2013 in review for #cassieskitchen

With another year come and gone and a new bag of tricks under our belts, this is the time of year we all find ourselves reflecting on what we have achieved, experienced or learnt while passing hurdles and working towards our end goal.

My goal this year was to learn to cook and wrap my head around social media and all things digital. Both of which I feel I have a rather good grasp on now.

I started my cooking journey last January after an experience house sitting, and cooking a turkey in a pot of water and successfully cooking a pizza in 2 saucepans. ( Using the top one as a lid) On the work front, Stuart and I went from jobless and homeless, to living in a share house with "real" jobs. After a drawn out few months I finally landed myself in a role (I wanted rather than needed)  inside a digital agency.

I learnt to cook, blog and articulate recipes that I have made up and learnt from watching others, into something real and have the added ability with a few quick clicks to share my homemade goodies with my friends and social network across the globe. I am happy to admit that this time last year, I didn't have the foggiest idea on how to create a blog and now have 927 views since June. A success in my eyes!

During the past year, we travelled down to Cornwall a few times and enjoyed some quality time with Stuart's family were I learnt to make traditional Cornish pasties. Our parents did the big meet and greet on a day adventure to St Michaels Mount. Fast forward 3 months it's October and we travelled to Australia for my brothers wedding and shortly afterwards Stuart proposed, we were engaged and married in December.

Short and Sweet, just the way I, no I mean WE like it.

With the new year ahead and new challenges to look forward too, I have set myself some new goals, one is to master a few French dishes to add to my blog.


One of our many beautiful wedding presents was a French cookbook from my new friend  Billie, who is a ray of sunshine in my working day.

The thing I love most about this gift was that I had known her for 2 weeks  and I mentioned off handedly that I only know how to cook Italian food, and how I wanted to learn something new, and she brought me a cookbook! Such a wonderful gesture so, thank you Billie!

My wonderful husband Stuart, bought me a tagine for Christmas and I cooked my first dish to start off the year. Chicken marinated in ginger, lime, mixed spice and garlic. Served with vegetables cooked in stock and cous cous. A great first attempt for 2014, and I am looking forward to mastering a few more Moroccan dished this year as well!

Happy New Year Kids, and I hope you had a great break!
Cass xx

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