Christmas Cooking 2020

I like to share my Christmas cooking with you and I introduced some new ideas this year. As always I made a couple of Stollen. The one on the left is for my son who will pop round to collect it before Christmas. Thinking of yeasted makes, I also made a loaf of breadwhich has… Read More Christmas Cooking 2020

21 December 2020 Rainbow Junkie5 Comments

Monthly Montage – April

It is amazing to think that it is now the end of April. With various concerns I feel as if much of the last few months has passed me by. My apple tree has blossomed and the blossom has gone. Not much this year so not many apples to look forward to. My clematis on… Read More Monthly Montage – April

1 May 20191 July 2019 Rainbow Junkie3 Comments

This and That

I have got a bit out of pattern with my posts but I had a few things to share that you might like so here it is. On Monday I was still trying to be careful and recover from being unwell but it was such a lovely day that I thought a walk round The… Read More This and That

4 April 2019 Rainbow Junkie6 Comments

More Bread and Flowers

Recently I seem to have lost interest in taking photographs except as was necessary; however the new Spring flowers have tempted me to make the effort. First the flowers On Tuesday seeing the sun, I rushed out to take a few photographs before it disappeared. (Actually it became quite a bright day.) First I went… Read More More Bread and Flowers

21 February 201921 February 2019 Rainbow Junkie5 Comments

Christmas card update and some bread

It has been pointed out to me that it is actually possible to make two star cards out of one A4 sheet thus. So I thought I would share this fact with you as it saves paper. Not having any other knitting or crochet to share with you since my making is very much geared to… Read More Christmas card update and some bread

10 December 2018 Rainbow Junkie2 Comments

Monthly Montage – September

This month I shared some knitting and crochet. At he beginning of the month, the knitting was my blueberry fairy which was a lot of fun. Then at the end of the month the crochet was showing you my two latest patterns put on Ravelry for some new Celtic Coasters.I also managed to fit in… Read More Monthly Montage – September

30 September 20181 July 2019 Rainbow Junkie4 Comments

Oat Bread recipe

Last weekend I decided to try making some oat bread. I thought I would share the recipe with you. This is how I made it, slightly modified from the book I got it from, though I have given the full quantities not the half amounts that I used. You start with 8oz wholemeal bread flour,… Read More Oat Bread recipe

20 September 2018 Rainbow Junkie10 Comments

Lets Rock ‘n’ Roll!

Well not really rocks, though the ground does look a bit rocky in this photograph! It’s another of my occasional posts about my garden and baking. These are a few cyclamen that I planted years ago but are still managing to come up despite all the changes. I am also rejoicing in my sedum spectabile. which is… Read More Lets Rock ‘n’ Roll!

13 September 2018 Rainbow Junkie5 Comments

Spelt Bread

Recently I bought some wholemeal spelt flour to make a spelt loaf. I made a loaf with spelt flour a few years ago and I remember liking the taste, though it may have been white spelt flour that time. I am not sure. I didn’t know where I had got the recipe I used before… Read More Spelt Bread

30 August 2018 Rainbow Junkie3 Comments

Harvest and new bread tin

There is only one thing that I grow to eat in my garden and that is garlic. I just pop a few cloves out of the fridge in the ground in the Autumn, as the prepared cloves you can buy at the garden centre cost as much as a whole head of garlic at the… Read More Harvest and new bread tin

9 July 201812 September 2018 Rainbow Junkie7 Comments