I had a little accident with the fridge door the other day and accidentally dropped all our eggs on the floor! “Bugger!” I said, I wanted pancakes!
I didn’t find a proper eggless recipe, by which I mean the thin tasty english/french (Crepe) style pancakes but I did find this recipe, which turned out very well indeed!
The recipe is adapted from here.
The ingredients.
This makes a LOT of pancakes, it says 6 but its nearer 8 if you ask me!, I’d suggest halving it if you can!
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp white vinegar (I used malt!)
- 4 tbsp melted butter
- 1 1/3 cups milk (I used soya – because it doesn’t contain pus)
Add the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar to a large glass bowl.
Add the melted butter
And the vinegar and watch it sizzle!
Grab a ladle full of mixture (mix it a bit better than I have though!)
and pour it onto a hot oiled pan.
When they’re golden on one side, flip them over
and enjoy with a whole load of chocolate spread and maple syrup!
This is one of the most invaluable things I’ve learnt about photoshop!
When your working on a design and you want to try out a particular font the last thing you want to do is close Photoshop and reopen it this little trick will let you reset your fonts and add any new ones you’ve installed to the font list.
I always start a new text layer – otherwise your current paragraph/character settings are lost. (press T and click anywhere on the document) then go to Window > Character
Click the little icon with the three lines and the down arrow in the top right hand corner of the Character Pallet, then select Reset Character and all your new fonts will be added to the list!
Making a skirt, no sewing required!
\1. Buy a length of material from a fabric shop – it can be whatever you want. I bought a metre and a half just to be sure I had the right amount.
Lay out the material and fold it lengthways so you have a long thin rectangle
\2. Measure using a piece of string from above your hips (the widest bit) to wherever you want the skirt to end.
Tie the piece of string to a pen/pencil/fabric marker and starting where you know the pen wont go over the edges of the material draw a semi circle.
Cut along this line – you now have a circle – but don’t unfold it yet!
\3. Fold the circle in half vertically and then diagonally.
\4. Cut a rounded quarter circle about 2inches from the point of the folded fabric – you should have two concentric circles.
Then all you need to do is force yourself into it – head first! You may need to make a slight rip in the waist to get in but once you’ve done that it’s easy enough to get in and out of it!
Its my friends birthday on Saturday night so I decided to make my own ‘cocktail’. Which is essentially skittles in a bottle of vodka!
Take one cheap bottle of vodka:
and lots of skittles:
Separate all the purple and green ones – because they make it bitter, And add the remaining ones to the bottle.
They all dissolve into this:
I have a feeling tomorrow night could be messy!
