I had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday. Full english breakfast, dinner cooked for me and some lovely cards. Look at this cutie from Raj:
Isn't it sweet.
Finally took King Winter off the table last week and I set up the spring table:
I noticed how many lovely things we have that are made by the children. Mother Earth (mine is being borrowed by Raj's class), a few snowdrop children and a yellow child that could be a crocus. For the last six years or so I've been meaning to make a daffodil child and finally last week I did it:
I then got the urge to make some more daffodils (in a pot with the dandelions I made last year):
The blossom fairies are up too:
If you want a pattern for those the link is here and the dandelions are here. There's also a reference here to dyeing with daffodils and here for dandelions. That should keep you all busy!
Last week some ladies asked me to show them how to make chapattis so I pitched up with some homemade dahl and my tava (which is like a griddle with a long handle) and we had a great time. I looked on Youtube and there are a load of videos if you want to have a look. I also made some lassi and I took along some Indian sweets that I'd made. They went down really well even though they were made with gram flour (chick peas) so had a distinctive taste. I thought I'd make some again soon and share the recipe with you. They are a bit like fudge but mine came out softer and not so solid. If you want to have a go, get in some gram flour, also called Besan (I found mine in the local mini Tesco), sugar, butter and some double cream (small carton).
I'll make some next week sometime.
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Talking of cooking - does anyone remember the name of the cookery book that was used in schools in the 70's in cookery/home economics lessons? The one we used in the Midlands was small with a light blue cover I think. It had very classic English recipes in it and I want to try and get hold of one.