Recipe | Quinoa_Cous Cous Salad

It's not as complex as it may look from the list of ingredients and my (longwinded) explanation.  It tastes delicious and a really nice 'wintery spring' lunch!  The cauliflower is my favourite part which I didn't expect.

What you'll need: 

Serves 2 (generously)

                                           

- 1 cup of either quinoa or cous cous

- 4/5 uncooked beetroot - peeled and quartered

- 2 carrots - peeled and cut into chunky strips

- 1 cauliflower head - cut florets off the stalk into mouth sized pieces

- 1 handful of radish - sliced thinly (optional)

- 1 handful of leeks / spring onion - sliced thinly (optional)

- 6 garlic cloves

- 1 lemon - cut in half

- 1 bunch of rosemary

- Olive oil

- Handful of walnuts or pecans - roughly chopped

- Salt and pepper

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Collection 05 | Mint

1. Drinking glass from Glassybaby | 2. Love Triangles print from Wit and whistle | 3. Charm bracelet from Babasouk | 4. Washi tape set from Etsy | 5. Knitted cardigan from Vogue Knitting review of article from Knit Inc with thanks.

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Week 12 | Feeling crafty

I cannot believe we are nearly a quarter way through the year already!  I hate to say it... but time does fly (especially when you're not working at the minute).  I have been reading through several lovely blogs over the past few weeks and found that my reading interests have fallen mainly within the crafting category.  There are some amazing people out there making some really fun and inspirational things.  I started following Folk Fibers by Maura Grace Ambrose.  Maura is a girl who has a serious passion for making patchwork quilts and cushion covers.  She also makes her own dyes for the fabrics using foraged plantlife, flowers, wild mushrooms and other sustainable organic matter.  What wowed me the most about her is the fact that she hand-embroiders all the stitch details onto the quilts.  This must take such a long time but the end results are beautiful and unique.  

See below for few of my favourite currently on sale from her website:

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Birthday Celebrations !

This post is really long overdue.  Back in February when it was PC's birthday weekend, we headed to El Matador Beach as the weather was particularly nice.  On the actual day of his birthday, the weather wasn't so great so we spent the afternoon having coffee and cupcakes at Akasha. They do the best cupcakes that I've tasted in LA and have lots of flavours to choose from.  They also do smaller sized ones so that you can sample a few without feeling too sick afterwards.  On this particular visit, I had a carrot cupcake and PC had a peanut butter chocolate cupcake (his favourite).  Since visiting Broome St General Store I have been in love with properly made cappuccino coffee.  I usually opt for a quick hit of espresso but when it's afternoon cakes a long cappuccino is the perfect accompaniment.  

See below for more about what we did in the evening

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Happy St. Paddy's Day

For PC's birthday, I did some secret knitting and made him two golf club socks in his favourite colours:  green and orange for the Irish flag.  For the green colour, I used Manos del Uruguay silk blend #3204 and for the orange, Noro Cash Iroha #116 Lot E.  I'm not sure that these are available on their websites, but you can get them from other online yarn stores.  I got mine from Wildfiber in Santa Monica.  The pattern I used is from Purl Bee.  There are supposed to be 3 in the set but I haven't got round to knitting the driver yet (the biggest).  I also still need to weave in the ends of first two.  I'm running out of the green yarn, so I will need to buy one more skein and possibly another skein of orange, but I won't know until I start knitting.

See below for more images and link to pattern.

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St. Patrick's Day 2013

Now that I am living with an American/Irishman, I thought it only fair that I dedicate this week's collection to St. Patrick's day (Sunday 17th March). I'm not sure what our plans are yet but we'll definitely do something in celebration.  An Irish movie marathon, a pint of Guinness and some beef stew with dumplings sounds like the perfect mellow Sunday to me. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

1. Mojito Madness nail colour by Essie | 2. Fear of Desire nail colour by Essie | 3. Guinness print by An Inspired Image from Etsy | 4. Lucky clover necklace from Alex Monroe | 5. Jameson whiskey glasses by Bottle Rehab from Etsy | 6. Irish flag cushion by Mazizmuse from Etsy 

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