Saxophone Interlude

For today's Song Lyric Sunday, Jim has invited us to choose songs which feature either a brass or woodwind instrument today. I thought of several popular eighties and nineties tracks which had a saxophone interlude. They seemed all the range at one stage, whereas I don't often hear the saxophone in modern music. I have …

Pukka Organic Three Mint Tea

More than any other beverage, I consume vast quantities of mint tea, and for many years, the box I pick up from the supermarket shelves is Pukka Organic Three Mint Tea. In the summer heat, I find coffee and many teas a bit much. But this mint tea is entirely refreshing. I do believe I …

Indian Sweet Potato And Red Lentil Curry

Wills is back!! We are very pleased to have him in our home. On his first night with us I made a dish I remembered that he was very enthusiastic about earlier this ear. He absolutely loved this curry, which I found in a Waitrose booklet I had kept. I have tried a lot of …

Slip Into The Blue Lagoons

When I saw today's theme for Song Lyric Sunday, I thought "oh how lovely!" However, finding a song that I liked was not as easy as I thought. Eventually I settled on a song I had never heard before. Forgive me, I don't know a lot about the song, and my main awareness of Ellie …

One Year Anniversary For Lady Lewis!

Yesterday I was notified by WordPress that I have been busy producing posts for an entire year. That is quite a marker. I have changed my site during the course of the past year - selecting a theme and colour scheme I find pleasant and organized, and creating menus to display and make it easier …

19 Crimes Red Wine

I am always rather anxious about a wine that describes itself simply as "red". We occasionally send our nephew off to the supermarket with my credit card and ask him to pick up a selection of wines. We leave it to him to choose. We never do know what he will come back in. It's …

Garlic Mushrooms, Beluga Lentils And Polenta

Before I prepared this dish, it was a very long time since I had used polenta in any recipe. I forgot how essential it is that you focus on it once it hits the water you cook it in. But the timings of this recipe work quite well, and you will notice that the mushrooms …

The Telephone Can’t Take The Place Of Your Smile

Oh so many songs came to mind when I saw the theme for today's Song Lyric Sunday. In the end, I asked Robert to pick one from my list. I am very satisfied with his choice. This is a beautiful song, beautiful! Leo Sayer had tremendous success when he recorded the very moving lyrics to …

M&S Spiced Apple Infusion Teabags

Autumn to me is the season of apples. I love baking with apples, which for me marry beautifully with cinnamon. I noticed on a jaunt to Marks & Spencer that they have their own brand of Spiced Apple Infusion Teabags. I was surprised to find cinnamon absent from the ingredients. Instead, cardamon, cassia bark ginger …

Beetroot And Apple Soup

I adapted a recipe from a supermarket magazine to leave out the dairy, dill garnishing and horseradish sauce. The result is a very healthy vegan soup which is easy to make and great for a healthy lunch. ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil2 cloves garlic, crushed1 large onion, finely chopped1 large carrot, finely chopped500g vacuum packed …