Face painting

Neither of us knows a professional face painter so we bought some face paints from eBay and did it ourselves. Tess made me into a spotty dog with its tongue hanging out and I painted her as a butterfly. I know a bad workman blames his tools but the face paints we used were really budget - the [...]

And when the bread has been baked…

Both looked great, both tasted awful! Very heavy and yeasty. Mine in particular was like a moist brick. Making nice tasting bread is not as easy as it seems!
 

Tess making bread

Sun-dried tomato and olive bread
Preparation time: over 2 hours
Cooking time: 10 to 30 mins
Ingredients:

500g/1lb 2oz strong flour
15g/½oz salt
55ml/2fl oz olive oil
20g/¾oz fresh yeast
275ml/9fl oz water
170g/6oz black Greek olives, pitted and chopped
55g/2oz sun-dried tomatoes

     

James making bread

White bread
Preparation time: 1-2 hours
Cooking time: 30 mins to 1 hour
Ingredients:

15g/½oz fresh yeast or 2.5ml/½tbsp dried yeast
300ml/½ pint lukewarm milk
450g/1lb strong white flour
1 tsp salt
25g/1oz butter