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♥ Ceri makes... celebrated my birthday with some of my best girls at the London pad. With a leisurely afternoon to spare I whipped up some treats from my Chinese Food Made Easy cookery book by Ching-He Huang. For starter I made the roast char sui pork puffs, which were delicious served with crispy seaweed.
Followed by the not so photogenic but incredibly flavoursome Singapore Noodles...
And lastly some refreshing lychee & lime juice jellies ...which having now made I would advise to prepare the night before to ensure that they have fully set.
All of this was washed down of course with plenty of birthday fizz and in the oriental spirit a few glugs of sake! The girls also suprised me with some yummy red velvet cupcakes...
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♥ Ceri makes... whizzed up some pesto for a simple Sunday night supper. To make some at home toast a small handful of pine nuts, then whizz in a blender with a bunch of basil, parmesan to taste, a couple of cloves of garlic and some generous glugs of olive oil. Whizz to a puree and have a little try, then adjust to your taste if necessary. I like to add a splash of lemon juice and a little lemon zest to add a slightly sharper edge. You should have enough for a few servings so keep any leftovers in a jar in the fridge for up to five days, for a change from pasta try a little dollop on top of soup. Yummy!!
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♥ Ceri makes... inspired by WAH nails and Sara from my team's Minx nail transfers I had a go at creating my own Aztec style nail art with some super easy to use nail art pens from Topshop. A simple design like this looks really effective and only requires a little bit of patience, although admittedly my right hand was quite tricky so perhaps find a willing friend to help!!
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♥ Ceri makes... made some super easy lavender hearts this afternoon, a perfect homemade gift for Mother's Day next week! For this project you will need some scraps of fabric, some ribbon, a button for decoration, some stuffing/wadding, about a tablespoon of dried lavender and some thread to stitch it all together!
Simply make a template for the size and shape of heart that you would like, remember to leave about a centimetre or so to allow for stitching as the heart will be turned inside out. For a perfectly shaped heart it is best to first fold the paper in half and then cut half a heart with the fold being at the centre of the heart...
Then use your template to cut two pieces of fabric, I quite like to use a different fabric for the front and back.
Turn the fabric so that the patterned sides are facing (this is the side that you will see when the heart is finished). Then get sewing, I used my sewing machine but for a small project like this with a bit of patience you could easily stitch by hand. Leave about 1-2cm of the heart unstitched and cut small triangles along the edge to allow a neater shape once complete...
Turn the heart inside out and press with an iron to give a crisp shape. You can now fill the heart with some stuffing and a sprinking of dried lavender...
Sew up the unstitched gap in the heart to secure your stuffing. Almost done, all that's needed now is a bit of ribbon to hang the heart and a button for decoration...
Easy peasy!!
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