Oven Baked Asparagus , Bacon, Hard Boiled Quails Eggs With Smoked Paprika Hollandaise

A starter for two or a main dish for one , all hail the asparagus season which is as fleeting as a butterfly in the Spring breeze.

Ingredients 

Asparagus 

6 Quail Eggs

2 tablespoons of olive oil

Salt to season 

2 tablespoons of hollandaise 

Half a teaspoon of smoked paprika 

Method 

Preheat the oven to 180 c

Place the asparagus in an oven baking tin 

Toss in the love oil

Season with salt ( sea salt would be nice for this )

Place in the oven for around 6 minutes if thin Asparagus or 12 minutes if the Asparagus is really thick

Fry 2 slices of bacon to top the Asparagus

You can be boiling your Quail eggs as the Asparagus bakes in the oven 

They'll only need 2 minutes then will need to cool down , you can pour some cold water on them. They're a little tricky to shell but keep patient.

Take your Asparagus out the oven 

Mix two tablespoons of hollandaise with half a teaspoon of smoked paprika .

Artfully arrange the asparagus on the plate and place the bacon on top , scattering round the Quail eggs which have been cut in two.

Dribble the smoked Paprika hollandaise over the dish.

Oven Baked Asparagus , Bacon, Hard Boiled Quails Eggs With Smoked Paprika Hollandaise


I am sharing this with Simple and in Season at Feeding Boys and a Firefighter.

Review Of Doctor Faustus

We've just got back form London after seeing Doctor Fautus with a chap called Kit Harrington in , I wasn't really ofay with Game of thrones as to me Jon Snow was a newsreader . I had read the reviews before we saw the play where as my husband and son choose not to , I like to be forewarned as they say . Other people don't like to read reviews but I like to have a quick dabble with them , it is really all a matter of principal , after all it has been a long Winter.

I say anything that can draw the young ( millennial folk ) into the theatre all the better and yes the current Fautus has a re write from one perhaps high on Space dust ( that is a sweet that pops in your mouth ) leaving my teen somewhat bemused in the first half but bemusement is also delight.


The theatre really should be an assault upon the senses of the mind and heart and make you feel good to be alive , good that the brilliance of the surreptitiously written word is celebrated over 400 years later. It was a good 26 years since I had seen Doctor Faustus and when I did see it it was perfomed by the pupils of Bedford Modern School.


This was Fautus who took on the persona of David Copperfield meets Darren Brown and within this there's a restful tranquility from the brooding nature of Jon Snow and as mentioned less clothing too !

Debauchery abound , gasps of disgust melting into bravo for a brave take on a classic, taking your Auntie could have consequences especially if they're your prim and proper Auntie but if they're your raving Auntie ( who is prone to nudge nudge wink ) then you're good to go.

All in all a refreshing production for the modern era .

The Struggle Is Real

The struggle against animals , birds insects etc is real , 2 hours they've been tweeting outside my window > House Martins . Either that or a dinosaur is nesting outside my window .. Entirely possible.

Then there's the cat where the laws of the Cosmos don't apply and it does exactly what it pleases . The laptop hadn't even been on but Rollie doesn't bother with rules he's a rule breaker not a rule enforcer. Bet that Steve bloke from Deadly 60 couldn't cope with what I have to put up with ....

Never have I known a cat who doesn't give a toss like Rollie ....

Still we are working on his anger issues ..

 

Trouble In The Bedroom

I'm starting to get a little paranoid , I walk in the kitchen and they walk out , no sound no nothing .

I thought perhaps it's just the once , I mean we all want our quiet time don't we , I know I do . I love my alone time with a cup of tea nothing comes between me and my tea. It happened a few times and I didn't want a argument , no one likes a stressed household do they now.

I did eventually try and talk it out subtly but no good was to come of it and quite frankly it was started to affect my life , perhaps it was time to spice things up a bit with you know what > toys . I did try a battery toy but they didn't find  it interesting so the trouble had finally arrived . 

So that was an explanation and a half to Amazon , I'm so sorry the battery operator toy couldn't satisfy them , they have singular tastes.

I took to my bed one afternoon not feeling quite myself and I snuggled up to them but it was plain to see that something had been lost as there was no magic in the bedroom either . I pleaded I cried , I said "

I'm so sorry I was trying to be adventurous , trying to liven up your life "

"I'm sorry I'll never buy that brand of cat food again "

Mobile versus DSLR

I love taking pictures ,I'm forever snapping away but sometimes I feel cheated by my photography when using my iPhone I know I'm good but I am ever the perfection ( house work exempt ). I ambled out today taking both my Nikon and my mobile with the hope of getting some inspiring pictures ( in what I call fitography . I 'm pretty sure I saw a Merlin bird of prey but they're like the summer breeze that quickly bless though , also spotted out were various dog walkers who doff their country caps and say morning . I found an ideal picnic spot upon a log for another day perfectly situated for your pork pie cheese and pickle .

Walking down the lane , this was taken with my Nikon D3200

It was lovely to clear my heart and my head of the clutter of the week , and as I write this I have just had a wrestle with Blogger as I could't upload my pictures to you . I am met with cries that i should move to Wordpress which I know is very sleek etc but I do like my old Blogger as much as I do taking pictures with both my Mobile and my Iphone .The Nikon has the depth of field and the Iphone is very much geared up for the Instagram "Now" generation of which I tap lightly on the door of !

Oak tree taken with the Nikon D3200

My photography is dependable as an Oak tree , I am hoping the above is an Oak tree  ?!

2 Oak trees together taken with the Nikon D3200

The Nikon D3200 allows me to pick up on the detail of the bark

I have an Iphone 5 S so I have no idea if an Iphone will pick up the detail of the bark is such a clear way or not , I find that if I take pictures with my mobile the picture when you click on it won't open up the same as when the picture is taken with a camera .

Country walk taken with the Nikon D3200

I would like a smaller alternative at times to lugging round My Nikon for those quick flick shot moments when I see that perfect picture in my minds eye.

The below pictures are those taken with my mobile .