Homemade hummus

Hi,

I've been home for a couple of weeks, and made this yummy-licious recipe with my mum,
 I remember when I was a kid we use to eat it quite often
I must say, this hummus is not like the ones you find in the supermarket, it's less runny and much more compact, perfect to eat it as a side with vegetables, rice, or as a spread on toast,
to have it as a dipping sauce, you will need to add some of the liquid from the cans.


Ingredients
400 grms canned chickpeas (already cooked)
juice of half a lemon
3 cloves of garlic
sesame seeds (toasted in a pan until golden brown)
5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
salt
paprika (decoration)


Rinse the chickpeas in cold water and tip into the food processor, add the lemon juice, garlic, toasted
sesame seeds, olive oil & salt (if you want to make it as a dipping sauce, add some of the reserved liquid from the cans).
when the mixture is well combined and smooth, pour it into a bowl , sprinkle with paprika and drizzle with olive oil.
Leave it in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving. Enjoy!

night night x

Rag dolls

Hi!

For the past few weeks I've been sewing dolls... four of them, to be more precise..

this pair are the last ones I've done, I will give them to my niece and nephew in a few days time :))

 can't wait to spend 2 weeks with them, my favorite small people in the entire world! 

night night x

experimenting with macro (I)

Hi!
It's been while now that I'm thinking about taking macro pictures, for some time I've wanted to buy a 50 mm lens, my photography teacher told me not to buy a cheap one, better to invest in a good one....
as I haven't got £300 to spend on a good lens at the moment, I decided to investigate around the internet to find other more affordable alternatives, I came across some very interesting articles, on how to take the lens off the camera and turn it around to make the picture.. the examples I saw looked amazing,
..so today, I decided that I had to do it, after work I came home to give it a try,
 I thought it would be a good idea to start with fruit, so I gathered some of the fruit we had in the fruit bowl and got started! :)
after a few photos, couldn't find anything really exciting about a plum and the banana :(
I have to say I've really enjoyed taking this pictures, and definitely will be doing this many more times in the near future...maybe next time with ...flowers? :)
I also took some pictures of my earrings (glass) and a coral bead bracelet I bought last year in Venice
I know the light is not correct, some of the pictures are underexposed or overexposed, grainy & shaky
 I'm still working trying to figure out how the ISO really works ..
 there are lots of things to take into consideration, plus, the lens of the camera is not attached to the main body, and my thumb was in lots of pain at the end of the evening, anyway...well happy with the result!

night night x

I like summer

Hi!
Summer in London is the best,
the weather this year is great, we've had a few grey and rainy ones, but also very hot and sunny days,
I live in an old house, in a quiet neighborhood, and we've got a garden, a lovely garden...
when the weather is this good, we make full use of it, and try to spend as much time as possible outdoors,
we like having dinner parties in the garden,to invite friends over for barbecues or just for a tea and a chat...
I really enjoy making flower arrangements and having fresh flower bouquets in the house, so this year I started planting some flowers, I think I planted the seeds a bit too late, as much of them still haven't come out, and the ones that have, they are haven't got any flowers yet...oh well...still a bit more of summer left, hopefully they will blossom soon!

love the fairy lights! my friends laugh at me because I always want to take millions of pictures!

night night x