tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63022867574918710692024-03-13T23:19:38.110-07:00Tiny LuckyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-52996608287769225162013-09-11T05:06:00.000-07:002013-09-11T05:06:50.510-07:00Hackney Wick<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">On Saturday, still not quite recovered from the night before, we decided to finally get out of Stoke and go exploring. Someone recommended Hackney Wick and we went along with the suggestion, which I didn't regret at all!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Dog the Beggar. He kept walking to every single person eating pizza and begging for a slice, but I don't think anyone shared (pizza must of been too good)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Aaand last shot of Hackney Wick before hopping on the tube!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">The weather's been amazing so far, I feel like on a holiday in some lazy seaside town. It is truly beautiful here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">I mainly have been exploring and enjoying what Stoke Newington has to offer, it seems like there's loads of lovely places to visit around here, however, I'm really looking forward to getting out to other parts of the city. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">London, you're a babe in the sunshine!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-76373389013344313942013-08-30T05:26:00.000-07:002013-08-30T05:26:11.999-07:00The Cotswolds
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Cheltenham. We are doing this fun thing with a couple of old classmates – we
realized that we all ended up living in different cities around the UK, so we
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span lang="EN-US">On Saturday we spent whole day in the farm
with lots and lots of animals, which just reminded me of good old childhood
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the bottle, had a tractor tour around the farm, and bought some fresh milk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span lang="EN-US">We all secretly wished we could stay and live there - it was certainly very refreshing to get out of the city to the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-16765562409117552512013-08-16T10:11:00.001-07:002013-08-16T10:11:43.211-07:00London Calling<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Last few weeks I've been living in between Birmingham and London - most of my friends, sister, and now boyfriend too, lives in the capital, so Agne and I made the decision to get our butts out of Birmingham.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's a bit like an adventure for us, we left our jobs (that we quite recently started) and started looking for a nice little place to move to. My sister will be joining us, so it'll be three musketeers living together once again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-4812578649095402032013-03-25T13:24:00.000-07:002013-03-25T13:31:38.759-07:00Night Out With Diana Mini<br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My tiny little Diana Mini camera went out in Birmingham recently - we visited Digbeth Dining Club at Spotlight, and then celebrated Annika's birthday in town. The best thing about film cameras is that you don't find out what pictures look like until you get the film developed and I think it always turns out better than expected! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I decided to get the film cross processed this time, and I fell in love with the high contrast, saturation and grain in these photographs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My sister and I spent a long weekend in Paris - she ran a half marathon for the first time and I tagged along to support her. I got there on Saturday evening and was really tired, so we just rested and got ready for an early start on Sunday morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Lina finished in 1 hour 50 minutes, which is fantastic for a first half marathon!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The hardest part was over and we were off to do the tourist ting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The sun was going down as we were in the Eiffel Tower, and Paris looked very beautiful indeed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We refueled ourselves with pizza, pasta and red wine, and headed back to hotel to get ready for the marathon after party. I can just say it was a long night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My legs are still sore from walking around, it feels like I ran the marathon too! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-27301674406285442722013-01-09T09:40:00.001-08:002013-01-09T09:40:45.248-08:00Stilton and Apples<br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've been craving stilton with apples/grapes and rustic bread for a few days now. Luckily, I have a gigantic piece of mature stilton in my fridge and today I gave in to my cravings, went a bit 'cheese mad' even - stilton for breakfast, and lunch! I might even have it for dinner, haven't decided on that one yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">See, that was my breakfast. Even though cheese is 'full of fat' (as my sister described), I think I managed to make it appear healthy, look at all the apples and grapes, oh, and avocado!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The salad doesn't need a recipe, it's way too easy. Throw some romaine lettuce leaves together, add grapes, apples, crumble the stilton on top. It usually has celery in it, but I'm not a fan of it, so I left it out. Mayo as a dressing? I don't think so, use fat free greek yoghurt with lemon juice instead (think protein, and live active cultures, which promote good digestion). Sprinkle some walnuts on top and season with salt and pepper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I served it with some fresh whole wheat bread and it was delicious. I've got this idea that my lunch always has to contain some meat, otherwise I won't be satisfied and still feel hungry. Now I know it's not the case, as this salad filled me right up! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Green tea is amazing and has all kinds of benefits, which increase with the amount of tea you drink. I believe this is a resolution I can actually keep up with, it will boost my metabolism, keep my energy levels stable, and prevent skin damage. Yes to that!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-46784170604242910582013-01-08T07:23:00.000-08:002013-01-08T07:23:19.517-08:00Thai Curry Soup<br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I made this today for lunch and was so impressed by it, I had to have seconds. The recipe is inspired by 'chicken curry noodles' from my Wagamama's cookbook, but I rarely do exactly what recipe says to do, so I turned the dish into a warm, filling, and healthy soup. