Where's it all come from?

Just a little philosophical thought... Don't you think it's utterly amazing that everything around us - buildings, computer parts, medicine, clothes, food, books, DVDs - have come from the earth itself? Even things that are manmade have still been made from things that were on Earth in the first place.

Maybe it's obvious to some, but I'd never really thought about where everything has actually come from until recently, then I got quite overwhelmed by that fact!

Fish and Noodles!

Although I love cooking, I rarely post recipes or anything foodie on here. Not sure why really, but thought I'd show you what I cooked on Saturday.


I try to have fish once a week, but sometimes find it a little bland. This recipe was quite yummy! I think I got it off the Waitrose website, so please don't think it's my recipe! I changed a couple of things to make it easier, but it was pretty simple anyway.

Ingredients:
100ml dark soy sauce
100 ml rice mirin
1 tbsp clear honey
2cm fresh root ginger
sesame oil toasted
egg noodles
pak choi
spring onions
mange tout
fish!

I haven't listed all the amounts as I don't really follow them exactly - just throw in a bit of this and that and see what happens!

Method:
Mix the soy sauce, mirin, honey and ginger (chopped) into a shallow dish, add the fish and marinate in the fridge for 15 minutes. Turn the fish over after 10 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees c. Put the fish in a roasting tin, pour over the marinade and cook for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, cook the noodles, pak choi and mange tout. Add the onions then mix them all together and add some sesame oil.

Serve with the fish and that's it! Pretty simple and very tasty.

I'm not sure how appetising the pic looks actually. I bought rather a lot of noodles. It was buy one get one free, they have a short shelf life and you're not meant to freeze them, so we just ate them. The fish is under there somewhere!

Fun in the Park

It was Chico time on Sunday, when Fun in the Park got underway in aid of Fight for Sight. There were live bands, sports events, food and crafts and of course, Chico!

As for me, well, I was selling photos and for the first time, some polymer clay creations. I'm delighted to say that I made a profit! I also had lots of really lovely comments about my photos, which I was obviously rather pleased about. It makes it all worthwhile after all your efforts, when someone says something nice!

Here's my mum helping to arrange the stall. It had a few adjustments after this mind you. The cards were put further back and the bookmarks and mobile phone charms brought forward.

The weather was perfect in temperature terms, but as we were by the side of the lake and had no shelter, it was, let's say, rather windy. The stall next to us packed up and left early when her gazebo nearly took off and my mum and I were constantly taping things down and blu-tacking and holding on to anything loose! It didn't stop the twirly display thingy blowing over at one point though. Luckily, I came prepared with some extra pegs and some string and managed to secure it.

All in all, we had a good day. Hope to get a little bit of my life back now. It's amazing how much preparation exhibiting takes.