Lazy bachelor cooking time!

Ingredients
1 avocado, peeled and stone removed (duh!), cut up small
about 8-10 cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 a white onion, finely chopped
1 ear sweetcorn
1 tin red kidney beans
about a tbsp coriander leaves, chopped fine
lemon juice
extra virgin olive oil
mild green jalapeno sauce

Method Empty the tin of beans into a ( Read more... )

I have officially decided that the next Avengers movie (or Iron Man, Captain America, or whatever spin-off-thingy) desperately needs more female characters. Give us Madame Hydra, or Mockingbird, or Miss Marvel, or the Enchantress, or more of Sif or Maria Hill, or all of the above. (Probably not the Wasp or Tigra, cos filmed in live-action they'd ( Read more... )

Marinated bbq pork

Ingredients
150ml ketchup (not tomato sauce)
6 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 orange
1 tbsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (or equivalent cumin powder)
1 tsp fennel seeds
3 gloves garlic, crushed
salt
about 1.2-1.5kg pork fillets, about 3 or 4 depending on how long they are

MethodGrind the fennel and cumin seeds to powder in a ( Read more... )

Yeah, so still plugging away, very very slowly, on the superhero novel ( Read more... )

Nothing says 'I live alone' quite like falling down your own stairs, and lying at the bottom in a gasping and crumpled heap for an indeterminate length of time, wondering idly and dazed whether you'll be able to get up again at some point or whether your lizard-eaten corpse will be discovered in a week or so when the smell gets too bad...

Just finished the third consecutive D&D session without any cancellations, which is probably a first for this year. Young child, new jobs, illness, other committments (I like football, but even I reckon Real Life Ninja S takes it to extraordinary lengths with all the club functions, fundraisers, committee meetings etc he's going to all the time) ( Read more... )

Warm Spinach Soup

Ingredients1 packet (250gm) frozen chopped spinach (I love this stuff ( Read more... )

Just found out I work with one of the members of Hunters and Collectors. How awesome is that?

This whole 'being a damn grownup' thing takes some getting used to. Less and less time, more and more things to do in the time I have. And that's without partner, kids or home ownership coming into the picture ( Read more... )

Have obviously been listening to Prodigy, 'baby's got a temper' too much.

Went to chemist. Asked for Rhinocort. Came out of my mouth as 'Rohypnol'

Ack. Time to find a new chemist. Cabn't show my face at THAT one ever ever ever again...