Time flies ...

Another week has flown by - after flying home from Adelaide on Monday, Tuesday saw us driving two cars to Melbourne to deliver. A quick overnight stay with firends then back home on Wednesday!

Can you tell that I like blue and white mugs?

Friday night I decided a curry was in order so I made Ern's Beef & Potato curry - always a winner! Out came big blue for the job...

Here are all the spices frying off, the smell was incredible!

I also made naan bread - there is no comparison with store bought crap!

Oh, yum! Gus was a happy man when he got home Friday night, the smell wafting through the house...

Saturday, I made more bread rolls to freeze.

I made Satay Chicken pies for dinner ...

Oh, I'm naughty! I had a hankering for Lemon Delicious pudding... This recipe always gets me flustered for some reason. You have to whisk egg whites and sugar, then egg yolks and sugar, then add melted butter, lemon juice, zest and milk then a tiny bit of flour. Then gently fold in the stiff egg whites then tip the whole lot into an oven proof dish. Then it goes into a water bath to bake uncovered for 50 minutes. This time - perfection! A light fluffy pudding top with a gooey lemoney sauce underneath.

Today we headed for Coonawarra for lunch at Upstair's at Hollick's...

We were not disappointed, the food absolutely delicious!

We hadn't been to Wynn's for a long time so we did some tasting there and bought a bit.

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I love this big wire wall hanging...

And finally, a funny for MyKitchenRules fans! See the resemblance?

Settling in now to watch The Block, So You Think You Can Dance and Sixty Minutes...

I am very thankful that we've had lovely showers of rain all over the weekend so I hope other parts are getting a bit too.

Cheers

Joolz xx

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A weekend of food ...

My girls love to eat out and they love my home cooking. I sometimes wonder where the two fussy little buggers have gone - the ones that would only eat plain food. Now, the more flavoursome and exotic, the better!

First stop, The Colonist Hotel - Crumbed barramundi fillets ...

Warm chicken salad with pumpkin, prosciutto and rocket ...

Beetroot and goats cheese pizza ...

For dinner we went to The Greek on Halifax Street - it was a lovely warm evening. Bri's friend Abby joined us. She is a nursing student too.

For starters - a shared plate of dips - eggplant and garlic; beetroot, coriander, cumin & yoghurt; tzatziki; taramasalata (fish roe) served with pita bread...

Mains - char-grilled octopus...

Calamari ...

Chicken and lamb yiros.

Char-grilled quail on bed of cous cous ...

Portokali cake - orange syrup soaked sponge ...

After dinner, we zipped over to the Rob Roy Hotal to partake of Bogan Bingo! Not for the faint hearted or those who don't like like crude jokes and a bit of swearing. All in all a funny evening!

Being such a lovely warm night, we had a drink sitting outside and were the last to leave the pub at midnight!

Sunday was a hot 36C so we just stayed home and chilled all day. I made nachos for our lunch...

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I made bread rolls to have with our roast dinner - here are the girls having an afternoon snack - rolls hot out of the oven, buttered with vegemite!

I roasted an easy carve leg of lamb...

Mumma bear's roast ...

Bri took over the kitchen to make apple galettes for dessert ...

What's not to like about puff pastry, apple, apricot jam, sugar and cinnamon...

Still a slave to my girls, I knocked up a chicken and corn mornay for them.

I'm wearing Kirb's apron that I gave her for Christmas. I bought it online from Retro Butterfly and it's really comfy and well made. Here's the link to Michelle's site - http://www.retrobutterfly.com/179942736

They will have it served in vol au vents for dinner ...

Then it was time to take me to the plane to fly home again.

 

 

 

 

 

I bought this novel at the airport to read on the way home. I got through a few chapters - it has some interesting stories from our nurses of the outback. Bri will enjoy it when I've finished it!

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So now I am home, the washing machine is doing overtime as Gus and I are off to Melbourne tomorrow to deliver two cars! No rest for the wicked!

~ cheers - Joolz xx

 

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Girls weekend!

I am back in Adelaide for a few days of fun with my girls as it's a long weekend in South Australia for the Adelaide Cup horse race. This time I flew up.

I am armed with some recipes. I have had requests for a mornay, it will be chicken and corn but I use my tuna mornay recipe just swapping tuna for chicken breast. The girls like a good date loaf and so in honour of Beth at Babymac, who had a win with her date loaf (amongst other things) at her local rural show, I'll make a nice date loaf for them.

http://baby-mac.com/2014/03/blue-ribbon-day/

And here it is, ready to go into the oven! When I need to chop dates, I microwave them for 20 seconds. This softens them so they are easier to chop.

Ooh, it's out of the oven! Sooo good!

Dinner on Sunday night has been requested as Roast Lamb, potatoes, carrots, pumpkin & peas and gravy with mint sauce!

I dread to think what the airport authorities would have thought had they searched my carry on luggage! I was concealing 600 grams of suspicious looking white powder and a 7 gram foil packet - aka baker's flour and yeast! I am going to make bread rolls for our dinner too! I also brought a baking tray (for the roast) and a loaf tin for the date loaf.

Tonight, we are going to something called Bogan Bingo... Its a comedy act where we play bingo and interact with the bogan's running the bingo game. Its on at the Rob Roy Hotel. I am a little scared!

http://www.boganbingo.com/BB/pages/about/About.html

My girls have been before and tell me its hilarious! Time will tell! I think we are going to a Greek place for dinner too!

This mumma bear will be tired out after this weekend!

Stay tuned!

Cheers - Joolz xx

 

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Building my stash ...

 

I picked up a few more fabrics for my strip quilt. I still need a lot more so it will be a while before I start putting it together. I'll be putting in some pinks and darker blues too.

Do you have a special project your preparing for?

Joolz xx

 

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Clinkers Slice ...

 

I made this slice for Kirby to take to work to share...

It was very easy - in a food processor, first whiz the biscuits then the Clinkers ...

Melt butter with the condensed milk...

Combine with biscuit and Clinkers ...

Press into lined slice tray...

Melt chocolate and smooth over slice. Refrigerate until you can't wait any longer!!

Slice into small squares - its very rich!

Here is a link for the recipe:

http://www.bakeplaysmile.com/clinkers-slice/

 

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