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London Part 1
Brunch @ Pret. Surprisingly yummy tomato soup and Jessica's ham, cheese and tomato croissant.
The Gherkin.
HMS Belfast.
Jessica looking ever so pleased to be taking a photo with the bridge.
Tower Bridge.
The mayor's office.
Sculptures by Fiona Banner. Full stops.
The longest bench I have ever laid eyes on.
Along side the benches they had these cool 'bench' chairs dotted around the park.
Found these headstones in the park too.
Hot chocolate break.
Lots of shiny new things happening down Tooley Street now. I remember when all that side of the road was derelict... I feel old.
Alan Carr Chatty Man Show
The Alan Carr show was great! We had good seats and he was so bloody funny. I could wet myself laughing just by looking at him! Its interesting how they film segments of the show, it kinda makes you go, "Ahhhh thats how they do it".
So anyway, the filming yesterday was for the show to be broadcast tonight but Kim Cattrall part was filmed for next weeks show... So the people who were going to be on the show with Kim Cattrall (Boy George & N Dubz... snore) were going to be filmed next week... Confused? I bloody was. But I was made up that we didn't have to see N Dubz perform but Florence & the Machine instead (YAY!).
(By order of appearance)
Kim Cattrall- When she came down the stairs I was whooping and clapping like a dedicated S.A.T.C fan (plus, Samantha is my favourite S.A.T.C character), but then she opened her mouth and she sounded so.... strange. She did the whole interview in a English accent and when Alan questioned her she responded with a "But I am English!", er love, you was born here but it doesn't mean you kept you accent when you've been living in the states for god knows how long. I think it was because she was going on to do her play right after the interview and probably didn't want to slip out of her characters accent. I think she found parts of the interview tedious and looked like she was just dying to get out of the studio. Her Liverpudlian impression was good though.
Florence & the Machine- OMG. I was so happy I got to see her perform. She is amaaaaazing! And the outfit she wore... I WANT!! She performed Dog Days Are Over and it was super duper good. She had to film it twice because of the generic clapping the first time round from the audience (that included me).
Justin Bieber- I have to say his song, Baby Baby is terribly catchy... he was a little sweetheart- has the whole heart throb thing down to a T. Alan was so funny in this interview. Had annoying little girls in the audience screaming and yelling stuff which I didn't understand (well, it would be worrying if I did). No way were they 18, which you have to be to see the show. I have to say I enjoyed this interview more than the Kim Cattrall one, much to my surprise... though I still think he looks like Hilary Swark in Boys Don't Cry.
David Hayes- World heavyweight title holder. This interview was good too. Raw eggs, slapsies and refraining from er... coming...
Miranda Hart & Russell Howard- They were on to talk about their charity bike ride for Sports Relief. My least favourite interview as I felt Alan had no steam left in his camp choo choo train.
But the best part of all was seeing Alan Carr filming and off film. He is one funny man!
Peach Crumble
This is surely a no fail recipe- even for the most novice of cooks! So easy and ever so morish!
Recipe
Ingredients
2 Cans tinned peaches, drained.
115g Plain flour
220g Sugar
1/4 Tsp Salt
1/2 Tsp Ground cinnamon
112g Unsalted butter
8"square dish (I used two small dishes), buttered
Preheat oven to 180c
1. Put the peaches in the buttered dish.
2. Sift together the dry ingredients and rub in the butter until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Sprinkle on top of peaches. Place in oven and bake for 35-45 minutes until tops are golden and crispy.
3. Stand for 10 mins.
4. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Of course you can use apples in place of the peaches. Or plums or apricots or rhubarb...
Can also be eaten cold, which I personally prefer.
Recipe
Ingredients
2 Cans tinned peaches, drained.
115g Plain flour
220g Sugar
1/4 Tsp Salt
1/2 Tsp Ground cinnamon
112g Unsalted butter
8"square dish (I used two small dishes), buttered
Preheat oven to 180c
1. Put the peaches in the buttered dish.
2. Sift together the dry ingredients and rub in the butter until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Sprinkle on top of peaches. Place in oven and bake for 35-45 minutes until tops are golden and crispy.
3. Stand for 10 mins.
4. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Of course you can use apples in place of the peaches. Or plums or apricots or rhubarb...
Can also be eaten cold, which I personally prefer.
My 29th Birthday
The day started off beautifully and ended on a even better note with a surprise dinner with my beautiful (and sneaky!) girlfriends.
I Love You All
I Love You All
Chewy Peanut Butter Blondies
Recipe
Ingredients
1/3 cup Butter
1/2 cup Creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup Packed brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Plain / all-purpose flour
1 tsp Baking powder
1/4 cup Mini chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly grease an 8-inch square pan.
Melt the butter over low heat. Whisk in the peanut butter and brown sugar. Leave aside to cool for a minute.
Whisk in the eggs and vanilla until smooth.
Stir in the flour and baking powder. Stir in the chocolate chips, if using.
Spread the mixture into the prepared pan, and bake for 20 – 25mins, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Taken from here
Nutella Bread Pudding
Recipe
Ingredients
12 Slices brioche bread (a little stale is good)
1 1/2 cups Nutella (I used a whole 400g jar!)
2 cups Light cream (I used single cream)
1/4 tsp Salt
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 cup Sugar
3 Large eggs
Preheat oven to 170c. Grease a square 8" cake tin with unsalted butter.
Make 6 sandwiches. Cut each sandwich is 6 pieces. Squash the pieces in the pan.
Heat the cream, salt and vanilla extract in a small saucepan and heat until warm.
In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together.
Add the cream mixture into the egg mixture, whisking constantly as not to cook the eggs.
Pour mixture on bread. Cover with foil and bake for 30-40 mins. Remove foil after 20 mins.
Stand for at least 10 mins before serving.
Eat with custard or serve warm with vanilla ice cream!
Original recipe here
Blessed
As I laid in bed feeling sorry for myself that I had a golf club as a foot, Jessica appeared with a chopping board laden with fruit, crisps and a yogurt and bought it over to my bedside table and placed it down.
"This is for your breakfast Mummy. Don't worry, I'll look after you Mummy."
Oh and she left me me a note too.
My sweetheart wrote it all by herself! On toilet tissue with mixed up words and everything *heart melts*
"This is for your breakfast Mummy. Don't worry, I'll look after you Mummy."
Oh and she left me me a note too.
My sweetheart wrote it all by herself! On toilet tissue with mixed up words and everything *heart melts*
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