Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Winter Warmers......................

Winter warmer
Keeping it simple....................
Comfort food, being warm and a sense of home.
I can remember as a child being tucked into bed in winter with a hot water bottle.  It was that comforting feeling of  "I am home".
I have passed this tradition onto my children and they love nothing more than jumping into bed with their hot water bottles. 
So gather your family and cook up a delicious meal and enjoy your time together.

Here is one of my favourite recipes.......

Pan-fried veal with soft polenta and blue cheese.

4x 200g veal cutlets
2 gloves garlic, crushed
1/4 cup chopped oregano leaves
2 tbl spoons olive oil
sea slat and cracked pepper
11/2 cups chicken stock
11/2 cups milk
40g unsalted butter
1 cup polenta
150g blue cheese, sliced

Place the veal, garlic, oregano, oil, salt and pepper in a large bowl and toss to coat.  Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat.  Add the veal and cook for 5-6 minutes each side.  Set aside and keep warm.
Place the stock, milk and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Bring to the boil and gradually add the polenta, whisking to combine.  cook for 1 minute, whisking continuously, until thickened.  Top the polenta with the veal and blue cheese to serve.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

My favourite piece....................

This is my all time favourite lighting piece...............................
Sensational!

Mix it up a little.......................


Mix it up a little............................

Combining different looks is very exciting. This is a gorgeous hotel in London where they have combined luxury with a contrast rough look.
Combining old with new is a fovourite of mine and I love the feel this gives to a home.
Have some fun and mix it up a little.