlette and mushroom and mozzerella rice balls and were so stuffed by the end of it. All in all not a bad lunch.
