... Simply Joolz: August 2015

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Busy!

This is four batches of biscuits, bagged, tagged and ready to go! If I sell this lot, that's $100 raised in the first week of Steptember!

Cheers - Joolz xx

It's been another busy work week. Salmon was on special so we had that Thursday night. I did a quick pea purée (whizzed them with a knob of butter, a little chicken stock, salt and pepps), oven baked potato wedges and a salad. So good. We need to eat more fish but fresh is hard to get!

I asked a work mate for some lemons - I hate buying them from the supermarket at sometimes $1 per lemon! I'll juice most of these and use them in recipes.

These Lemon Crinkles sound rather yummy!

Gus was heading to Adelaide to see the girls and deliver two cars so I made some Honey Lemon Chews (Bri was impressed)...

...and Weekender biscuits ...

Home alone, I had Mac Cheese Deluxe for my dinner on Friday night!

New shoes! I've signed up to do Steptember, raising funds to provide equipment, therapy and services to people with Cerebral Palsy.

https://event.steptember.org.au/donate/onbehalfof?id=341b97dc-24ea-44bf-8e35-452f9212ef3e

I have to walk 10,000 steps a day - a half hour walk was 3388 steps so I think I need to walk morning and night to get all my steps done. My knees and feet are not the best and I was feeling the strain when I got home. Slow and steady...

Apart from getting people to sponsor me (any amount is appreciated) I intend to sell some of my biscuits to friends, family and some business colleagues around town...

I made a batch of Anzacs...

...and Ginger Snaps...

All bagged up - 12 bags @ $4 = $48

I will make two more batches today then that will do for this week.

I bought chia seeds and added them to my bread rolls - yum!

Dinner last night was Lemon & Lavender Chicken (a Rachel Khoo recipe). Ooh la la!

Delicious! Lavendar is really a smell so it's quite wierd to use it in cooking. It was very subtle but paired with honey and lemon, made the dish great!

This morning, we were out of bread so I made a crusty chia loaf, just using the bread roll recipe.

It makes beautiful toast...

Now I had better get so e baking done!

Cheers - Joolz xx

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Bits and pieces...

Ooh, I have found my next project - as soon as I finish my knitted throw rug. Isn't it a gorgeous, colourful rug?

I made Beth's Lemon Meringue Pie...

I doubled the mixture as my pie plate was big but next time, I will make a small pie - its so rich and you shouldn't be eating that for days on end!

While we were away, I found this lovely cake plate in an antique shop. Couldn't resist it!

This set is a twin to one I have that belonged to my grandmother. Another irresistible find!

My dreaded Tupperware cupboard got the better of me so I purged it of any containers that didnt have matching lids. Everything is matched and easy to find ...for the moment!!