Today Im sorry to say was another one of those days where I just couldnt do anything right - not that I wasnt trying but it seemed that I couldnt even read the bloody recipe properly. So after running to the toilet to have a little cry & feel sorry for myself my teacher very nicely tried to cheer my up with a funny story, it kind of worked.

Anyway I was supposed to make Deep Fried Prawns with Tatare sauce & mushy peas, Lemonade & Moroccan Lentil Soup.

I started with the soup but browned my onions when I was supposed to sweat them, threw them out & started again. Meanwhile I was cooking my lentils - left the water boil off, burnt them, threw them out, started again. Then finally got it all back on track to be told that my vegetables were diced to big so had to take them back out of the soup to dice them smaller - this is the point where I left the kitchen.

By the time I came back my teacher had diced most of the veg for me & told me her funny story while she finished it off & I started the lemonade.

Time was ticking on by at this stage & we had run out of prawns so I just had time to make the mushy peas & tartare sauce.

So, here's hoping next week is better than this!