Tip of the day

Microwave garlic cloves for 15 seconds and the skins slip
right off.

Tip of the day

So ive decided to add a tip section to the blog top tips for all the family
Top tip of the day


To restore the shine to an aluminium pan, boil some apple peels 
 in it for a few minutes, then rinse and dry. HEY PESTO

Bye Bye Flora McLaren its been emotional

So as alot of you are aware flora moved out on saturday of 497. I am very sad to see her go she is a mega special person and will miss her lots and lots so this is just a Thank you post for being aceeee, mental, funny, kind and wise(occasionally) we shall have to go too Lots of gigs and lots of food places to make up for you leaving me here. Also if you ever need company to A&E im here haha (ne,na,ne,na,ne,na)
"Physical violence, Physical Violence, LETS GET PHYSICAL, Physical Violence" -Reference to a poster in A&E
Much love
Matthew(your adopted brother)(you adopted me)(not your parents they dont know me at all)

xxx

Stuffed Pepper with a tomato and mascarpone sauce DELIGHT

HELLLLLLOOOOO

So i was on my way home from work and decided i really fancied something using the peppers i had neglected since buying a few days before and i started to think i should stuff them with other things i had neglected instead of making another pasta dish so i thought id stuff the little F*&*ers. (they were quite big in actual fact for peppers!
 So i stopped off at the local Vineyard and got me self a nice bottle of red and headed home to MAKE HISTORY

So you need the following
THE STUFFING!
4 inches of MEAT (chorizo in my case) tiny tiny cubes please guys!
1 small onion (slashed)
5 medium sized SHROOMMMMSS! Axed up
A small cup of BASMATI!
A table spoon of Red Pesto
1 clove of Garlic (sliced diced and made really tiny (like a tiny dancer in a small shoe)
2 big peppers to serve two, Cut into halves with all seeds removed and membrane gone) or 3 halves to fill a fatty!
1 table spoon of Mascarpone
fresh parmesan shavingssss

THE SAUCE
Chopped tomatoes
A table spoon of Balsamic
1/2 a tub of Mascarpone (125 grams)
Some pepper

MATHOD (method)

Put your halved peppers into boiling water for around 5 mins to soften then remove and place onto a baking tray for later
pour away some of your water and add your rice and a pinch of salt you need the water to just be above the level of the rice, Bring the rice to the boil and then turn the heat right down and cover.
Meanwhile u need to get a frying pan wok whatever!
and put some olive oiul in and heat then add onions until they soften and then add your shrooms and chorizo and stirrrrrr like alot yeah! then lower the heat and leave simmering while your rice softens should take around 7-8 mins give or take

all the water should of been soaked up into your rice and now all you need to do is add to your vedge and chorizo and stir in. Then add your pesto and mascarpone, mix well and then stuff your peppers and cover in parmesan and place in the oven on 180 degrees untill the parmesan has melted,


While this is taking place you need to make it all abit saucy so stick on some BARRY WHITE and add your chopped tomatoes to the heat and stir in the mascarpone, Balsamic and black pepper then leave to warm do not boil please thanks a million! 


Once the peppers are ready you can serve them on a plate covered in the sauce or you can have it on the side i cover them and add rocket if you fancy it :)


THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST THING IVE COOKED IN A WHILE!


much love xxx

what i have been up to...

Latitude 2011 in July
was a really good weekend, John Upton made the highlight of the weekend waking up on the monday dressed as David Bowie, for a few moments he had no idea how this had happened.
Andrew Almond falling into his tent before being sick for a few hours
The National, Foals, Kele, Walkmen, British Sea Power, Chapel Club, Cribs, Dylan Moran, Caribou, James Blake all the stand outs not forgetting the Disco Tent (which never really played disco but thats what we called it, Getting lost or loosing people and meeting up at the Chinese. VERY GOOD TIMES same again this year please guys
LATITUDE 2012

AUGUST
Promotion at work(6 months probation period coming up at the end of this month so lets hope i get a contract(fingers crossed)
AUGUST
Manchester RIOTS
Getting caught up in the riots was no fun, Ruined a gig and nearly getting bit by a police dog to summarise
Highlight of the UK riots was my bro watching kids followed by police running down his road while he blasts out 'We are the pigs' by Suede
 
SEPTEMBER

I turned 25 OLD AGE
had a great night out for my birthday with all my favourite people in the world in attendance.
Everyone was on great form

The Horrors October @WHP
stunning gig really the kills weren't half bad either!

went quiet then really nights out and stuff saw Ghostpoet (very good live)
the odd hospital trip with Flora 'DANGER' Mclaren where she gets her name
I still fear Sundays to this day
(i shall blog in more detail about my trips to A&E

DECEMBER
lots of work and cramming holidays in
different hair style
Foals/ Tom Vek @WHP
A-MAZIN
was so good a proper boys night out aswell made it all the better
me and nick getting trampled on listening to foals
followed by moments of calm and love during Spanish Sahara
Tom Vek though what a guy
i will be seeing him again
his dance moves are far greater than mine!

Christmas was very good spent a good amount of time with the Family
got lots of lovely presents and some cash to buy clothes and alike
Boxing day saw another tight and hard fought bowls tournament
NICK 'Rockstar' WATSON taking the title from defending Champion John Upton
Nick went into the final against a very talented William Darbyshire who had a very strong fan base cheering and geeing up their man but the 'RockStar' took it all in his stride and destroyed his opponent in a final lasting a mere 6 mins.
well done Nick and better look next time William

Youth really has been dominating over past years
all men aswell time to step up ladies
Sophie, Auntie Mave, Gemma & Linda Lewis if there are any females i have missed you cant be that important for me to of missed you off

so that wrapped up Christmas times

then came New Year
where it was me my sis and john where we danced hard into the early hours
with a very large lady watching on size 22 and i think thats been generous
what was Dan thinking i ask myself, him amd anyone else who wants to make an input

so yeah that was the rest of my 2011

things to look forward to in 2012

Royal Wedding
Stag Do/ weekend
France
Company Conference Lets hope i dont have any repeats of previous years
Latitude
turning 26
Travis Turns 30
finding a better kitchen lets all hope

Anyways my song of 2011
Caribou- Hannibal

Brew count
4367.75

Love
x

Croma - Chorlton

Steak on a pizza?

never even dreamed of such delights before but the other week i went for a pizza with my housemate
Flora 'DANGER' McLaren and there it was on the menu and i couldn't say no, non or nein i had to say yes, oui, JA the service was really good also!

Long time away... Missed me?

So hello guys its been a while
Christmas has come and gone
New years has gone so ill take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year

One of the reason for lack of Blog action is my busy work life aswell as the fact where i live the kitchen is not the most exciting and clean place to cook. (im looking for something clean and tidy to make a mess in)

today tho i made home made burgers using 1/2 a red pepper 1 good size onion 500grams of Beef so H'ERBS!
and one egg

and they are very tasty very easy the whole process took me about 5 mins or so i believe
though my tea did go cold while i was doing this so it may have been a little longer.
so yeah all i did was mix it all together with my hands and then place on a baking tray in burger shapes and i placed in the fridge for an hour before cooking that just helps them stay together anyways they tasted pretty amazing, (you can freeze them as well to eat at another time.


Anyways Peace out and i wont leave it very long at all before my next entry
(i mean post nothing vulgar)

Love