In the Kitchen
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From Our Own Garden
Yesterday I finally made a spinach quiche that I was happy with and received rave reviews:) One of the most satisfying part of the meal was that a some of the ingredients were home grown. The spinach and carrots were grown with love by PC, and the eggs were contributed by our own chooks. (and collected by Jelly Bean) The responses to my Lemon and Poppy Seed Muffins weren’t so favourable. Serves 12 Preparation Time: 45 min Ham and Spinach Quiche 6 eggs 3 cups milk 1 cup flour 4 cups grated cheese 2 carrots, grated 500 g cooked spinach(or huge bunch;) 60g ham Method 1. Place all ingredients into…
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Lemon Tree, Very Pretty
As I mentioned in my last post our lemon tree is simply loaded with lemon. I’ve been trying new recipes on my family and thought I’d share them here. The following two recipes were sent to me by my friend Deanne. Lemon Butter: 4 eggs beaten 4 large lemons 500g sugar 125g butter Grate rind of lemons and squeeze juice. Place butter and sugar in double saucepan. When butter is melted add juice and grated rind of lemons. Then add eggs. Stir until smooth and thickened- about 20mins. Bottle and seal, store in refrigerator. Passionfruit butter: use 10 passionfruit instead of lemons. PC wondered why the colour was a bit…
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Ruling out Skippies
Since the beginning of the year I have struggled with staying committed to my weight loss plan. Don’t mistake me, I want to lose weight, I just am not very disciplined. One plan I have implemented and stayed faithful to however is the elimination of processed cereal. I can’t believe what a difference that has made to my energy level, I accomplish so much more and I feel far happier. At first it was hard, I love my cornflakes, but I have stuck with muesli (granola for my USA readers) or juicing. I have also reduced the children’s cereal intake and they also have more energy. We have slipped in…
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What Happens When You Juice
The time is drawing nearer, my sister is getting married in a few weeks:) so I have been getting serious about losing weight so as to look my best in my Matron of Honour’s dress. Part of my regime is to juice for breakfast, hence no cereal and no biscuits, cake or bread. I am astounded at how well I feel, how much more energy I have, and how much I have accomplished in one week! Oh and so far I have lost 2kilos and 3cm+ off the waist:) I was sharing this with a friend yesterday and she suggested that perhaps it is not only the juicing but perhaps…
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I am so proud of myself!
March 7th, 2007 This is my year to achieve, yes!!! Already this year I have acheived two elusive goals that I have striven towards for years. Firstly I finally, finally have successfully made scones. After years of failures, grasping at fail proof receipes (so called) I have cooked tall, fluffy scones. Not only once mind you but repeatedly. In fact after the first weekend we ate so many we were all sconed out. With goal one achieved I moved on to the next. To make bread, now this has long been my goal since my honeymoon days in fact 14years ago. When we were first married we lived in a…
