Book Pass

As any of you who read my blog will know, last month I was the lucky one chosen to receive this book in the Book Pass started by Sian at From High in the Sky. Sandi at Living Life One Blessing at a Time was the first to get the book and she then passed it on to me. I've had a great time looking through it but it's now time for me to pass it on to the next person. 
If you would like a chance to get some inspiration from this book, leave me a comment and I'll choose the next recipient on the 28th.  Good luck :)
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Let's Eat Blog Hop - Curried Sausages

If you've come to my blog for the first time by following the Let's Eat Blog Hop, welcome!  You're likely to have come here from Cate's blog and I hope you'll enjoy the recipe I've got to share. When Amy suggested a blog hop where we all get to share a favourite recipe, I was more than ready to join in. If you haven't come here from Cate's blog but would like to carry on with the blog hop, you can either follow on to Deb's blog and keep going until you get back here or a full list of participating bloggers can be found on Amy's site. Enjoy!

The recipe I'm sharing today is one that I've developed over time but came about because I remember my Mum making Curried Sausages when we lived in South Africa. However, when I asked her for a recipe she couldn't remember how she'd made them and hence, my own version.

 You don't need many ingredients: Sausages, chopped onion, Oxo beef stock cubes, curry powder and tomato and herb sauce.  Quantities vary depending on how many sausages you're cooking so I'll give the amounts I use for 12 sausages and you can vary it to your taste.

 Firstly, fry 1 chopped onion in a little olive oil until onion begins to brown.

 Add in 2 tsp of Medium curry powder (I use Rajah Medium Curry Powder which I buy from the South Africa shop) and 3 Oxo beef stock cubes, crumbled.

 Stir it all together

 Then add the Tomato and Herb sauce ( I use 290g jar of Sainsbury's Tomato and Herb Pasta Sauce) and I normally half fill the jar with water and add that too.

 Let it cook for approx. 5 minutes

 In our household I then blend the sauce mixture (I have fussy children) and return it to the pot.

 Add the sausages to the mix, cover and leave to simmer for 20 - 30 minutes

 Until the sausages are cooked through.

Serve on a bed of rice and enjoy!

I look forward to hearing from anyone who may try the recipe out :)

Now it's time for you to move on to Deb at Paper Turtle for the next link in the blog hop. I'm sure she'll have another delicious recipe waiting for you.

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Thursday

Today was spent shopping for last bits and pieces for Claire's hospital bag. 

We went into Crawley and started our day with breakfast at Debenhams before hitting the shops. Claire made a start on some Christmas shopping for Baby :o) and, needless to say, I got a couple of things as well ;o).  The morning flew past and it was nearly 2pm by the time we got home. Just a couple of things to pick up locally tomorrow morning and she'll be set to go at a moment's notice.

This evening was Emily's parents evening at school and I'm so glad I'd asked her to book appointments for as early as possible. We started at 4.35pm and finished at 6.15pm. We got to see a few extra teachers (that Emily hadn't got appointments with) and all the ones she had booked me in to see. The report back from each and every one was excellent. I'm so proud of her and the way she applies herself to her school work. She enjoys learning (and has done since she was little) and enjoys doing well in her subjects. After half term we'll have an evening at the school to look at all the options she has for her GCSEs. She's in a position where all the teachers would like her to choose their subject as a GCSE and she's battling as she would like to do more GCSEs than she has options. She's going to have to give it careful consideration before handing in her final selection just before Christmas. Well done Emily and keep up the good work :o)
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Happy Birthday, Craig!

 Today is Craig's birthday and it's the first time he's had to deal me taking photos while presents are being opened ;o)

 He doesn't particularly enjoy having his photo taken - and probably enjoys it even less so early in the morning  - but he was a good sport about it.

 I think he liked the presents he got - especially chocolate ones as he has a big sweet tooth ;o)

And once he'd finished opening everything he agreed to let me take a photo with him looking at the camera (probably so I'd leave him alone lol!)
Happy Birthday Craig, hope you enjoy your day!
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