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Raymond Nichols There are tons of tutorials on how to make a loop, but I thought I’d throw mine into this post. And yes, my loop is a bit messy…just like me!...
Work has been crazy busy this week, and I’m trying to get ready for the jewellery making class next week, so I know I’m falling behind in posting (the mineral make-up post, for instance), but I’m feeling very random today, so here’s a bunch of stuff, accompanied by a picture of Raymond petting a chicken....
So we made some dessert sushi on Thursday night (no pictures, sorry, they were eaten far too quickly!) SWEET NIGIRIGet some rice krispy squares (buy them or make them)Some gummy fishFruit by the foot (green, preferably, but we used tropical as I couldn’t find green and the tropical was on sale!)Cut the rice krispy square...
We’re making sushi tonight, so come hungry and interested in how to make your own maki, inari, and miso soup! MISO SOUPHow to make dashi (from about.com)Or use instant dashi to make your dashi broth. 5g dried wakame80g silken tofu (1/4 size standard block1 tbsp miso paste (red or white)300g dashichives to garnishmushrooms to garnish...
If you read the Monday post, you’ll see life got away from me this week. The mineral make up post for this week won’t be up until Thursday as I haven’t had a second to do some serious writing and/or photography for it. Guess my resolution for getting organized isn’t going as well as I...