What I've been up to?

Well seeing as there has been a four month gap between posting I thought that I may as well explain myself. 

The main reason for my lack of any posts is the fact that come June 4th (I do believe that's the right date) I've exams. So basically at the start of november I was studying for Christmas exams, then as soon as I go back from Christmas I was studying for pres which are now over. 

A lot has changed since November let me tell you. I dyed my hair brown St.Stephan's day and after about three more dyings with a few bleachings I've come to the realisation my hair will no longer hold dye for longer than a week before fading to ginger. So for the meantime while I wait for my hair to gain a bit of strength I'll be sporting red locks:

That's actually all I've done for four months now that I think about it. When my face wasn't stuck in a book I was trying to fix my hair... 

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas'. Funnily enough my cousin Mary went into labour Christmas morning, so things were more mental than usual.

Concerning the blog I'm going to revamp it soon, I plan on posting a lot more often and although my posts will lean on the beauty/fashion blogger side of blogging, knowing me I will more than likely have a miscellaneous range of posts, I'll try not to veer too much off topic. 

Hope ye bear with me while I try to get this blog right! 

Sarah.

Risotto recipe.

Long time no.. Ehm type ? Anyway I've a catchup post that I hope to have up by Wednesday. But for now I have my go to risotto recipe. It's plain and simple and you can add what you want to it. At first I thought that risotto was too hard, which quickly changed after I found the right recipe. But considering I'm not a chef I could be doing this all wrong, ah well.

Ingredients: two small servings or one big one. 

140g of arborio rice

1 whole onion 

1 clove of garlic 

500ml of stock, I typically use veg stock but here I used beef.

Veg of choice, here I used green beans but anything goes within reason.

Parmesan, how much depends on personal preference.

1/2 a tsp of cracked black pepper(I like a lot of pepper)-optional

Salt and pepper to taste.

Method:

1: Heat a pan on a medium heat. Dice onion add to pan, mince garlic also add to pan. Fry for 2-3 minutes.

2: When the onions go translucent, add the arborio rice and dry fry for 2 minutes

3: For my stock I used a stock pot with a litre of water, because I was using beef which wasn't exactly ideal.

4: Add a ladle of stock at a time, waiting for the liquid to evaporate before adding another. Repeat until stock is gone. 

4: Slice up green beans and add to the pan.

5: Here are ingredients I didn't mention because I wouldn't suggest putting them in. Bad call on my part.

Oregano, thyme and ground basil. I would recommend using those herbs in any Italian tomato dishes though 

6: I added the Parmesan in and stirred.

Then serve with dish of choice. My favourite way to use this recipe is by adding white wine during cooking and serving with lemon chicken 

 

Apologies in advance if this poisons you, as I said before not a chef I just like to mess with food.

Sarah.