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">juice and zest of half a lime, other half reserved for serving,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1.5 cups chicken stock,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">0.5 cup coconut milk,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a selection of your favourite vegetables (I used chesnut mushrooms, baby sweetcorn, mangetout, baby broccoli, and yellow pepper),</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The end of December was a busy period - Christmas, birthday, New Years Eve... All that eating, drinking, traveling and recovering! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">At 9am on my birthday Agne comes in to my bedroom singing 'Happy birthday' and carrying a cheesecake with candles, way too early! But then she brought glasses of champagne jelly, that she made from scratch, and I was wide awake! Very impressive, chef.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Christmas has come and gone so quick - it was lovely having some of my family celebrating together here, but most of our loved ones had their white Christmas in Lithuania. They sent us lovely greeting cards, and the best part is that we received a whole lot of photos from my cousin. These pictures sent us right back to that one very hot weekend in beautiful Lithuania. Lovely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I already did a post about Digbeth Dining Club, but there is something else and very special arranged for the two weekends before Christmas. It's called Digmas. Digbeth Christmas, get it? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's a pop up event with great street food, warming cocktails, vintage clothing, jewellery, art, music, and everything else you need for a different day out in Birmingham. My mum and I visited it on Sunday, but it's on next weekend too, so don't miss out and get yourselves down there, you can thank me later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">All of these are easy to do, don't cost much and I just love the pop of neon colours. As weird as it sounds, the deep neon pink stickers/washi tape/gift tags are impossible to find in UK (I found lots of pink, but its not as bright as I want). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Tomorrow is the first day of December, which reminds you that time flies - next few weeks will be filled with festive drinks, work do's and cozy evenings with a big duvet and heating on full blast (I read somewhere, this December might be one of the coldest in years). Sooo... I suggest you to sort out the presents for your loved ones now, and then relax knowing you don't have to rush through packed stores and worry about deliveries not turning up in time for Christmas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stores and magazines have brilliant gift guides, which can give you some idea of what to get for family and friends. For those who need more inspiration, here's my list of gifts that don't break the bank and would make your loved ones happy. I didn't categorise them into groups like 'for parents', 'for boyfriend', etc., it's more of a bundle of things, which you can look at, and hopefully spot something, important person in your life would love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Beautiful kitchen towel from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55327299/moka-express-cotton-tea-towel-black-as?utm_campaign=single_send_campaign&utm_medium=email&email_sent=1350470846&euid=ZfWonbCAV6fxhvZaVc3Ws7ZguWnU&link_clicked=46" target="_blank">Etsy</a>, (£8.30).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Tasty tea bundle, including spiced winter red tea, chai tea and chocolate flake tea, from <a href="http://www.teapigs.co.uk/christmas_gift_shop/gifts_under_10/product_slug_88.htm" target="_blank">Teapigs</a>, (£10).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Whiskey dictionary print from <a href="http://www.bouf.com/71421/scotch-whiskey-cocktail--dictionary-print.html" target="_blank">Bouf</a>, (£9).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> 4. Butter London nail polish in The Black Knight, from <a href="http://www.selfridges.com/en/Beauty/Categories/Shop-Nails/Nail-polishes/Nail-polish_464-3002833-BUTTERNAILS/?cm_mmc=SEO-_-google-_-googleshopping-_-Butter+London&_$ja=tsid:32977|cc:|prd:24020596|cat:Beauty+%3E+Categories+%3E+Shop+Nails+%3E+Nail+polishes" target="_blank">Selfridges</a>, (£12).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. An album frame from <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/album-frame/invt/5527435297795/&bklist=" target="_blank">Urban Outfitters</a>, (£12).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. Carhartt Cable Beanie from <a href="http://www.asos.com/Carhartt/Carhartt-Cable-Beanie/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=2350540&SearchQuery=carhartt&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=-1&sort=-1&clr=Blue" target="_blank">Asos</a>, (£35).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">7. Beautiful hair ties from <a href="http://www.anthropologie.eu/en/uk/hair-accessories/charmed-hair-ties/invt/7156438000008/&bklist=icat,5,shop,gifts,christmasprice,giftsunder30" target="_blank">Anthropologie</a>, (£20).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">8. Jamie Oliver herb growing set from <a href="http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10001_10001_331016961594MISC_-1?breadcrumb=Home~Home+%26amp%3B+furniture" target="_blank">Debenhams</a>, (£14 normally, £11.20 now with 20% discount).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">9. Little Norway spruce Christmas tree from <a href="http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/thelittlechristmastreecompany/product/little-norway-spruce-christmas-tree" target="_blank">Not On The High Street</a>, (£10).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">10. Shore Leave dip dye tee from <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/shore-leave-black-half-stripe-dip-dye-tee/invt/5214433471458/&bklist=" target="_blank">Urban Outfitters</a>, (£22).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">11. Mulled wine mugs and spices from <a href="http://www.johnlewis.com/231305128/Product.aspx" target="_blank">John Lewis</a>, (£15).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-26942299594646049862012-11-25T08:36:00.000-08:002012-11-25T08:36:09.769-08:00Digbeth Dining Club<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Birmingham has something really exciting and fresh on the scene. Digbeth Dining Club brings the best 'street food', paired with great music - the atmosphere is completely different from anything else in Brum at the moment.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I spent Friday evening gorging on beautiful pizzas from Pizza Monkey, and fresh tastes of Caribbean food from Soupremes Soulfood.</span><br />
