I have just found £160 in an old wallet that ive not used for 6 months.

Although it’s not really a win, the wife said we can use it to pay for paint and decorate the living room.

Note to self, don’t be so open when finding spare cash!

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Cleaned out the office in preparation to making it our sons room. He is 1.5 years old and needs a real bed and a room soon.

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I have been practicing making carbonara for a few months and this weekend’s was perfect. They are always great, but this one was out of this world.

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Ohhh nice! Do you mind sharing your recipe?

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I made the first one following this recipe exactly: https://youtu.be/4nAfxzE02Gw

I stopped measuring anything after the first two and kind of just wing it with the amounts. I think adjusting as you make the sauce at the end is the more important bit than following the exact recipe.

But that may be blasphemy :/

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Thanks, I’ll check it out! I’m also a fan of adjusting recipes as I go.

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I am finally playing a ttrpg again. I am running a d&d campaign for 4 students in the high school drama club. They are all new to RPGs and it has been super fun teaching them to play. I went to high school with one of their father and he played in my games back then.

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Drama students would be fun to run for. It’s a great way for them to practice all kinds of useful skills. What kind of game are you running for them? What are they playing?

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DND 5e in a world of my own making. Although after we started i realized i should have used Pathfinder, a system i have wanted to learn myself.

There are 4 of them, one had to drop. Wood elf ranger, war forged monk, changeling rogue, and a kenku bard (whoo always fails his stealth rolls, and has the greatest excuses for the failures).

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Pathfinder 2e is great, but the crunch can be a bit much for some kids’ first foray into RPGs. 5e has more mass appeal for sure. That sounds like a fun group! Are you playing a published adventure or going full homebrew?

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Honestly, for a bunch of drama students you probably should have used World of Darkness

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My quiche turned out great! 8/10, it did feel like a little win. The main issue was too much filling making it feel too heavy. I’m going to share the fixed recipe here:

Ricotta and spinach quiche, serves 2 with leftovers
  • a 30cm large disc of puff pastry
  • veg oil
  • 1/4 medium onion, diced
  • 100g fresh spinach, shredded
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste (seasoning)
  • (30g? eyeballed) Parmesan cheese to taste, grated
  • 120g ricotta, crushed
  • a dozen cherry tomatoes
  1. Shape the pastry inside a cake or pie pan. Make sure that there’s enough pastry to get a nice border. Leave it in the fridge for now.
  2. In another pan, cook the diced onion with a bit of veg oil, until translucent. Add spinach and quickly cook it until wilted; then let it cool enough so the eggs don’t get cooked in the next step.
  3. Whisk together eggs, milk, seasoning; add them to the pan. Then add the crushed ricotta and some (not all) Parmesan cheese. Mix everything well.
  4. Spread the mix over the puffed pastry. Sprinkle the rest of the Parmesan cheese over it, and plop the cherry tomatoes.
  5. Gently fold inwards the border of the puffed pastry, over the filling. It’s optional, I just think that it looks nicer this way.
  6. Bake it in a [important!] pre-heated oven at 180°C, until the filling is set, the top is golden, and the cherry tomatoes are slightly wilted. This should take half a hour or so. Let it rest and serve.
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i found a game I liked and it’s free with an optional $10 donation. that’s pretty cool when I barely have any money.

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