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Karmacat

Hope you slept well, FS, and you're back to normal today.

Fortune_Smiles

Thanks for thinking of me Karma, I'm feeling much better today and have been far more productive:

• a visit to the dentist. I have a receding gum! This could be because of my 'bite' or that I'm being a little over enthusiastic with my brushing. Lets hope it's the latter otherwise there'll be some cost involved. I have been given a tooth brushing lesson and will need to wear my night time retainer three times a week No payment needed today as I have a monthly payment plan to cover my check ups
• drove into the market town to meet my DC. She will be in Wales all winter so I might not see her for a while. Bought her lunch as a goodbye treat - £25.65
• went to an exhibition of local artists in the Vestry Hall. There was some lovely work there. I particularly liked the work of Louisa Crispen. She does the most amazing pencil drawings. I might put something of hers on my Christmas list this year
• popped into the Flower Shop that displays some of my own work - the set of Bee paintings has sold! That's £65 less 10% commission to the shop owner. What a lovely surprise
• picked up 2 jars of malt extract in the local greengrocer. It's the only place I can get it. The rate malt loaf disappears in the Fortunate household I may be keeping him in business for a while :rotfl:
• did a small top up shop in the C0-0p to tide us over as Mr F is away next week. Came in a few pennies under budget.
• redeemed £50 from UGuv :T At last!
• the rest of the Vegetable Curry for supper with a little cream added this time for variety. And - puffs up chest - I made my own Peshwari Naan for the first time. Mr F said "Your Naan turned out ok then" which is praise indeed from him

I'm starting to flag now and my bed is calling me already. Have a good evening all


Fortune x

rtandon27

Fortune_Smiles wrote: »

...And - puffs up chest - I made my own Peshwari Naan for the first time. Mr F said "Your Naan turned out ok then" which is praise indeed from him...

That is mighty impressive Fortune!

Did you follow a recipe or do you have a technique to share?

Glad to hear you are feeling better -nice to see such an impressive ta-da list!

lulabelle1

Your curry sounds lovely..... Congrats on the Nan breads!

Karmacat

Excellent news, all round!

With the dental thing, do you use the little interdens brushes, that go *between* your teeth? They last about 3 days, but you buy them 20 a time for around £3? Ah, just found them on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wisdom-Clean-Between-Interdental-Brushes/dp/B008FRLTN2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1415349537&sr=8-4&keywords=interdens

Sorry to preach, if you're already using them, but I've found them invaluable

Fortune_Smiles

rtandon27 wrote: »

That is mighty impressive Fortune!

Did you follow a recipe or do you have a technique to share?

Glad to hear you are feeling better -nice to see such an impressive ta-da list!

lulabelle1 wrote: »

Your curry sounds lovely..... Congrats on the Nan breads!

Hi guys


I used two recipes for the Naan - one because it used SR Flour and I didn't have any yeast and the other because I had all the ingredients for that particular filling. Next time I think I'll try with yeast (I've never used it before) and dry fry rather than grill as I think this gives you more of the traditional texture and colour. I'll try and find another filling recipe too as the one I used had to be put in the blender and I only have a small hand held one so it took ages. The recipe made 5 so there are 3 in the freezer for another time.


Silly to get so excited about making Naan Bread but at least I'm easy to please :rotfl:


Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Karmacat wrote: »

Excellent news, all round!

With the dental thing, do you use the little interdens brushes, that go *between* your teeth? They last about 3 days, but you buy them 20 a time for around £3? Ah, just found them on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wisdom-Clean-Between-Interdental-Brushes/dp/B008FRLTN2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1415349537&sr=8-4&keywords=interdens

Sorry to preach, if you're already using them, but I've found them invaluable

Hi Karma


I do use the interdental brushes but I've never thought of getting them from Amazon. There are some savings to be made there me thinks. Thank you


Fortune x

Karmacat

If that saves money, thats great. Those ones are on sale in Sainsbo too, at that price - the ones that dentists sell are *much* more expensive.

Fortune_Smiles

I'm almost back to normal post flu jab


Todays efforts:

• a little more work on the Jag (work in progress here for anyone who'd like a look https://www.facebook.com/BeeGardenArt)
• Ham & Cabbage Hash for lunch without the ham for me
• got some housework done
• paid £440 for a replacement prop shaft for Mr F's landie :eek: It suddenly gave out and there was no saving it. We thought it best to get it sorted before any bad weather arrives as she may be needed then. So a withdrawal from savings made
• Parsnip & Pancetta Tagliatelle for supper (thank you Jamie)

The weekend's here guys!


Fortune x

supersaver1000

Just subscribed.

Saw your post on Maggiecons thread, hope you don't mind if I tag along for veggie recipes?

I've also been making naans - Peshwari. Using an adaped Anjum Anand's recipe. DD has made potato and pea samosas. Delish.