Write down the letters of the ABC. For each one, choose a word that begins with that letter. Now, write a post about anything — using all the words you’ve selected.
The alphabet soup, see what we can produce Quintessentially hard task, if you ask me
Veracity is a set of steps leading nowhere
Does nothing to launder the back of your fear
The craze was so flicking ghastly anyhow
Why do freshly cut daffodils make me cry?
And the elephant in the room, is it pink?
The zest of the youth I admire the most
I can be the goddess you never knew
So now I just wander, my view is toast
I shall thaw out; we’re out of our heads
The joyful open umbrella in the kilter
Let me x-ray and fish with baited breath
Thanks for reading these wacky rhymes!
As the new day began, it was clear that things would never be the same She staggered to get up, her shadow visible on the sheet hanging on the line Embraced by the fresh morning dew, greeted by the birds proclaiming their claim Determined to make a difference and to put her pain away, firm that life is fine Dance if she has to, so as to show the world that there’s really no one to blame Ending the black and white of existence and replacing it with a fine wine and dine*
Food, glorious, food! These are some of the food we’ve been cooking. Thanks for giving us this chance.
First – chicken with cashew nuts and chillies and egg fried rice. Prepared all ingredients. I was responsible for the fried rice and Him Indoors for the chicken. In a pan, I started with a tin of sweet corn and peppers and added 2 eggs with salt and pepper. Slowly, I added the cooked rice we had last night. For the Singaporean chicken, as Him Indoors calls his recipe, he started by frying some cashew nuts, prepared chillies and spring onions and put them aside. He then fried some chicken breast, added some chillies and soy sauce and put the rest of the ingredients together. We had chilled white wine with them.
Second – chilli con carne and rice. We had some Bolognese sauce left from the spaghetti we had the other day, so waste not, what not, chilli con carne! Anyway, heated the Bolognese sauce and added a tin of kidney beans and white beans. We cooked some rice to go with it and had some grapes for dessert. Delicious!
Last, but not the least – dolmades, my first time to cook and my own version. Ingredients included vine leaves from our garden, minced pork, pine nuts, onions, mints, thyme, dill and other herbs from the garden, salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon, rice. I washed the vine leaves, blanched them in boiling water and drained them in a colander. Soaked the rice in hot water and drained it. Chopped onions and the herbs. Mixed all ingredients in a bowl with my hands. Wrapped them with the leaves loosely and arranged them in a pan with a plate put on top of them so they won’t be undone. Covered with water and lemon juice. Boiled them for 30 to 45 minutes. Best serve hot. Not bad for my first try!
