A totally unplanned return to Wardrobe Wednesday, so the photos are sub-par selfies I’m sorry! Nix is too busy slobbering on my camera to take pictures these days so what’s a girl to do? Kelly’s Wardrobe Wednesday post today featured ankle boots and a skirt, …
Hold on…… let me clear my desk Every day I put these guys in a more suitable place to play with them, and every day they return. Like a bad itch. It’s 8.25 am, everyone has left for the day and the baby is asleep …
A couple of weeks ago one side of our family held our Christmas Dinner early so as many of us as possible could get together. I loved this evening, it felt so relaxed and without the crazy that a bunch of family driving all over the place on Christmas day can sometimes bring.
Of course we all brought something to share, I made a lemon tart which tasted amaze but looked like crap, and I also finally made the great Pinterest stalwart – Hasselback Potatoes. I had never tried these before but the heady combo of potatoes, bacon, cheese and butter seemed like a failsafe recipe, and it was.
Par boil potatoes, lay them in the concave part of a wooden spoon and slice them almost all the way through. I spaced the slices about a cm apart. Melt some butter in a mixing bowl. Dunk each potato into the butter and give them a good tumble with a spoon so all of the slices are buttered up. Pop the spuds on a baking tray or roasting dish and into the oven at 200°. When the potatoes start to fan out, add a little cm x cm slice of bacon between each slice. When they are almost done (45 min to an hour later depending on your oven and the size of the potatoes) sprinkle liberally with grated cheese/parmesan etc. Serve with sour cream and enjoy!
Phew! Can’t believe it. Bebe is 18 weeks old. 4 and a half months ago I awoke to contractions {finally} in the middle of the night and had no idea of the body-wrenching pain and heart-rending joy that was to follow over the next 3 …
Loving all of these days, even the ones with no naps, which actually are most of these days who am I kidding! Loving that this month our Big Boy turns nine and I won’t be dry heaving with morning-sickness and I can take him out …
This recipe {my own!} has been on our weekly rotation for a month or so now and we LOVE these! Dave and I were inspired to make chicken meatballs after eating at our local {Hallertau}, where Dave enjoyed their Chicken & Leek Meatballs. These are better, I promise. Chicken mince is a favourite of mine as it requires no chopping, de-skinning, de-boning and it is usually WAY cheaper than chicken breast. I have trouble finding it at some supermarkets but Pak n Save seems to always have it in the butchery.
You will need;
500 grams or more of chicken mince
Half an onion or leek
4 good sized mushrooms cut into quarters
Half a red capsicum
Some spinach – I used 4 of the round frozen spinach portions
Some celery
Some garlic to taste
Salt and pepper
Oil for the pan
1 egg
Breadcrumbs
{sorry about the ambiguous measurements, I’m a chuck-things-in-the-blender kinda girl!}.
Rough chop veges, garlic and seasonings in a food processor, combine with chicken mince, egg and breadcrumbs in a medium sized bowl. Heat oil in your pan and add your meatballs – usually about 1 1/2 tablespoons of mixture for each meatball. Cook until golden.
Last night I served the meatballs on a salad for a {mostly} carb free dinner but for the boys I made chicken pies using this mixture. One sheet of flaky puff pastry cut on the diagonal, add a mound of mixture to the middle, top with some cheese and fold into a parcel. So yummy!
This is such a quick and delicious dinner, and with the added veges 500 grams of chicken mince goes a long way! It made two pies and 16 meatballs!
Nixie my boy, you are large and in charge. There is nothing subtle about you, everything you do is magnificently exaggerated and full of sass. I am so glad you are not a girl as I fear I would have met my match. You have …
Like millions of Aucklanders {ok thousands?} we left town and headed north for the first long weekend since winter began. The winter of The Newborn has now passed, we all survived and enjoyed the days inside sheltering from the rain and cold and getting to …
So I have been fortunate enough to have enjoyed two fab baby showers and received {and given} many lovely gifts to many beautiful bubbas over the years, however I never considered adding a nappy disposal bin to my wish list or gifting one either.
For me the convenience of a nappy bin in the nursery never outweighed the ‘yuck’ factor of having a bin full of dirty nappies in my baby’s room!
Considering my initial, somewhat negative view of nappy disposal systems, I was surprised by how quickly I got used to using the Munchkin Nappy Disposal Bin and how much I actually missed it when I ran out of bags! I was surprised to learn that instead of an expensive refill cartridge, the Munchkin has an easily refillable baking soda dispenser which shakes into the bag every time you close the lid. One bag lasted us a week and was odour free the entire time. I have to admit, although initially sceptical, it was nice being able to completely finish a nappy change in the nursery without having to then dispose of the diaper one handed while wrestling the baby – although it is amazing how quickly my one-handed housewife skills have returned to me over the last 4 months!
Though I’m still not convinced these bins are a nursery ‘must-have’ especially for those on a budget, they certainly earn their place on my nursery ‘Wish list’ or as a gift for a baby who has everything. I can imagine parents of multiples finding the Munchkin bin very helpful!
The Munchkin Nappy Disposal Bin was provided free of charge for review, all opinions expressed are my own.
Oh my lord. This was one of those finds that I have hoped for, imagined in my home and finally scored! Waipu has quite the plethora of second hand shops, so I was really looking forward to some lazy browsing last week. As it turns …