Christmas Cookies

You know, these aren't just for christmas. But it is christmas, and I have new christmas shaped cookie cutters, so I thought I'd better find a recipe that actually works so that Jensen can enjoy (and I can enjoy when I get a moment!) fancy shaped biscuits that don't just look like a lump.


Found a recipe on the taste website, thanks to Life as Mummy Max.


I didn't ice mine.


Christmas Cookies I baked mine for around 15 mins in a 170' fan-forced oven.

Ingredients

• 250g butter, at room temperature
• 125g (3/4 cup) icing sugar mixture
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 300g (2 cups) plain flour
• 70g (1/2 cup) custard powder
• 2 tbs milk

Method

1. Use an electric beater to beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Beat in the vanilla. Add the flour, custard powder and milk. Stir until a soft dough forms. Turn onto a well-floured surface and bring together. Shape into a disc. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour to rest.
2. Prepare, bake and decorate the biscuits according to your recipe.

Freezing tip: Roll into a log at the end of step 1. Place in the freezer for up to 3 months. Bring to room temperature before using.

 I baked mine for around 15 mins in a 170' fan-forced oven.

Slow Cooker Coconut Sausage Curry

Oh wow. I found this over at Stay At Home Mum, thought I'd give it a go. My son is crazy about sausages and the baby can eat them too. You only live once, so why not! 


I was a little worried it would taste awful coz it has coconut cream in it, and I substituted the yellow curry paste for red curry paste, but yum! The only thing better would have been better tasting sausages.


Here it is!:

Slow Cooker Coconut Sausage Curry

• 500grams pork sausages cut into small pieces (or whatever meat you like)
• 1 Diced onion
• 2 tablespoons of yellow curry paste (this is a mild one)
• 1 teaspoon of paprika
• 1 beef stock cube (I used a vegetable stock cube, but you could use chicken stock as well)
• 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce (paste, if you have it)
• 1 can (400ml) of coconut cream
• 500grams of chopped vegetables (I use pumpkin, potato, carrot and sweet potato but you can use pretty much whatever you have in your fridge/pantry that you'd like)

Put the sausages, onion and vegetables into the slowcooker.

Mix the curry paste, paprika, stock cube, tomato sauce and coconut cream together and pour on top.

Mix it all and cook on low for about 6 hours.

Serve with rice.

We have leftovers for tomorrow's lunch!

Dear readers

To my blog readers. Know I still want to blog-I have no motivation, am exhausted & no one wants to hear me bitch about a 4yo never listening.

I have to write a few posts coming up, so there will be some more reading coming soon. However, please bare with me as I've been exhausted of late and /or just don't have time!

I will soon ( and schedule some so you're not too lonely!), so never fear!!

Letter to Juice Boost

I am in no way good at writing letters.

But here's complaint/ heads up / compliment letter to Juice Boost.






Hello

I'm just writing regarding a discrepancy I encountered on Wednesday. I am a Juice Boost VIP and I really do love your juice boost, however, on Wednesday when I visited the Capalaba Park Juice boost I fancied a kids sized 'Mango Sports'. This is a photo taken from the sign.

When I ordered my kid size Mango Sports, I was told that they don't do a Mango Sports in kids size (Coz the protein is not for kids). Clearly, the sign says otherwise. It only comes in Original or regular. I was after a kids size one coz I wasn't thirsty enough for a regular. Apparently too that the Mango Sports kids size isn't in the computer. I did end up ordering the regular size, but made a point of saying the sign is misleading, because it is, and that I would be writing this email. 

The staff member I first was speaking to didn't seem to think I could read the sign properly, but was nice about it. The other staff member informed me that the kids size is only for the smoothies, however if I did read the sign properly - that piece of information isn't on it. The 2nd staff member seemed to be the one in charge and told me that the signs are only new and that she will let her boss know. I let her know i would be writing this email anyway.

The staff were helpful and friendly, and it's nothing against them. 

I was only after the small size and was really writing to let you know (with a picture!) that the information is misleading and I was really disappointed that I had to then pay for a size I didn't want, just so I could get the one i was after.

Thank you for your time

365 day photo challenge - day 108

365 day photo challenge - day 108 - December 08, 2011

Eden was so happy Jensen climbed in to be with her!

365 day photo challenge - day 107

365 day photo challenge - day 107 - December 07, 2011

She ate the whole apricot! :D

365 day photo challenge - day 106

365 day photo challenge - day 106 - December 06, 2011

Snowman! (Although it doesn't look it, this is Jensen's hand! )