On the menu at our house...

Chicken in Barbecue Sauce
1 kg chicken pieces (wings & drumsticks)
1/3 cup tomato sauce
2 tblspns honey
2 tblspns soy sauce
1 tblspn brown sugar
2 tblspn cider vinegar
1 tspn grated fresh ginger
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/3 cup hot water
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Place chicken pieces in a lasagne/baking dish. Combine all ingredients and pour over chicken. Bake uncovered in moderate oven for 45-50 minutes until chicken is tender. Baste with the sauce 2-3 times during cooking. Serve with salad or on a bed of savoury rice.
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Friday night burgers - Ainsley Harriott's Monzarelli Mediterranean Burgers, which I have featured before - here.
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We have finally had some rain today and it's a bit chilly so I decided to try some Thick Pea Soup from Marie's blog A Year at Oak Cottage, via her cooking blog The English Kitchen - she has some seriously beautiful food on this blog!
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This is the bacon bones and ham hock after they'd boiled away for about one hour. I stripped all the nice meat off them and returned it to the pot.
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After a whiz with the Bamix, I have a lovely smooth, hearty soup. I have frozen five big serves for later but have already enjoyed 2 bowls today - yum!
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Just bumming around this afternoon. I took Mum to Mt.G this morning to pick up some shoes she had on order and did a few other jobs. Might settle in with some cross-stitch now.
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We had another huntsman spider incident last night (three this week!!!!). Brianna and I were outside, cleaning out her school bag (she spilled sugar in it! - she takes teabags, sugar and milk to made a cuppa at school in her free lessons, bless her!). As we came back in through the screen door, she turned around and noticed a huge (as in side plate sized) huntsman spider on the door. She yelled for me to move and I did! The hairs stand up on the back of my neck just thinking about it! Erk!
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Oh, how I hate them so! I just tried to put up a link to a photo of one for you, but couldn't go through with it! Just Google Huntsman spider and view the images... if you DARE! I can't!

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Enjoy your weekend. Kirby comes home for 5 days tomorrow so that will be good then we will see her again over the Easter break. Time for some chocolate therapy - I'm going to make these Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies (scroll down the post to see) - wicked!
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Cheers - Joolz