Instead of waiting around until I have a site that I like the look of, or I’ve purchased a domain name (undecided about whether to do that or not) I thought I should just get my act together and start keeping my creative journal at last!
Today I bring you pictures of comfort food that did wonders for stress in the cooking as much as the eating!
Cheese and walnut muffins with Carrot and Potato soup


Recipes:
Muffins:
1/2 cup oats
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup oil
1 egg slightly beaten
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp bicarb
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup water (may be replaced by orange juice for sweet/other savoury combinations)
original recipe: 1/2 cup sugar 8 oz summerfruits
MY version: 2 oz strong flavoured cheese (grated) 1/2 cup walnut halves (chopped after measuring) approx 1/4 cup milk (until it has a texture which is not sloppy or stiff…)
mix all together and spoon into greased and floured tins.
Fan oven 190 C
mini muffin tin size=18 mins
yorkshire pud tin size (what I did) about 20 mins
skewer comes out clean when done.
Leave in tin for 10 mins before putting on cooling rack.
Soup:
2 potatoes, 5 carrots 2 sticks of celery 1/2 litre stock-pressure cooker for 8 mins, blend.
