Nailed it!

Now I'm no stranger to disaster, particularly in the kitchen. I've improved greatly over the last two years moving from jars of sauce to cooking from scratch but it's not without the occasional fail here and there. Part of having a blog is showing the best bits of your life so it's not every day you see the disasters. So what am I going to do today? I'm going to show you my "Nailed it" moments.

The time I tried to make Slimming World ice cream

You needed an ice pick to eat it.

My first attempt making pancakes

Still delicious though not instagram worthy in the slightest.

The time I incinerated the roof of my gingerbread house.

And to be honest it was a miracle it got to that stage with the state of the "bird feed" like gingerbread. Yes that is supposed to be gingerbread. 

I figure I'm just not allowed to make desserts. When making Topher's birthday cake one year, I tipped it upside down to get it out of the pan and it fell into a heap onto the plate. 

Luckily I managed to style it out...

That time I forgot to defrost the chicken...

 

And the just plain clumsy.

Sugar:

Pasta

 

That was achieved by dumping the bag of pasta on the electric hob, melting the bottom and releasing the pasta when I picked it up.

Not to mention countless other failures not documented - including the worst and only cheesecake I've ever made. The thing is, it's all about trial and error. You're rarely going to get it right the first time in the kitchen. Things do go right once in a while and they will only get better and better the more you practise. Just a week after the gingerbread house shenanigan, I managed to successfully make gingerbread cookies. So proud!

So what are your nailed it moments? Or are you a Nigella in the kitchen?

Gingerbread house

This was initially going to be a how to post but then I remembered that I can't bake. It was about the time that I realised that I had mixed the ingredients in completely the wrong order. Top tip: read recipe in full before beginning.

Since I can't show you how, I urge you to check out this how to. For now you can join me in laughing at my efforts.

It started off well, until I started opening up the ingredients. Then it turned into this...

It next continued into a misadventure of mess, mixing the ingredients incorrectly, dough that wouldn't stay together and finally a roof that got a bit burned. I'm no Nigella it appears. At least in the baking department. 

Luckily I don't think it turned out too badly in the end. Though it does look like a child made it. I'm happy to cross it as a task done off my 30 before 30 list though. 

It didn't fall to pieces which I did think would happen during the process but it all worked out well in the end. The only thing I can say is that it will definitely be better next year!

That and don't try to pour treacle. 

Have you ever attempted making a gingerbread house?

Project 365: Week 8

A bit more of an interesting week. Though maybe that's due to the amount of food I consumed...

February 19th

Can finally fit into my grandma's vintage dress that she made! I'll have to do an outfit post on this. 

February 20th

Just another night in the kitchen. This was tasty!

February 21st

Had a treat in the form of a creme egg brownie one of the girls from work baked. Totally worth it.

February 22nd

The bf and I won Slimming World Couple of the Year for Wembley woo!

February 23rd

Visited Patisserie Valerie in Peterborough. Yum! 

February 24th

A more Slimming World friendly desert. Eton mess is delicious.

February 25th

Matched the nail varnish to the pjs like a boss.

How was your week? Link me up if you're also doing a 365 project.

My week: 26

A colourful week in photos:

*Shoe a day calendar

*Spider cupcakes made by Claire

*Barburrito - my first ever trip.

*Vintage haul

*Candy corn came for me in the post (thanks dad!)

*Housemate Ant dressed as a gnome for his 21st bday outting. Full post tomorrow!

*Barbie shoes finally arrived. Earrings will be made :)

*More gnome fun

Lots of packages, food and fun. :) The nights are getting longer and the days colder but it was nice to get an extra hour in bed this morning.

How was your week?

My week: 26

Hi there. Would have posted my week in photos yesterday but I had the most ginormous headache that no amount of pill taking would go away. So instead of doing anything productive, I camped out on the sofa and watched Disney films like the child I am.

Apart from that, my week was mainly full of chilling out, good food and painting.

sexy bear. 

Apologies for the above. The bf's contribution since he stopped me from typing by tucking his head under my arm....he doesn't appear to be moving so it looks like I'm going to have to do the rest of this post one handed. And to think I thought I was free to type since we don't live with any cats now. Anyway, on with my photos from the week:

*Starbucks run at work. Lovely.

*Claire made rhubarb crumble from the garden. Yum!

*Ginger and chilli chocolate I got from a market in Chorlton.

*My 25 before 25.

*Claire also made cinnamon "bis-cakes". Not quite biscuits and not quite cakes, but quite delicious!

*Mexican chilli and chocolate sauce. Asda own brand (oh yes). An interesting taste. Not quite chilli and not quite chocolate. Not sure if I liked it.

* Painting finally. I was in the mood to paint hot air balloons. Probably goes with my current mood at the moment of wanting to travel.

*More hot air balloons in my sketchbook.

I am really getting itchy feet - I want to travel again. I totally blame my family. My parents can't seem to stay in one place and I get the same feeling from time to time - it's in my blood. I literally cannot keep track of my parents - I need their calendar synched to mine on my iphone. 

At the moment I simultaneously want to go to Disney World, drive across the USA and for October to hurry up so I can go to India (my holiday that's actually going to happen!). It's probably because of the crappy weather here. How British is that for an excuse? I just want to go on an adventure.

Do you ever feel like you just want to get away from it all? Are you going anywhere interesting this "summer"?