I am not sure how exactly this happened, perhaps it was all
the excitement for the game on the weekend but gosh my sugar intake this week
has exceeded my whole sugar intake for the year so far! It started out with a little chocolate Easter
egg and then bam, the next thing I knew it was the middle of the week and I was
baking! Refusing to leave the house to give myself this sugar fit, I raided the
pantry to find a little flour, cocoa and brown sugar. Well I could work with this, a little recipe
searching and I was making a chocolate self saucing pudding. A very simple dessert that took minutes to mix
together the flour, sugar, cocoa, eggs, milk & butter before covering it
with more sugar and cocoa and boiling water and pop in the oven. Half an hour
or so later, out comes chocolate goodness with a gooey centre and crusty
top. The only thing I would have changed
was adding some ice cream on the side!
Still on my sugar high, the weekend finally rolled around
and we were off to Sunderland. Well only
just as we did only make the train with about a minute to spare before they
closed the doors. There was some running
to the platform, but the important thing is that we made it there! I was warned before going to Sunderland that
there is nothing to do there and we should spend as little extra time there as
possible, I can see what they were talking about as it is really just an
industrial town with lots of old old buildings then a huge much newer stadium
randomly chucked in the middle. It was a
great stadium though and I was shocked at how close we were to the pitch, I
could almost reach out and touch the players.
The Sunderland fans were much tamer than I expected but the atmosphere
was still electric especially in the second half as the desperation to get a
goal intensified. Arsenal came out
winners with a 1-0 victory, I am still not sure if I am going to support them, I’m
not really a fan of there away strip haha.
It was a really great day and another big tick off my list of things to
do before I go home. After the game we
headed back into Newcastle before we caught a later train back to Edinburgh. We
found a pub not too far from the station to have a bite to eat, turns out it
was a good choice by us as it was a sports club with more games on the big
screen and a lot of supporters headed there after the game. Since I had already eaten a bunch of rubbish
this week, I decided why not continue and have some nachos. I honestly think it’s
the best nachos I have had in a long time, the salsa was so fresh and clearly homemade
as well as the guacamole being spot on.
Good impression Newcastle! I wish
we had more of a chance to look around Newcastle as I hear it is a beautiful town
but we headed back on the train to Edinburgh for the night.
Today I have spent the day just pottering around the house
and have actually been in the kitchen baking some snacks. I wanted to give something new a try and I
stumbled across a recipe for savoury scrolls so I gave it a whirl. Similar to a scone like recipe I suppose I
made the dough and kneaded away until I had a reasonably smooth mixture and
then rolled out with a make shift rolling pin, aka a glass, topped with some
cheese, bacon and tomato paste then rolled it up, cut into 12 little scrolls
and popped them into the oven. 20 minutes later and out came some very
successful looking scrolls. They were
not quite as light as I would have liked them but still tasted good. Apparently this wasn’t enough to satisfy my
scroll craving so with some spare pastry lying around I also made some sweet
chilli, spinach and cheese pin wheels.
Very tasty and you can never go wrong with anything that involves puff
pastry!
Time now to maybe clean up the mess I have made and prepare
myself for another week at work before heading to London next Saturday morning
for another action packed fun filled birthday weekend. Until then, keep smiling :)
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