Ok, first things first; black rice is SO hard to photograph, black rice would get in all kinds of trouble as a food model – hard work yo! Secondly; Dave and I ate black rice as a side dish at an event a couple of …
Dave received a waffle maker for his birthday at the beginning of the month, so we have been faffing about, trying out different waffle recipes for the past three weeks and not been entirely impressed with any of them. Until today. Behold, The Jack …
I’m not a huge milk fan, to be honest I really, really don’t enjoy milk. This makes remembering to offer it to my kids a wee bit of a problem.
Problem now solved as I don’t have to remember – Ethan simply asks for milk {every day!} mixed with Vitarium Sugar Free Kids drink mixes.
These 100% natural mixes blitz the competition right across the board including being 99% fat free and low calorie as they are sweetened with Natvia (from the stevia plant);
I have used the mixes in baking for a natural flavour boost – hello strawberry cupcakes! plus they are even Dad approved. Dave knocks back a huge amount of milk and loves the really natural banana-y flavour of the Super Dupa Banana variety.
Honestly, I’m pretty stoked with this range from Vitarium, a commercially available alternative to Milo and Nesquik has been long overdue and even I can tolerate milk with these yummy flavour additions which is great for the state of my bones and my previously meagre calcium intake!
Vitarium product provided for my consideration but the opinions expressed are my own.
I was so happy to spend Wednesday morning as a guest of Pitango and learn about their new Solos range; fast, tasty, home-cooked style meals for one. Monday nights in our house are particularly crazy, Ethan has rugby practice then has to be flanneled off at the …
Making my own tortillas has been on my to-do list since I moved to San Diego in 2003 and became forever addicted to Mexican food. The gauntlet was laid on Friday night as Dave caught a shit-tonne of snapper and fish tacos were calling. There …
Our family LOVES sampling and reviewing products so last week we were so excited to receive a delightful {and beautiful!} package of Popsicle Milkshake Swirls to try. We are mad ice cream fans, who sneak up to our local 4 Square far too often. I justify my our ice cream addiction in the name of calcium. I don’t like yoghurt, despise milk as a drink, don’t drink any hot drinks which I can add milk to, don’t eat cereal for breakfast and eat mainly protein. If I didn’t eat ice cream my calcium intake is almost solely dependant upon cheese. This is a serious issue; ice cream is my lifeline people – my bones depend on it. And that is how I sleep at night mmmkay.
Back to the good stuff. I wouldn’t endorse a product we didn’t genuinely love. And by god we LOVE these things. I took the 18 pack of Milkshake Minis (RRP $7.99) to share with Ethan’s touch rugby team after practice tonight and the kids were stoked! And their parents were stoked too – There were plenty to go around. All three flavours – Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla, received hearty approval just as they did at our house.
80% milk!!!! Did you hear that bones? Heart tick – check, creamy milky goodness – check.
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* I was given the sample Popsicles free but was not paid for the content of this post, my own opinions are expressed here.
I found this recipe on another NZ blog Monkey Makes Three and it was perfect for a 9pm chocolate craving. Lonely nights with Dave away just make me want to eat arggghhh. And cook. I think about cooking all the time. Any way, back to the …
This is a no-good very BAD cake that you shouldn’t make if you are at all concerned with sugar, butter and all of those yummy things. For the rest of you that like to live and eat cake, I give you this recipe that I …
Lawn mowed, weed eating done time to weekend! Mum and I busted ass this afternoon and got our outside chores out of the way before the inevitable rain returns.
September, like every other month this year is just flying by. I get to the end of the week to write these posts and look in my camera roll, for the first time ever I am struggling to remember to take pictures even!
I have snapped a few though, and have found a couple from Dave’s iPad that have ended up on our photo stream – he is now in Milan, MUCH happier than he was in Rome.
The Block is over but our own reno has kicked into gear again this week. The laundry’s makeover has finally begun – floor to ceiling cupboards are being built to fill in the big waste of space that is our laundry/thoroughfare through the house. Can’t wait for all of that extra storage! I also {finally} made a decision on the ventilation system, so a Mitsubishi Lossnay system is going in next Friday, and we have signed off on the water/sewer/drainlaying quote so we are soon about to be very broke.
Also loving surprise packages thanks to being a mummy blogger! More on that later….
This Chinese Elm side cabinet is perfect, but I want it for a TV cabinet. What do we think? I’m loving it, the price is better than the ‘new’ option I’m also considering, but I think I’m put off by the sheer mass of it. It is a serious piece of furniture.
Though Lou has been a particularly Bad Dog this week, I adore this picture of Ethan and his pup. This is the ‘before’ shot. Lou was outside the groomer and looks like a yeti no longer. Spring cleaning includes the dogs in this house!
Loving catching little glimpses of Dave’s European Adventure through my photo stream. How rico suave is this little hotel snack?
This pic also appeared in the photo stream, sneaky Dave taking screen shots of us chatting. We miss you SO much! 22 days to go x
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I am soooooo excited about my vege garden this summer, I haven’t felt this excited since the summer of 2006 which is when we moved to opposite land and I couldn’t stop planting shit because we had a GARDEN AND WE DIDN”T LIVE IN AN …