Nancy's Crazy Adventures

It happened weeks ago now but I'm just getting the links to photo's and a video to share with the, the video is available here at the Isle of wight TV website. And there's a massive slide show of photo's on the official web site, there is definitely going to be another ren fest hopefully I'll be tarot reading there too. And to make up the lack of pictures of me here's a cat pic to make everyone happy.

Labels: cat in a box, gizmo, Isle Of Wight Renaissance festival

Web directories are coming up everywhere these days and are useful for building traffic and a higher Google page ranking. I've joined many directories that have come and gone over the years, in fact I recently had to join a new bunch again to improve my page ranking because the ones I had joined a couple of years ago turned belly up.

An easy to use SEO friendly web directory is easy to find over the place now I joined a load (most of them I've linked to in the sidebar) and my page ranking has gone from 0 Google to 2 which isn't so bad in such a short space of time.

Directories are not just for increasing your page rank though they also advertise your business if you have one “Best On The web” has been around over 10 years and is still going so they are worth listing with as they aren't going to go under (hopefully not anyway in this financial crisis). If you are strapped for cash then you could always try a free web directory, you probably won't get as prominent an ad unless you upgrade but it's a start and all back links improve your page ranking in the end so it's still worth it.

Labels: seo, web directories

The first lot went into the macaroni cheese recipe I give below before I had a chance to photograph them. They are marrowfat peas so get quite big and I was impressed by the flavour last time I had them really sweet and nothing like what you buy in shops. You don't get many in a pod though what's there will probably only be sufficient for one meal for 2 people so you'd have to grow a lot of plants to get a really significant amount.

Labels: Gardening, harvest, marrowfat peas

This a great recipe for macaroni cheese I found on the BBC Good Food website, it's sauce is easier to make than the traditional one it contains more herbs and vegetables and is faster to prepare I highly recommend it. I will update with a photo next time I make it.

Ingredients

6 rashers streaky bacon , chopped 2 leeks , finely sliced into rings 1 tbsp vegetable oil 140g frozen peas 400g macaroni, 200g pack soft cheese, 85g mature cheddar grated, 1 tbsp English mustard small bunch basil shredded,

Method

1. Fry the bacon and leeks in the oil for 10 mins until the bacon is golden and the leeks soft. Tip in the peas and heat through. Meanwhile, boil the pasta and heat the grill to high.
2. Reserve 150ml of the cooking water before you drain the pasta, then add it, the soft cheese, half the grated cheese and the mustard to the pan with the veg. Stir until the cheese melts into a creamy sauce. Stir in most of the basil and the pasta, then scatter with the rest of the cheese. Grill for 2-3 mins until the cheese melts. Scatter with basil to serve.

Labels: different macaroni cheese, macaroni cheese, recipe

My first two chilli fruits coming through on the Satan's kiss chilli's I'm growing this year that were too small to see last time I posted are getting bigger now. they are interesting as they grow a different way up to other chilli's I've grown, I'll have to see if they all grow in that direction.

I finally got the right length canes for my pea's so they are a lot happier now it won't be long before we can eat some of them, I'll take pictures next time I'm down there.

Labels: chilli's, indoor chilli's, satans kiss