Lamb/Beef Pilau

Ruth (Phoebe’s Mum) gave me this recipe which we had when I visited at some point in the past. Serves 4 Preparation Time: 16 mins Cooking Time: 25 mins Ingredients: 8oz basmati rice (Ruth cooks hers first and then adds to the meat) 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion,…

Snowboarding - Sauze dOulx

Yep, that’s correct I’ve been snowboarding again but this time Italy and Sauze d’Oulx. I had my reservations about snowboarding in Italy and especially staying in a hotel rather than a chalet but it wasn’t that bad. The weather was good in terms of clear blue…

Bottling beer time

So, just before I escape off to Italy for my second boarding holiday I’ve just bottled the beer that has been fermenting for the last week. I did have to purchase a heat pad to put underneath the fermenting bin so it can raise the temperature to between 21…

Making Beer

Yep, that’s right I’ve brought a Coopers home brew set from The Home Brew Shop in North Camp Farnborough and made my first brew. It’s got about a week before it’ll be ready for bottling and then another two weeks before it’s ready for drinking.…

Boarding in Les Coches - France

Just got back from the slopes of La Plagne in the French alps and Phoebe’s first ski holiday. We took the Eurostar night train to Bourg St Maurice and enabled us to hit the slopes on the Saturday morning. We stayed in a Chalet orgainized by Mountainsun Ltd which…