Feta and Broccoli Pasta Frittata Recipe

Ingredients (serves four):

4 large eggs

60g pasta (uncooked)

Half of a broccoli stalk. 

40g Feta Cheese

A little red Cheddar for the top.
Olive oil

Salt

Water

Instructions: 

• Cook the pasta in salted water for the time advised on the packet.
• When the pasta has cooked for 5 minutes, add chopped broccoli to the same pan and cook for the remainder of the time.
• Drain pasta and broccoli when cooked and put aside.

While the pasta and broccoli are cooking you can make up your egg mixture.

• Crack the four eggs into a bowl, add a pinch of salt per egg and whisk.
• Crumble the feta into the eggs and then add a touch of water to the mix.

Add a generous amount of oil to a frying pan and put on a medium heat.

• When it's hot, add the egg mixture to the pan and then quickly spread the cooked pasta/ broccoli evenly over the top. Allow to cook for 12 minutes. 
• While this is cooking, prepare the grill and grate some red cheddar over the top of the frittata.

Once the frittata has cooked for 12 minutes, take it off the hob and place the frying pan under the grill. Leave until the frittata is golden brown on top (about 6 mins). Upon removal from the grill, a gentle shake of the frying pan should unstick the frittata from the pan and you can slide it onto a plate to cool.

And then, enjoy! ｡^‿^｡

Journals

I don't know what it is about journals and notebooks. Or stationary in general, really. In primary school, the highlight of starting a new year was gathering up a nice new stationary set; the cuter the better. Now, I still love browsing the likes of Paperchase for notebooks and pens which I may not even necessarily need, but can't resist buying. I just get some sort of satisfaction out of having a pretty notebook/ journal to carry around in my handbag. I bought the one photographed from Paperchase a little while ago. It's pretty much the perfect size for my handbag, and looks rather lovely too with its gilded page edges and oxblood colouring. It is now home to lots of little notes for writing projects, crochet patterns and plenty of other things that have come to mind when I've been out and about. 

 

If you can't quite justify buying yourself yet another notebook, they also make perfect birthday gifts. Not only does it encourage the receiver to write traditionally (as opposed to typing with some piece of tech), but it's also nice to give something that can be personalised depending on what content the receiver chooses to fill it with. So yeah, if you're stuck for birthday present ideas; consider a journal! ｡^‿^｡

First Post

 

Hi there! After a week or so of messing with the layout for the blog I finally feel ready to make my first post!

So, I decided to start a blog just before I finished my creative writing dissertation. I was starting to think about what was next and what projects I could tackle during the summer and this seemed like a good choice. I couldn't settle on a specific subject so I'll just be writing about all of the things that I like, the things that I make and the places I visit. I'll also share a few crochet patterns along the way. 

A Few Things About Me:

• I'm on the brink of graduating with a degree in English Studies and hope to go on to study publishing.

• I enjoy creative writing (hence the cw dissertation). The name of the blog is actually a line from my first serious attempt at a poem, although I'm much more comfortable with prose fiction.

•  Other hobbies include photography, reading, crochet, cooking, gaming and watching TV shows about zombies and space cowboys.

• I can be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to creative crafts. While it can be frustrating, I find that trying to meet my own high standards often makes for good results. So that means I'll probably be tweaking blog layout details for another couple of weeks until I'm totally happy.  ｡^‿^｡