This is a delicious and economical way to add some fish to your diet. I got the recipe from We’ll Eat Again by Marguerite Patton. Unfortunately we forgot to take a picture for you, so you will just have to… Read More ›
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Creamy Carrot, Broccoli and Silverbeet Soup
Description This dish takes a while to make, but it is worth every minute. Like many green foods, it looks a little gross but I assure you it tastes absolutely delicious. Filling enough to serve as a meal for eight… Read More ›
Roast Beef Challenge Summary
Our Roast Beef challenge was a pleasure for us all. In the end, I was surprised to get twelve meals from one humble roast. I had no idea that I would be able to stretch my roast to cover so… Read More ›
Meal 12 – Soup
Once again we have had reheated soup for dinner, served with buttered bread soldiers. One again, the reheated soup tasted better than the original batch. Delicious! Roast Beef Challenge Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast Beef Meal 2 – Roast Beef… Read More ›
Meal 11 – Soup
Tonight we had reheated soup served with buttered bread soldiers. As usual, it tasted better second time round. Roast Beef Challenge Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast Beef Meal 2 – Roast Beef Sandwiches Meal 3 – Leftovers Pie Meal 4… Read More ›
Meal 10 – Soup
This morning I once again pulled out the slow-cooker and threw in some spuds; some pumpkin, some carrots, a bit of leftover green capsicum, a few tomatoes, some leftover bacon my mother-in-law gave me, and the leftover beef – all… Read More ›
Meal 9 – Sandwiches
Having cooked the remaining beef in the slow-cooker yesterday, I decided to use some of the meat in the childrens’ lunch – it sure beats the usual jam or Vegemite! Thus the children are heading off to school with beef,… Read More ›
Meal 8 – Steaks
We thawed out the other half of the roast and carved off some steaks. These were fried up and served with cold hard-boiled eggs, sliced beetroot and tossed salad. The remaining uncooked beef was returned to the fridge. I haven’t… Read More ›
Meal 7 – Soup
There was a small amount of soup leftover, but not enough for dinner, so the kids all had soup for lunch. This was served with buttered bread soldiers, fruit and a snack. Roast Beef Challenge Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast… Read More ›
Meal 6 – Soup
Tonight we ate bowls of reheated soup served with buttered bread soldiers. It was even tastier second time around! Roast Beef Challenge Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast Beef Meal 2 – Roast Beef Sandwiches Meal 3 – Leftovers Pie Meal… Read More ›
Meal 5 – Soup
This is another slow-cooker meal. Into our slow-cooker, I placed spuds (cut into quarters), pumpkin (cut into pieces around the same size as the spuds), sliced carrots, the rest of the beef (chopped), the leftovers from the pie and pizza… Read More ›
Meal 4 – Pizza
We used a pre-made pizza base from the bread section of Woolies for this meal. We spread the pizza base with salsa instead of tomato paste, because we already had the salsa in the cupboard. Next we sprinkled a small… Read More ›
Meal 3 – Leftovers Pie
For this meal, we took all the leftovers from the roast – meat, veg, spuds pumpkin, pumpkin skin and all – and cut them into bite sized pieces. We had enough leftovers to fill our pie, but if you don’t… Read More ›
Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast Beef
I went to my local butcher to purchase the roast for my Roast Beef Challenge. The roast I ended up buying weighs just over 5kg (11lbs) and cost me just over $46. When I took the wrapper off this morning,… Read More ›
Cake Balls
Yesterday I baked a cake. Well, Ok, yesterday I tried to bake a cake. It didn’t turn out very well, though. It tasted great, and it was beautiful and moist, but I guess I didn’t grease the tin properly. When… Read More ›
Corn Meal Cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup polenta 1½ cups sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon lemon extract (we used lemon juice) ½ cup raisons, chopped (we just used sultanas) 3 cups plain flour (we used self-raising flour) 1 teaspoon baking powder (we left this… Read More ›
Food
This is my fourth speech from the Competent Communicator Manual. I gave this speech on 25 May 2010. The exercise is ‘How to Say It’. The title is ‘Food’ and the time is meant to be 5-7 minutes. I came… Read More ›
5-Minute Chocolate Mud Cake
Description: I got this from a Senior Citizens newsletter Earth picked up from the local chemist. Yes, I know we aren’t seniors but there are so many great recipes, jokes handy hints etc – it’s good reading. Anyway, I gave… Read More ›
100 Things – Pinched from Ghost Bear
1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT? Appendectomy 2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM? Dirt 3. DO YOU SNORE, GRIND YOUR TEETH, OR TALK IN YOUR SLEEP? I snore 4. WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC… Read More ›
Treat for the Kids
Last week, we were very short on money, and we had a grand total of $AU50 for groceries. Needless to say, there were no luxuries! In fact, the kids put up with a watery Corned Silverside & Vegetable Soup most… Read More ›
BBQ
Well, we wound up having a BBQ after all. We had so much extra food that we decided to invite one of Earth’s friends over instead. So he and his parents came over for a bit of a feed. I’d… Read More ›
My Birthday Presents
Well, we wound up celebrating my birthday last night, instead of waiting till the weekend BBQ. We had Indian for dinner, followed by Chocolate Mud-cake for dessert. In between dinner and dessert I opened my gifts. In addition to the… Read More ›
Yummy Birthday Breakfast!
Today is my birthday. I am 31 today. I was woken this morning with kisses and hugs from my beautiful children and they all made cards or drew pictures for me. Once I was up, Earth cooked me a delicious… Read More ›
Bird’s Nest Soup
Unlike the version made in Western restaurants, which utilises noodles shaped like a birds nest, authentic Bird’s Nest soup is made using the nests of the swiftlet, a tiny bird found throughout Southeast Asia. The swiftlet lives in dark caves,… Read More ›
Stuffed Camel
This is not a joke – it is a genuine Bedouin recipe generally served at a wedding feast. Ingredients: 1 camel 1 lamb 20 chickens 60 eggs 12 kg rice 2 kg pine nuts 2 kg almonds 1 kg pistachio… Read More ›
Real Jelly Recipes from the 1950s (That’s Jell-O for all you yanks ) :-)
Florida Seacoast Salad: Grapefruit, cheese, avocado, prawns (aka shrimp) and lemon jelly. Barbecue Jelly: Combine a bottle of BBQ sauce (any brand) with jelly (any flavour). Chill, cut into cubes and serve on salad like croutons. Prawn Salad Surprise: Prawns… Read More ›
Delicious Dinner
Earth cooked a very delicious dinner tonight. We had Pork steaks served with Baked potato, kent pumpkin, and steamed broccoli, cabbage and carrot, followed by a slice of chocolate cake. Yuuuuuummmmmm! Poor Yasmine was too sick to eat it, so… Read More ›
Happy Mothers Day
Happy mother’s day to all you Multiply Mums. I hope you all had a wonderful day. My day was the best! It started out with a sleep-in. I woke at around 10ish. When I woke up, Stormy brought me a… Read More ›
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 