Posted on 21 December 2011 by iMake
Image details – Truffles by David Leggett, via Flickr
On Tuesday night, my dear crafty pal Jo and I attended a chocolate truffle making workshop. It was good fun, although I must confess, I don’t think we are ‘natural’ truffle makers. Clearly, the gorgeous truffles in the photograph above were not made by us! It was quite a messy experience and we spent most of the evening covered in melted chocolate. But it was a giggle! I recorded a little audioboo about it for you and also took a few photos. Enjoy…
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Posted on 28 October 2011 by iMake
Now Autumn is well and truly here, it’s time for warming, hearty dinners. One of hubby’s favourites is chilli, not least because I tend to make a large batch and put at least half in the freezer. This recipe came from my mother-in-law and has been tweaked a little along the way. I hope you like it.
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Posted on 8 October 2011 by iMake
Posted on 24 September 2011 by iMake
My breadmaker makes jam. I kid you not!
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Posted on 23 September 2011 by iMake
As promised, here are some photos of my first breadmaker creations. Note that I have called this post ‘My Breadmaker Made This’ rather that ‘I Made This’. It really is so easy that I cannot take much credit for making these loaves. As a passionate advocate of making things by hand, this may seem a little odd… perhaps even hypocritical. But I am pretty comfortable with using ‘tools’ to get a wonderful end result. My breadmaker is a tool, and this bread was very much a team effort between me and the machine…
Above is loaf number 2, my first wholemeal loaf.
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Posted on 19 September 2011 by iMake
It’s all about food in my household at the moment. I’ll be back to my traditional knitting/sewing/etc craft this weekend, all being well, but for now, it seems my blog is something of a food fest.
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Posted on 17 September 2011 by iMake
Image details: A New Era by JD Hancock, via Flickr
Those of you who listen the iMake podcast will know that I have been pondering getting a breadmaker for a while. Thanks to everyone who contacted me offering advice on whether to buy one or not. Thanks to a number of you, I was convinced that purchasing a breadmaker would enhance my life immeasurably (and they call me an enabler!) So through Amazon I purchased the Panasonic SD-2501WXC Automatic Breadmaker with Nut & Raisin Dispenser & Gluten Free Program.
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Posted on 16 September 2011 by iMake
I cannot seem to stop blogging about food! This time, it’s nothing to do with my cooking or growing exploits.
Quick side bar: the iMake blog is supposed to be all about ‘the handmade’, but the reason I felt compelled to blog about what follows is because, quite frankly, it is one of the most creative and fabulous business ideas I have come across in a long time. I wish I’d thought of it and presented it to the lovely Peter Jones in the Dragons’s Den… Anyway, I digress, where was I?)
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Posted on 16 September 2011 by iMake
I have become mildly obsessed with conquering my fear of yeast cookery, ever since I couldn’t quite master Guernsey Gache. So this time I thought I’d have a go at making bread from a packet. Basically the mix is all the dry ingredients and you make the bread from that. You can use these bread mixes to make bread by hand or in a bread maker. I opted for ‘by hand’ and this is how I got on…
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Posted on 14 September 2011 by iMake
As we near the end of my veg growing season (gosh, I sounded like a gardener then!) it’s an opportunity to reflect on what I have learned through this ‘attempt to become green-fingered’…
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