Addicted To Green Tea: October 2013

Wednesday 16 October 2013

Green Tea Print - came across this on Pinterest

Autumn weather -"Girl on Raw" and Lentil & Harvest Pie

A different angle on Autumn - starting over instead of fading away.

The weather has now really turned autumnal - not the good bits either! Rainy, chilly & grey skies like living in Tupperware. So I needed something warm and comforting for dinner last night. I remembered that I had received a recipe in my email box from verityslifestyle.com ( a lady that I met at Penny Brohn Cancer Care last year) for a comforting cottage pie. I looked at the recipe and the link to where Verity was inspired to adapt the original recipe. This link was to "Girlon Raw" and her recipe for lentil and harvest pie. As I had most of the ingredients for this pie at home I thought it was suitably comforting to have for dinner on a wet chilly evening. I have to say that I was impressed with the result - it was the closest I have got to a cottage pie which is made with meat.I used to make a meatless shepherdess pie by Delia Smith but to be honest this was a bit complicated whereas this new recipe is straight forward andI would definitely make this again and probably try Verity's "Cottage Pie" at some time.

Delicious!

Monday 14 October 2013

Matilda Tristram and how her comic strip helped her describe her cancer journey

I was listening to Saturday Live on Radio 4 while I was driving on Saturday morning. This is not a programme that I normally listen to as I am normally walking Colin at that time on a Saturday morning but this week had a different start. What a varied programme and I think I will have to listen to it again.

One of the guests was Matilda Tristram. At 31, she was looking forward to having her first baby and then she discovered she had cancer. She has written a beautiful account of what it's like to find out you have colon cancer when you're 17 weeks pregnant in a comic strip format. Her comic about the experience is raw, funny and still unfolding. I was captivated by her story and so googled her when I got home and became even more interested in her story and felt that I just wanted to headline this on here as she is an inspirational woman who not only had to deal with her cancer but also agonising decisions about her pregnancy. I urge you to read about her And here is a clip of her comic strip.

I have read lots of blogs about cancer but it is so refreshing to see it all described in a comic strip. There is more of her work on Matilda's website. Her comic strip about colon cancer is Colonomic. Hope you enjoy it.