Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 12th June 2026, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

 Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 12th June 2026, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

Cher - Drift Away / Rip It Up, with Linda Ronstadt, 4/20/1975

Lambada

Hetty Loxton -Just you Just me- Camino Sonoro Jazz band

Eddy Mitchell - Rio Grande

Licence to Kill • Theme Song • Gladys Knight

Buddy Holly & The Crickets "That'll Be The Day" 

Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill

Tommy - Elton John Singing Pinball Wizard

BBC Proms - Hubert Parry: Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)

Toby Keith - As Good As I Once Was

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Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Za’atar chicken with potatoes and carrots

Za’atar chicken with potatoes and carrots 

By Henny Shor, Jerusalem Post, June 6, 2026

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-898270

Za’atar chicken with potatoes and carrots. (credit: HENNY SHOR)

We all love chicken dinners. They are easy to make and often become some of our favorite go-to meals. This one takes things up a level with za’atar, along with a few simple spices, giving it that delicious Mediterranean flavor.

As the chicken bakes, the spices mix with the juices from the chicken and coat the potatoes and carrots underneath. The result is a flavorful, comforting feast that comes together easily and smells absolutely incredible.

Yields 6 servings

Ingredients:-

8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs and drumsticks

4 potatoes, cut into wedges

4 carrots, sliced into sticks or rounds

3 Tbsp. olive oil

3 Tbsp. za’atar * (see below)

½ tsp. paprika

1 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. kosher salt

½ tsp. black pepper

Juice of ½ lemon

1 Tbsp. honey

Directions:-

Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F. Line a large baking sheet with baking paper.

Place the chicken, potatoes and carrots on the baking sheet.

In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, za’atar, paprika, garlic powder, salt, pepper, lemon juice, and honey until well combined.

Pour the mixture over the chicken and vegetables. Toss everything together on the pan until well coated, then spread into an even layer, with the chicken pieces skin-side up.

Cover the pan tightly with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 50-60 minutes, or until the chicken is golden, cooked through, and tender.

* Za'atar:

While many people now associate the word za'atar with the spice mix, it is the Arabic word for a wild, mint-related herb that is a pillar of Levantine cooking and similar to oregano and marjoram.

Since the herb can be difficult to find, za'atar is commonly made from dried thyme, oregano, sumac, and sesame seeds. But the recipes vary depending on what region they're from, with each household having their own special blend. Some za'atar recipes also contain salt, marjoram, sumac berries, dried dill, dried orange zest, caraway seeds, or hyssop.

Enjoy! 

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Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 5th June 2026, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 5th June 2026, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

All I've Ever Known - Hadestown - Sarah Krauss

One Fine Day : The Chiffons

Tatiana Eva-Marie & Avalon Jazz Band - La vie en rose (Edith Piaf)

Travis Tritt - Love of a Woman

Montgomery Gentry - Speed

The Trashmen -  Surfin Bird Bird is the Word 1963 

Alanis Morissette - You Learn 

Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds - 1970

Kris Kristofferson & Johnny Cash - Sunday morning coming down 1978 

Judy Collins - Turn Turn Turn (Live in 1966)

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Words & Brush Recipe Corner: THREE CHEESE SPINACH LASAGNA

THREE CHEESE SPINACH LASAGNA

By Lisa Starr

https://lisa-starr.com/

SHARING LASAGNA LOVE
 

You've heard of the different love languages. Acts of service, words of affirmation, thoughtful gifts and all the rest. 

I'd like to add another to the list: sharing. I've never been very good at gate-keeping. Sharing is genuinely one of my greatest joys. 

It's evident in my classes where I pull out the stops to deliver as much flavor, inspiration, and tried-and-tested goodness as possible in our time together.

 It's clear in my enthusiastic Instagram posts.

And it absolutely shows up in this newsletter where I happily share even the recipes from my made-to-order and catering range.

 After all, there will always be those who cook, and those who order. 

This Three Cheese Spinach Lasagna is one of my signature dishes. 

Unapologetically cheesy, wildly popular, and ideal for your Shavuot table, it's the sort of dish that people 'just taste' and then quietly go back for thirds.

Comfort food is my favorite form of communication.

Ingredients:

 

TOMATO SAUCE

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon crushed garlic

800g canned crushed tomatoes

3 tablespoons tomato paste

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 - 2 tablespoons sugar

Salt and pepper to taste

1 - 1 ½ cups water

150g tub sour cream

SPINACH FILLING

500g frozen spinach, defrosted

2 large onions, chopped and lightly fried

500g cottage cheese OR ricotta

1 egg

400g feta, crumbled

1 cup grated mozzarella OR grated yellow cheese

Salt and pepper to taste
2 large onions, chopped and fried

 

ASSEMBLE

Dried lasagna squares, soaked in water for a few minutes to soften

Grated mozzarella or grated yellow cheese

Fresh basil leaves

Directions:

1: Combine tomato sauce ingredients apart from sour cream and simmer for 30 minutes till flavorful and slightly reduced. Stir in sour cream to make a rose sauce or blend with a stick blender if you want it extra smooth. I prefer to blend it.

2: Press water out of defrosted frozen spinach and mix with remaining filling ingredients.

3: Place a layer of tomato sauce on the base of a medium-sized baking dish, add a layer of lightly soaked pasta sheets, then top with a layer of spinach filling. Repeat with tomato sauce, then pasta, then spinach mixture and end with a layer of tomato sauce on top.

4: Sprinkle over grated cheese and bake at 180°C for 40 minutes till lightly golden. Serve with fresh basil to garnish. 

Cooks Notes:

Sauce is super easy as you literally simmer ingredients together then add the sour cream. Store bought pasta sauces are horribly acidic and no substitute. This is so simple and you only open crushed tomato. You don't even need onion. Mutti is the best crushed tomato brand. Lasagna can be baked ahead and reheated but don't over-bake as you want it to remain moist.

Enjoy! 

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