A treat or two for myself and some bees!

For a long time I have wanted a new dab radio (my old one only works on mw and fm now) and not any old dab radio! I love all things retro and really wanted a Roberts Revival radio. I did look in the sales, but nothing doing. So yesterday I went in and bought a lovely red one.....

I absolutely love it! Also on my shopping list was a new and bigger slow cooker. The one I have at present is very small and spits quite a lot as there is probably too much liquid for the size. So I splashed out and bought a 6 litre one. It’s big enough to put half of what’s cooked in the freezer for another time.

Our evening meal was another from A Pinch of Nom book, Philly Cheesesteak. Very thin slices of steak with mushrooms, onion & peppers. Once all cooked, light Philadelphia cheese is stirred in before piling it all in a ciabatta roll. Mine doesn’t look quite like the picture, haha....

 

I had far too many sliced mushrooms. The recipes called for 4 mushrooms but mine were huge, so I could’ve just used 3. Still, it tasted really nice which is the main thing and at only 375 calories, even better!

I read in a recent gardening magazine, that it’s a good idea to put your old Christmas wreath at the back of the garden for the birds to take the greenery for nests. So today I took the holly out of the wreath and hung it behind my cherry blossom tree, which is a winter flowering one.....

As I tied up the wreath, I was stopped in my tracks by a huge amount of buzzing. The bees are back and taking what they need from the blossom. I’m so happy I can help them when there are very little flowers around at this time of year.

Just me for evening meal, so I’ve had a Spanish omelette. Nothing exciting, but a favourite nonetheless. Tomorrow, I’m meeting up with my friend and we’re having a mooch around a garden centre and a good old chinwag. So thanks for popping by, cheerio for now, Ann x