i heart hexagons!!!

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

I loved crocheting the hexagons for dd7's backpack. They work up quite quickly and felt so soft! Thus, not so long ago I decided to attempt a hexagon blanket.


I say "attempt", because I've never crocheted anything of this size before. Yes, I'm working on a blanket with the Crochet-A-Long, but that's done in monthly doses. I suppose the hexagons too will end up being done in chunks. One of the things that I'm really enjoying with this is playing with colour combinations.


And no joining-a-million-hexagons-together at the end! I'm joining as I go! Just one concern though, is it a tad too bright? What do you think? Can I do a muted border and get away with this kind of volume?

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summer fruits

You really know the summer is with you when you have lovely summery fruits at your disposal!

And you can always try new things with them.

That's Saffron Bread with cream cheese and yummy fruits! A hit with the kids!

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creamy fish soup

Yesterday, I had some fish I'd kept aside (I'd used the rest in the fish pie) so I decided to make fish soup! This is a really easy recipe that I got from my other half(!) and it's a crowd-pleaser too! Oh and don't forget, Ramadan's not too far away. Who doesn't want a quick and easy, yummy soup for Iftar?

Creamy Fish Soup

About 1/2 kg of any white fish* 
1 chopped onion
4-5 carrots (if we have pumpkin lying around we use that)
3-4 plum tomatoes (fresh, skinned tomatoes are fine too)
a little chopped ginger
2 bay leaves
green chillies or red chilli powder (or none if you can't take the heat :) )
salt to taste
a little oil to fry it all in
*You don't actually need so much. It's a good way of using up left over uncooked fish bits. 

Fry all of the ingredients together in a big pot until it's a bit like this:

You need the heat high enough that it all browns but not too high that it burns!
Then add boiling water to the pot. You might need to add about 2 litres. I just go by the consistency. Let it boil and then leave to simmer until the fish and carrots are cooked through. All that's needed next is to remove the bay leaves and blend the whole thing. We use an electric hand blender to pulverise it all. That's it!

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