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tender meat, fluffy rice, and the spiciness was just right... Pizzas
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Lakosa, Augustus Gloop and Dr Love played some chilled out hip hop, dub, house and garage, which added to the atmosphere of this unique venue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As good as it sounds, sometimes leaving your warm house to enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a German munch in freezing cold doesn't sound very appealing. Well, with this recipe for mulled wine, you can make your home feel like your very own warm and cozy German Market (however, I have to tell you, it won't be the same without the singing moose).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A few days ago I realised that I haven't been to the theater for a while now, so... A couple of hours later a trip to London's Theater Royal Haymarket for me and my boyfriend was arranged and I was getting pretty excited. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm a big fan of this old school sailor tattoo font, and I decided to finally try and do it. I used Nails Inc. 011 for the base and a black-blue No7 polish in 110 for the letters.</span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Glossy finish, as usual - Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-72514250286208972242012-10-31T07:49:00.001-07:002012-10-31T07:49:40.508-07:00Bloody Halloween Nails<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I'm sure everyone's thought of their costumes for the Halloween party already, but no costume is complete without spooky nail art! I had a go at blood dripping nails today, and I think it's perfect nail art to go with any creepy outfit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I love Sundays purely because it's all about having lots and lots of comforting food, some good wine and watching films with boyfriend (for some weird reason it's always something with Denzel Washington in it). Yesterday was not quite my typical Sunday - it did involve lots of yummy food and wine, but no boyfriend or Denzel. Instead there were a couple of girlfriends and a pumpkin</span>. <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We made chicken and prawn paella</span>,<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> which was so good that Agne and I had to have cheeky seconds and very naughty thirds</span>! <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And when we couldn't eat any more, we got down to pumpkin carving business</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My friend and I planned a trip to London - originally it was meant to involve us going to Autumn Graduate Fair</span>,<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> but that just didn't seem as fun as visiting galleries around the capital. So we did that instead! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My sister lives in London, so she was glad to join us for a day of artsy fun. We headed to Chelsea's Saatchi Gallery, which is a temporary home for The Little Black Jacket photographic exhibition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After some yummy deserts and more wine Agne and I had to catch the train back to Birmingham, which made us quite sad, so we made sure we have a bottle of red wine for the train to keep us entertained! </span> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-81706633101831160322012-10-24T13:47:00.000-07:002012-10-24T13:47:09.688-07:00Easy Sticky Chicken<br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The recipes I enjoy most are the easy and quick ones. This one is inspired by Jamie's <a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/sticky-kicking-chicken-watermelon-radish" target="_blank">15 Minute Meals</a>. The chicken is truly sticky, crunchy, and tender (and only takes around 15 minutes to make!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 tbsp sesame seeds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">pinch of salt and pepper </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Get yourself a large piece of grease proof paper and pop your chicken thighs on it, season with some salt, pepper and Chinese 5 spice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Toss it all until it's nicely coated in the spices, then fold one side of the paper over the chicken and pound it with either a meat tenderizer, rolling pin, or empty wine bottle - my choice of gun. This will flatten the chicken pieces - they will cook quicker and also become tender.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Pop them in a hot griddle pan with olive oil and leave to cook for about 5 minutes, turning them when they are nice and golden. <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Remove any excess fat from the pan and drizzle your chicken with sweet chilli sauce and sesame seeds.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Chicken will look golden, charred, gooey and sticky, now keep it cooking in the pan until the sesame seeds turn golden too, and... It's ready! You can slice it and serve over anything you like - egg fried rice, noodles or a salad, I made noodles dressed with Thai dressing and sprinkled some coriander and spring onions on top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">clove of garlic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">small bunch of coriander</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">half of lime</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280203912277550745noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302286757491871069.post-30749449227903252842012-10-22T14:15:00.000-07:002012-10-22T14:15:14.383-07:00The Hardest Part<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;">Cheers to a new blog of mine. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was brewing the thought about a blog for a while now, and it took me quite long to sit down and start it, but here it is. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Getting
started is the hardest part, one might say, and I have to agree. It
took me so long, because I wanted my blog to be just perfect and every
detail to be thought of. On this very foggy evening my mind cleared up
and I realised this blog would probably never happen, if all I did, was
think - I poured myself a glass of mulled wine (I'm sure I will do a
recipe post for it in near future) and got blogging. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The hardest part is now over, yay!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">E. </span></span></span></div>
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