Weekly Shopping & Goodies - Oscar fashion! + New recipe

A Few Goody Gumdrops gets Red Carpet ready with Kate Beckinsale's look from Shu Uemura.

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Style Eyes shares her favourite Oscar red carpet dresses and picks out a dress for her own Oscars Party!

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The Curvy Fashionista celebrates Red Carpet Worthy Curves deemed fashion favorites at the Oscars!

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What's Haute Magazine presents the best and worst red carpet looks from the 82nd annual Academy Awards!


As well, this week I attempted a new recipe: homemade pickles! I was inspired to make pickles after eating a Japanese appetizer recently of pickled vegetables, particularly their lightly marinated in vinegar cucumbers. I figured this would be simple and tasty to recreate, so after some quick research online I figured out the basic "pickle marinade" recipe.

This version is the basic template that I've used, so I will call this Pickles: attempt 1 as the recipe hasn't been quite perfected yet. The taste is very vinegary, so if you love salt & vinegar chips you will likely love this. I don't love salt & vinegar chips, but I quite like the taste of these cucumbers. Attempt 2 will involve pickled carrots and more sugar to try to sweeten the taste.



To make this just combine the following in a glass jar (I used a 2 cup size one):

• 1/2 english cucumber, sliced
• just over 2/3 cup of water
• just over 1/3 cup of white vinegar
• 2 good pinches of salt and pepper
• 2 cloves of garlic, quartered
• 2 good pinches of sugar
• optional: chilies, dill, or whatever other spices strike your fancy
  

Let sit for at least 48 hours, stirring occasionally to mix ingredients, before doing initial tasting. Like any marinade, the flavours will only intensify over time.