Warm and filling the house with delicious wafts of honey and cinnamon - that was my muesli slice, fresh from the oven. It was one of those melt and mix type of things to bake, so incredibly easy to whip up and all ingredients are pantry staples like oats and bran cereal, diced dried fruit, honey and brown sugar - all yummy !
June 2011
06/30/2011
06/29/2011
Snuggling Down
My dogs are truly indoor dogs especially over winter. They get a big daily walk - at least 30 or 40 minutes, often racing after the tennis ball at the park then they just hunker down and snuggle in for the rest of the day. They go outside, following me if I go out into the garden for any reason but on the whole they snooze the day away. They seek out soft warm spots, mainly to my chagrin, the beds belonging to humans, despite having their own beds. I shut my door when I am at work but when I come home I often catch the Cocopop curled up, totally without guilt on my bed or the bed of S, her real mother. What's more there is no hopping off in a hurry, the eyes just shut tighter !!
06/28/2011
A Simple Salad
I find a fresh green salad a very desirable thing to eat no matter the weather. I am happy to eat salad whether it's 40 degrees in the shade or tonight's chill 10 degrees. What's more it is so easy to whip up if I am home alone. There is just no fuss and very few dishes and it is easy to eat with just a fork whilst plonked in front of Masterchef.
06/27/2011
Nothing Like a Bargain
I love a garage sale and on Saturday I took some of my excess belongings and shared a lovely morning out in the wintry sun hoping for customers. I made a grand total of $102 !!!
06/26/2011
Takeaway/Takeout
Whichever word you use, it amounts to the same thing. Yummy food that you have not had to prepare yourself that you can eat in the comfort of your own home, in your pyjamas and dressing gown even. Last night we enjoyed Thai food in front of TV. What a luxury as it does not happen often ! As usual I over ordered but the leftovers served us well today for lunch. The food was fresh and full of those Thai flavours I adore, lemongrass being the main one.
06/25/2011
06/24/2011
Friday Fun
This is an amazing art form but oh so time consuming ! I would find it incredibly frustrating to carve these incredible sculpted designs only to have someone hungrily come along and eat it or for the watermelon to go off and end up in the compost bin. Is there some way they can be preserved ????
06/23/2011
A Childhood Memory
Just currently my sister and I are helping my mother, 87, get organized and packed up to move into an aged care community. So there are endless amounts of knick knacks and vases and glasseware to be dealt with. Some I am selling on Ebay on her behalf. We cam across these 4 tiny little liqueur glasses from the 1940's. They are so delicate and have a grapevine pattern etched on to them. I was thrilled to see them . I so clearly remember, as a a child, finding glasses and coffee cups sitting on the sink one morning, unwashed, after a dinner party my parents must have had, including these. This must have been in the 1960's and we certainly had no dishwasher - did anyone then????? A tiny green puddle was at the bottom of each of these liqueur glasses and I stuck my finger into each one and licked it . Yes, creme de menthe !!
06/22/2011
Rustic Swiss Bread Pudding
It would seem that every country has it's own version of bread pudding. This one hails from Ticino, Switzerland. I think that the only reason this one is Swiss is that it is chocolate but once again it is really just another variation on a theme, a theme close to my heart but a variation not so good for my heart. I doubt it would get the tick of approval from the heart foundation especially with the chocolate cream that accompanied it !! Artery clogging to the max I suspect but delicious anyway.
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