#makinstuff

Made a medium batch of raspberry rosemary jam for a fundraiser raffle prize, and a small batch of raspberry lemon thyme jam for a cake (probably).

Raspberries & herbs a re all from my garden

On this #caturday I would like you to appreciate Ollie’s little tri-colored nose…

Don’t you dare call my baby geriatric

I keep forgetting to post here!
Here’s some belated #caturday photos of Ollie’s little feet

Woke up from a nap to see this dapper little man staring at me. Look at his cute little feets! #catsofbluesky #lookitthosepeets

I made another tiny cake! Peppermint Mocha Cake - chocolate sponge, coffee & chocolate mousse filling and peppermint mascarpone frosting. With crushed red/green candy canes for some Xmas-y color. #cake #peppermintmocha

#dinnertonight is homemade pizza! Four cheeses (Gouda, havarti, Parmesan, goat cheese), mushrooms, shallots, prosciutto & balsamic vinegar. Maaaaybe I added a bit too much cheese…but I doubt it, there’s no such thing as too much cheese.

More food stuff! #dinnertonight is an express version of Butter Chicken (because I cooked it on half an hour on my stovetop instead of several hours in the slow cooker or oven, and used some shortcut ingredients). Served with basmati rice, some naan and peas (because I like peas).

Last food post for the weekend: Sausage Rolls! Made these for breakfasts (rather than dinners, like the other stuff I made). Sausage is home-mixed ground pork, caramelized apple & onion, garlic, fennel seed and red chili flakes. Not a bad start to the day, I think. #suasagerollforbreakfast

Baby Beef Wellington! Made with beef filet wrapped in prosciutto, pastry, red wine duxelles (mushroom paste basically) & I added some Rogue Creamery smoky blue cheese (because why not). Served with a salad from a bag because my culinary patience does NOT extend to side salads.

More soup! (It is soup season, after all)

For tonight’s dinner, I made a spicy Italian sausage, potato & kale soup. Also a slice of garlic, Parmesan & rosemary focaccia. #soupseason

Made an apple cider caramel last week, then made an apple cider caramel cake this weekend. Caramel sponge, spiced apple jam filling, mascarpone cream frosting and caramel drizzle. Also, since I’m not great at piping or decorative frosting, I made some roses out of apple slices to make it pretty

May as well add posts about food to my posts of my cat in Halloween costumes.

So, here’s last night’s dinner: Thai coconut curry soup, with chicken & shrimp.

Well, I guess I may as well commit to the “only posts pictures of my cat in his Halloween costumes and lurks the rest of the time” persona here on Bluesky. So, here’s Ollie looking very cute and annoyed, dressed as a bee and also a dragon

“Ollie, where are you? I can’t find you, buddy, and that worries me! Ollie? Ollie, where…oh for fucks sake.”

Ollie has a new hiding/nap spot I guess 🙄

(Hey, it’s my first Bluesky post!)

I bought my cat (Ollie) a lion costume...he does not like it...when I took it off, I set it on the coffee table...he immediately stole it, ran off with it and started chewing on it...

BUT HE LOOKS SO CUTE THO!