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Home, Garden, and DIY January 2021
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7 Ways : Easy Ideas for Every Day of the Week by Jamie Oliver Naked Chef television personality Jamie Oliver has looked at the top ingredients we buy week in, week out. We're talking about those meal staples we pick up without thinking - chicken breasts, salmon fillets, ground beef, eggs, potatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, to name but a few. We're all busy, but that shouldn't stop us from having a tasty, nutritious meal after a long day at work or looking after the kids. So, rather than trying to change what we buy, Jamie wants to give everyone new inspiration for their favorite supermarket ingredients. Jamie will share 7 achievable, exciting and tasty ways to cook 18 of our favorite ingredients, and each recipe will include no more than 8 ingredients. Across the book, at least 70% of the recipes will be everyday options from both an ease and nutritional point of view, meaning you're covered for every day of the week. With everything from fakeaways and traybakes to family and freezer favorites, you'll find bags of inspiration to help you mix things up in the kitchen. Step up, 7 Ways, the most reader-focused cookbook Jamie has ever written.
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The Joy of Living With Less : How to Downsize to 100 Items and Liberate Your Life by Mary Lambert The premise of this book is simple: if you don't love it, lose it! Many people think that the more they own, the more contented and happy they will be. Their lives become defined by their possessions. In fact, the opposite is often true: the more we have, the less happy and contented we are in mind, body and spirit. Decluttering expert Mary Lambert explains how having too much clutter can stop you moving forward in life, and how learning to let go of items we neither love or need is liberating and fulfilling. The challenge starts with an inventory of your personal possessions, then you begin the process of clearing out your items, addressing each area at a time, from clothes, to jewellery, to hobby items. Once you've tackled your personal items, you can get started on the rest of your household goods.
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Salad Leaves for All Seasons : Organic Growing from Pot to Plot by Charles DowdingThis compendium of practical methods for growing a wide variety of salads throughout the year will inspire you to grow your own greens, whether on a windowsill, in your garden, or on your allotment. Here is all the information you need for productive, healthy, and tasty salads. The subtleties of salad seasons and virtues of different leaves throughout the year are discussed and there are delicious and imaginative recipes to try, exploiting the fantastic flavors, color, and vitality of home-grown salad leaves.
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The Spoonflower quick-sew project book : 34 DIYs to make the most of your fabric stash by Anda CorrieDiscover all that you can make with just a yard or two! Spoonflower—a design-your-own/print-on-demand fabric company known for its unique, clever, and must-have designs—presents simple step-by-step instructions that are accompanied by templates and pattern pieces. Here are dozens of brand-new projects designed to be completed in just a few hours. Get inspired and turn your favorite fabric into a lovely garland, stylish tote, children’s tent, and all sorts of other accessories for home and fashion. With step-by-step tutorials and projects that span a wide spectrum of skills, this book is perfect for both new and experienced sewists.
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No Dig Organic Home & Garden : Grow, Cook, Use & Store Your Harvest by Charles DowdingNo dig organic gardening saves time and work. It requires an annual dressing of compost to help accelerate the improvement in soil structure and leads to higher fertility and less weeds. No dig experts, Charles Dowding and Stephanie Hafferty, explain how to set up a no dig garden. They describe how to: Make compost, enrich soil, harvest and prepare food and make natural beauty and clean ing products and garden preparations. These approaches work as well in small spaces as in large gardens. The Authors' combined experience gives you ways of growing, preparing and storing the plants you grow for many uses, including delicious vegetable feasts and many recipes and ideas for increasing self reliance, saving money, living sustainably and enjoying the pleasure of growing your own food, year round. Charles' advice is distilled from 35 years of growing vegetables intensively and efficiently; he is the acknowledged no dig guru and salad expert both in the UK and internationally. Stephanie, a kitchen gardener, grows in her small, productive home garden and allotment, and creates no dig gardens for restaurants and private estates. She presents truly delicious seasonal recipes, made from the vegetables anyone can grow. She also explains how to use common plants you can grow and forage for to make handmade preparation for the home and garden.
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You Will Be Able to Crochet by the End of This Book by Zoe BatemanMaster the craft of crochet with the help of illustrated step-by-step instructions that demonstrate stitches and techniques in this comprehensive book. 15 easy projects, including a colourful plant pot cover to a chic blanket, allow you to practice your skills and build your confidence.
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| Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza by Ken Forkish; photography by Alan WeinerWhat it is: a James Beard and IACP Award-winning book that offers an in-depth look at baking as well as recipes for amazing breads and pizzas you can bake at home.
Chapters include: Eight Details for Great Bread and Pizza; Equipment and Ingredients; Basic Bread Method; Levain Method; Pizza Doughs.
Recipes include: Pain au Bacon; Weeknight White Bread; Overnight Country Brown; Zucchini Focaccia; Iron-Skillet Meat Pie. |
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Weaving : The Art of Sustainable Textile Creation by Maria SigmaZero waste is key to Maria Sigma's renowned weaving designs, and here she shows beginners-and more accomplished weavers too-how that philosophy can transform what you weave. Enjoy learning the basics of both heddle loom and frame loom weaving and succeed at 6 guided projects you'll enjoy adding to your home and wardrobe, while also learning how Sigma has built her practice on sustainability. Without our attention on the materials and process and how they relate to the world, no design is at its best. She shows how to consider the environmental impact at every stage of the design and making process, as well as within your daily work environment and studio space. Learn ways to decrease yarn waste and avoid unnecessary cuts, as well as how to consider carbon footprints in terms of your use of machines, water, and petroleum-sourced energy. With this guide, you can make handweaving an even more sustainable craft.
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