Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

KajiKita

beanielou said:

6 months EF is amazing. 🤩 

Now I’ve got it, I am protecting it fiercely! 😉 I am a dragon on her pile of treasure  🐉👑🫅💍💎😉😂

KK

redofromstart

It is for admiring, not spending. I am always faintly outraged at the idea of using it, even in a genuine emergency.

KajiKita

redofromstart said:

It is for admiring, not spending. I am always faintly outraged at the idea of using it, even in a genuine emergency.

Not just me then! 😉😊

We are drowning in strawberries here - picked 1.2kg yesterday and they are still coming. Not brave enough to make jam (last time I did it was a disaster! 😳) so have processed about half of them into a compote. We will draw a discreet veil over the mild boiling over; over the floor, the worktop, the pan, the hob etc etc …. 😂

KK

Watty1

A friend makes chia seed strawberry jam. I've never made it so not sent a link to any recipes but it has always sounded super easy - no boiling and setting and all that faff.  Doesn't keep for ages (only a week or so) but it might be worth a try?

KajiKita

Watty1 said:

A friend makes chia seed strawberry jam. I've never made it so not sent a link to any recipes but it has always sounded super easy - no boiling and setting and all that faff.  Doesn't keep for ages (only a week or so) but it might be worth a try?

That sounds interesting .... the protein and the fibre in the seeds will offset the sugar hit of the jam. I will have a look, thank you

KK

cafelady

Hi KajiKita. You probably know this, but you can freeze strawberries for later use. Just rinse, pat dry, hull and freeze in tubs. No good for eating raw after freezing, but great for jam, compote, frozen yoghurt etc at a later date. 

teapot2

KajiKita said:

Watty1 said:

A friend makes chia seed strawberry jam. I've never made it so not sent a link to any recipes but it has always sounded super easy - no boiling and setting and all that faff.  Doesn't keep for ages (only a week or so) but it might be worth a try?

That sounds interesting .... the protein and the fibre in the seeds will offset the sugar hit of the jam. I will have a look, thank you

KK

Funnily enough I bought a 'new to me' Vegan cookbook for 20p today and on flicking through saw it has a recipe for Chia Jam

SandyShores

Just joining in on the jam suggestions - a friend of mine used to make 'freezer jam', never made it myself but she rated it - no cooking.  There's a recipe on BBCFood here, but I've not tried it.

KajiKita

Thanks @cafelady, @teapot2, @SandyShores 😊 Seems there are multiple ways of working with soft fruit! 😊 I feel less intimidated.

Been doing some more ‘play’ with crochet:

This is a piece of double crochet in Aran weight cotton yarn. I can see that my foundation row is a bit tight for tension but I am pretty pleased with the edges 😊

I will try a piece of treble crochet this evening. Mr KK is deep in Isle of Man highlights atm so it balances out his excited end of the sofa! 😉😂

KK

Baileys_Babe

Well done, that is so  neat and even.