From Bleh to Yeah- Glasses Case Revamp

What you'll need:
•Glasses case
•Modge podge
•Brush
•Pictures of your choice

Steps:
1. Cut out pictures that you fancy
2. Apply modge podge with a brush to the pictures. Stick the pictures on to the clean glasses case. Make a collage.
3. Once the modge podge is completely dry, brush another layer of modge podge over the pictures.
4. Once dry, apply another layer. Add 3 layers in this manner.

Ta-da! Complete, revamped and funky as can be.

Your new case does not have to be restricted to glasses. Use it as a pencil case to store your stationary, or as I will be using it, as a clutch!

LEFT OVERS?

Have you made the curry recipe I shared a few days ago? http://farmtownsandballgowns.blogspot.com/2013/08/chicken-curry.html

Here are a few suggestion for the left overs.

1) Skip the rice, have the curry with some bread.

2) Add some pea's to the curry, boil it on the stove to a thicker consistency. Enjoy with roti or bread.

*Roti Recipe to follow Soon!!

1 ADDITION, MANY WAYS-CLIPPED!

When I think of clip on earnings I think of big shiny old glamour style. Maybe its because I own one of them. One I got from my granny. They beautiful, but far too painful to wear for too long. Its such a pity I thought until now.

Clip on earring's are not only for the ears, they are also great for bedazzling bleh looking shoes and clothing!

Bold pieces are so in right now!

Attach to:
1. Shirt collars
2. Plain pumps
3. Elastic, and use as
- a belt, or
- a hair band
4. Head scarf (use light in weight earrings for this.)
5. Hair, as hair clips

Have fun and be creative

Chicken Curry

How indian am I really if I'm indian but haven't as yet shared a curry recipe with you??? *Gasp!*

Ingredients:
1 chicken cut into pieces
1/4 - 1/3 cup oil
1 large onion grated
2 tsp jeeru powder/ cummin powder
1 elachi/ cardamon
5 peppers
3 cloves
4 small cinnamon sticks

1 tbls ginger garlic masala
1- 1 1/2 tsp corse salt

1 tsp arad/tumeric powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tblsp dhana jeeru

1 1/2 cup liquidised tomatoes
3 medium potatoes cut into fours

1 3/4 cups boiling water


Mehod:
1. Heat oil in pot. Braise onions together with jeeru powder/ cummin powder, elachi/ cardomon, peppers,cloves and cinnamon sticks in oil until golden.
2. Add chicken to the pot together with the masala and salt. Braise.
3. Add the arad/tumeric powder, chilli powder and dhana jeeru. Braise again.
4. Add the liquidised tomatoes and potatoes. Cook until no water remains.
5. Finally add the boiling water and allow to cook until chicken is cooked and potatoes are soft.
6. Garnish with coriander.

Serve with rice.

I'm indian alright.

Note: Dhana jeeru is a mixture of coriander and cumin powder with a ratio of 2:1. Two parts of coriander powder to one part of cumin powder.
Ginger garlic masala is made out of ginger, garlic and red chillies.

960- Cherry Heart Creams

As promised, the Cherry Heart Creams recipe, adapted from the book "1001 cupcakes, cookies & other tempting treats" by Susanna tee.

The recipe in the book is one for peppermint cream. I decided to change the essence, colouring and shape, resulting in Cherry Heart Creams.

Ingredients:
300g icing sugar plus extra for dusting
1 egg white
Cherry extract to taste
Pink food colouring

Method:
1. Sift the icing sugar.
2. Place the egg white in a large bowl and whisk with a fork until just frothy.
3. Add half the icing sugar and beat in.
4. Add a few drops of cherry essence, then gradually add enough icing sugar to mix to a firm paste, adding a little more icing sugar if necessary.
5. Knead in extra cherry essence to taste. Knead in food colouring.
6. Sprinkle icing sugar on the work surface, divide the paste in half and roll out until it is about 5mm thick.
7. Cut out your desired shapes and allow to air dry for a few hours in a cool dry place.

PS. These sweets can be used for cake and cupcakes decor too!