Awake!

Its been over a year since this blog was rendered inactive. Through the shifting process, I just lost interest in cooking or baking AND taking pictures...

Taking pictures.. that would be nearly impossible now, as my beloved Canon is broken. My heart broke with it!

But having said that, I need to start this blog up again, even without pictures...

Birthday Cakes soon

I am thinking of what to bake for the pool party to come. Cupcakes would be easiest. Maybe some sandwiches and finger foods too. I'll let you know!

Our Sunday alfresco lunch...

Chicken nuggets and fried rice...


Homemade Strawberries n Cream sorbet , topped with custard and fresh-cream...


Strawberries/Blueberries non-dairy smoothie..

I had some leftover fried-rice from Saturday, which I re-friend and added more eggs. I had also made some chicken nuggets yesterday (my kids all-time favourites and ultimately a down-right winner!) - I changed the recipe a little though, omitting bread crumbs and included chopped waterchestnuts. On account of Hub's current gout situation, I had bought some strawberries (they say it helps..but who really knows with gout...) and made non-dairy strawberry smoothies. This was so simple - blended fresh strawberries and blueberries, with a little bit of celery juice as base (true to trying to cure Hub's gout, I had bought a lot of celery bunches too!). Last night, I made my own version of "strawberries & cream" sorbet - simply by blending strawberries, frozen blueberries, thickened cream and honey. Then left to freeze (I had meant to come back in an hour to re-blend hoping for a smoother texture, but I plain forgot!!). Anyway, the kids enjoyed their sunday dessert and we thoroughly enjoyed our alfresco lunch!