Hi loves, happy Wednesday. Last week was a whirl wind, we had our ups and downs not all went quite to plan, but by the end of the week my spirits were up again.
It was Birthday bonanza last week, my grandads wife turn the big 50 on Tuesday, I had a friends birthday on Wednesday that we celebrated Friday and another friends brunch birthday on Saturday, so a little manic but a lot of fun. Especially the bottomless brunch party, couldn't tell you the last time I danced on top of tables singing at the top of my lungs.
I have finally decided to decorate my bathroom, since we have been living in the house, its the only room I have left to decorate, I've decided on a nice feature wall and adding some cute litte bits to go inside. Would you like to see a step by renovation guide let me know, plus if you are looking too for some bathroom inspo my Pinterest feed is full of ideas.
Leanora is getting way too big way too quickly. But ass my baby is growing she wanting to learn new things and last week she had her trial for gymnastics and I am so proud of her, a little gutted due to COVID I couldn't watch my little jumping bean in action, but super glad she has made the team, just now waiting to find out which group she will be in.
Most weeks we have been reducing our meat in take and I have to say my stuffed pasta with sausage ragu was an absolute hit, so much so we made it again for this week family meal on Monday.
With the weather heating up and it being very humid here in London, back out are my linens to keep me cool, you can find a few favourites here.
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Lindsey
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Pasta is my go to any time or day of the week. This delicious Martha Stewart inspired dish is a one pot wonder! Its a fresh delicious meat free family friendly dish, with a little kick of chilli.
With Leanora and I working up a sweat in the garden, all I wanted to do is just have a fresh shower and a tasty bite to eat. However, after a long day of digging up weeds, turning the soil with new compost, taking up tiles to prepare for astro turf to be laid, all by me may I add cooking is the last thing I want to do, but is an essential. That is why this 11 minute pasta dish is the ultimate fuss free one pot dish to make.
At this time in our life, we are all feeling the strain of COVID19 and not being able to leave the house, see family and friends freely, can be a bit of a struggle even a mental struggle, but it is what us all over the world have to do right now.
The first few days of lock down, I, as you may have been too was in shock, what was I going to do am I allowed out, what about my parents, grand parents, what was going to happen with Leanora's education, what was I going to do. A few days of sitting on the sofa, watching the news, I knew that sitting there was not going to be healthy for me or more importantly Leanora and my family! I decided to make a schedule, make a plan of how I was going to use my time wisely, making sure Leanora's kept on top of her education and keeping us both fit and healthy. So I've made a daily scheduler and try to stick to it as much as possible and one of those things on my list is sorting out the garden and getting other items done around the house. I find that in insolation the way to keep on going is by putting good use to your time and being proactive and I am putting that proactiveness into my home and garden and Leanora all whilst cooking and baking along the way.
So as we all have a spare 11 minutes, this one pot pasta dish is super easy to make.
Ingredients - Serves 2
1 handful of pasta
1 medium onion thinly sliced
2 handfuls of baby tomatoes cut in half
3 cloves of garlic thinly sliced
1 bunch of fresh basil leaves
a pinch of salt (to taste)
a pinch of black cracked pepper (to taste)
a pinch of chilli flakes
Directions
1. In large pot add all of your ingredients and add water to just cover and cook over a medium high heat for 11 minutes.
2. Keep an eye on the pot throughout the duration of cooking and stirring occasionally so all ingredients combine together and the pasta does not stick.
3. Serve immediately.
If you make this dish, let me know what you think in the comments or below or share your snap with me over on Instagram.
If you are looking for other recipe ideas, check out my recipes section.
Lindsey
This wild mushroom with thyme pizza is flavoursome and pure perfection! It’s not your traditional red sauce pizza, oh no, it’s a lot more special than that! Here it’s covered with a tasty bechamel sauce, it is super quick to make, perfect for those days when you get home late and assembled with one of our top veggies, plus costs next to nothing to make!!
When it comes to pizza night, we like to keep things simple and make it easy for ourselves so pizza base is always bought, in fairness I’ve never made a pizza base from scratch, but I rather keep things simple for myself, plus when we make pizza at home we always get a gluten-free base, as I’m sure I have an intolerance to it.
We went for Wild Mushrooms for our pizza, a great selection from all over the world, plus I added a few chestnut ones in too for that extra nuttiness, with fresh thyme.
Now, if you don’t know, we have an obsession with mushrooms in this house, if we could have them every day it certainly wouldn’t be an issue, one of our favourite ways to have them is roasted with polenta, another great rich and hearty weeknight meal for these dark nights we are having. Another great recipe which always goes down well with the kids is my mushroom and lentil Bolognese, always a hit, trust me and they don’t even miss or ask for meat.
Ingredients
* 3tbs unsalted butter
* 3tbs all-purpose flour
* 1 cup (260ml of milk)
* 1 Tbs. chopped fresh oregano
* Salt
* freshly ground pepper
* 250 grams of mixed wild mushrooms, such as chanterelles, shiitakes or oyster and chestnut mushrooms, trimmed and sliced
* A few springs of fresh thyme, chopped
Directions
1. Kicking off, pre heat your oven to 210c
2. In a small saucepan set over a medium heat, you are going to make your béchamel sauce. Melt your butter, then whisk in your flour add in your milk, oregano a pinch of salt and pepper and keep on whisking to make your sauce, when it covers the back of your spoon you know it’s done
3. Spread over your sauce on to your pizza base and a sprinkle over your chopped mushrooms and thyme
4. Place in the over for 10-12 minutes or until your pizza is crispy and golden
Serve with salad, crisp white wine for you juice for the kids and thank me later.
Don’t you just wish every night was pizza night!? If you fancy a meat pizza, then i highly recommend you try my fig, mozzarella and prosciutto pizza, say goodbye to Domino's.
Lindsey
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