Recently I have been eating and collecting lots of avocados. They are also good for you. For dyeing with avocado, I have been drying the skins and pits in the greenhouse. It’s funny how they make good dyes as the flesh is such vibrant green. who would have thought that avocado would give you nice […]
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Here is a post about basic sewing tools that is needed for sewing a simple dress. I am writing the post as I felt I haven’t touch and said much about the basics of sewing. I have written post on why dress make? In which is a great post all together as my non sewing
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This is a blog post on how to make classic bitter Chocolate mousse (Mousse au chocolate) This is an quintessential French dessert. It is easy to prepare ahead especially for a dinner party. It is rich and extremely delicious due to the quality of dark chocolate. So do the best you can to find the
After my series of pak choi recipes here are different versions of it. I love home cooking with pak choi as it is such a versatile vegetable. For these recipes, I have combined two of my favourites which are water bamboo and pak choi and make them into a stir fry. It is a no-hassle
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Here is how to cook rice with a rice cooker. It is dead easy. I got a Vonshef 1.8 L rice cooker in which I had for years. It is an automatic rice cooker which means it cooks by itself. It is so much more convenient compared to cooking on the hob steaming method. That
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin How to sew a skirt vent, kick pleat or split. I have recently sew a tweed skirt. For the opening I didn’t want to end up with an ordinary skirt slit which can be revealing. I wanted something that is neat. It is called a skirt vent, kick pleat or
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Here is a blog post on growing elderberry. I can about growing my own elderberry after looking at an ivy trying to kill my elderberry tree by growing all the tree!! Poor elderberry tree it just have not got any room to grow. This post does contain some affiliate links which means that I make
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