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If you love easy summer crafts then you'll love these Wire Wrapped and Beaded Picnic Utensils from Candace . This project is perfect for a summer Materials: Plastic flatware 18 gauge wire – 8″ per flatware piece Assorted beads Focal bead Instructions: Make a sma ll spiral in one end of the wire.   Think of the smallest part of the spiral as  the centre of the handle. Make a bead trap by creating a sharp bend away from the centre, sliding on a bead and bending the wire sharply back toward the centre.   Pin the spiral at the  top of the handle with your thumb as you wrap the wire around the handle. Slide on a bead.   Trap the bead with a sharp bend away from the center.Bend the wire to the center and slide on your focal bead.   Wrap the wire around the handle, slide a bead on and trap it with a sharp bend away from the center. Wrap the remaining wire into a spiral and center it.The wire will slide off easily t...

These biscuits can easily be made by kids with only a little grown-up help, and they're deliciously crunchy. My kids love to make these, and they are popular when it comes to a mothers day or fathers day treats for the grandparents. Ingredients 60g/2¼oz plain flour 40g/1¾oz butter, softened 1 ready-to-eat dried fig 20g/1oz caster sugar 1 tbsp chopped fudge   Method Preheat the oven to 180C/350/Gas 4. Place a sheet of baking paper onto a baking tray. Put the flour and butter into a mixing bowl and rub the two together to make a crumbly mixture. Snip the stalk off the dried fig then cut the fruit into small pieces using the scissors. Add to the bowl with the sugar and the fudge pieces. Use your hands to start to squeeze it all together – you can push down with your knuckles into the bowl. As it starts to make a lump, turn the bowl out onto the work surface and continue squeezing to make a long, fat sausage shape.   Tear the m...

So versatile! This recipe is also delicious if you have any left-over meat or sausage, which can be added to the sauce, to heat thoroughly. It is also delicious over pasta with cheese grated over, or if you are feeling extravagant with Goats cheese. Serves:   4 People Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Ingredients: 1 large onion chopped Tin chopped tomatoes or fresh if you have a glut from the garden cloves of garlic crushed 2 courgettes chopped small 1 green pepper chopped into small pieces 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs 1 teaspoon smoked Paprika Step by step: Fry the onion (and Chorizo if using) until it starts to soften. Add the rest of the ingredients for the sauce except for the tomatoes. Cook until softened on a lowish heat. Now add the tomatoes and then fill empty tin up with water and add the water to the pan. Bring to the boi...

A wickedly delicious dessert with that ‘feel good factor’ that makes any meal special.  A great recipe for Valentine’s Day! Serves:    2 People Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Ingredients 3 slices of stale bread Spreading of butter or spread 2 eggs 2 teaspoons of sugar 150ml carton (small) of single cream 6 dark ripe plums 100g bar of dark chocolate Method Pre-heat the oven to 160°C. Butter the slices of bread on one side and cut into fingers. Grate the chocolate. Stone and cut up the plums and stew them for about 10 minutes until soft in a little water. Arrange layers of bread, chocolate and plumbs in a medium dish until it is full. In a jug beat up the egg, add sugar and milk slowly and stir in the cream last. Pour the mixture over the bread and leave to soak for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with a little more chocolate. Pop i...

A delicious and nutritional way of using leftover chicken which, along with bread and vegetables, is one of the most commonly thrown away foods. The recipe makes a mid-week meal extra-special with its jumble of cooking influences. Tasty and filling - and so easy to make! Just add in any veg you have left over from a meal - from peas and sweetcorn to roasted sweet potatoes. Peel the stringy bits from the celery before chopping to reduce the bitter taste. Even if you don’t have as much chicken as the recipe says, it still works well! Serves: 4 People Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 2 onions, peeled and sliced 2 sticks celery, sliced 1 green pepper, sliced 2 tablespoons of oil 100g mushrooms, sliced 400g (1 tin) chopped tomatoes 125ml chicken stock 125ml dry white wine 150g long grain rice 200-250g leftover chicken Step by step: Fry sliced onions, ...