Friday 15th August - a bit of colour

 After several weeks of not getting around to using my water colours, I cracked... I splodged some colours onto a couple of pages like this;

And took a black fine-liner to them once they had dried...

Then I watched the tutorial to find out how I was supposed to do it!

I haven't got at the first picture with my pen yet, I'll maybe do that another day. 

Soggy Bottom Avoidance Tactics 

I meant to photograph this before I started in on it...

Supper tonight was a Crustless Quiche... 

The original recipe (for 4 people) uses 6 eggs, 100g grated cheddar, a chopped onion, bacon (I used pancetta),  tomatoes, herbs etc. No cream, unlike some other recipes. 

This time around I skipped the tomatoes and added some red and yellow peppers instead.

I made half quantities, and cooked it in the air fryer for a few minutes less and and a slightly lower temperature. My serving (slightly less than half) is on a plate halfway between a tea plate and a dinner plate in size. It was delicious! 

And no soggy bottom... although I think it wouldn't get any marks in pastry week on Great British Bake-Off if I hadn't made any pastry!

Thank you, Sue for recommending this book on your blog.

I sent off for a second-hand copy, and am delighted with it. Much as I like Hugh Fearnely-Whittingshall's book 'Love Your Leftovers', I find this book, all just plain text, well arranged, with clear suggestions and amusing asides 

much closer to my style. For example, her suggestions for using up left-over wine... I entirely agree with her 'handy hint'!

Music

I know the first three Gnossiennes by Erik Satie, but numbers 4-6 are new to me. This is luscious...  Played by Chenyin Li.