Little things mean a lot…

Little things mean a lot…

Coffee with cream
Parmesan with spaghetti
Pate with cranberry sauce…I love all the little extra things in life.

As they say “everyday is a gift…that’s why we call it the present”. And this I believe to be true. Maybe I am greedy; maybe I just enjoy the little things more than the big things.

A present is always wonderful but if it comes wrapped in sparkly paper with ribbons and bows…well that to me means just as much as what is inside.

So 2014 will be my year to “up pleasure” the things I enjoy. I will have salt on my chips, proper butter on my toast, cream in my coffee and add onion rings onto of my burger.

Food and life can be good…or they can be amazing. I think this year we all deserve a little bit of amazing.

Enjoy your day and thanks for reading.

Sky @ thesideplate.com

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christmas chutney sort of

I shall be honest I don’t know the technical definition of chutney. In my head it is something that can be eaten with fresh crusty bread, a piece of cheese or leftover roast, at my mothers it was only called pickle.

I have not made a keeper here I have simply used what was in my kitchen to spice up a bit of gammon. Its not exact but if you feel like a bit of alchemy in the fruit department…please let me know how it went.

A large onion, roughly chopped

A splash of olive oil

2 tsp vinegar

7 plums, stoned and chopped, each one into about eight pieces,

1 tsp coriander seeds

1 tsp ground allspice

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

45g of fresh cranberries

200ml red wine

100g sugar

couple of twists of black pepper.

 

Put in a pan and stir

Bring to a slow bubble, stirring every now and then,

Don’t be alarmed when the cranberries pop.

After an hour it should be ready…if you are going to eat in the next few days, put it in a dish in the fridge, if you want to keep it you are going to have start sterilising jars.

 

Enjoy…. and let me know 😀