Month: January 2012

Quiet.

Quiet.

One of my {small} goals for this year is to master the 6am wake-up. I am never late in the mornings but a crazy rush out of the house often involving multiple re-entries to retrieve locked-in dogs/keys/phone etc is not a graceful way to start 

Daily | Look

Daily | Look

The creepy magnetic escalators in St Lukes never fail to unnerve me. I think I’d rather pit myself against harried mothers with their run away trolleys than be stuck behind an immovable object on an escalator.

Daily | Look

Daily | Look

When Tara’s suitacse arrived 5 days after she did it contained presents!  One of our favourites was the large bottle of Sriracha which we liberally apply to everything, especially my eggs!

Daily | Look

Daily | Look

The tunnels at North Head and the Three Amigos are both so equally photogenic that it was impossible to resist snapping 10,000 pics. This is one of my favorites.    

Summer Overload

Summer Overload

The last day of my holiday is here and my camera roll is positively bursting with gorgeous memories I can’t wait to share. We have had so much fun with Tara over the last two weeks I may need another holiday to recover!

Wow. Watch | Oh, The Places You’ll Go

Wow. Watch | Oh, The Places You’ll Go

This just about makes me want to take some mushrooms and run off to the desert in a bikini, Enjoy!

Life. Lately | IPhone Snaps

Life. Lately | IPhone Snaps

    We didn’t bother with the mad Post-Christmas shopping frenzy, but I DID bother with the Country Road sale, it was so good! The weather has kept us indoors for so many days lately, luckily E has lots of new books to read, he 

Wow.  Watch | Walk off The Earth (Gotye Cover)

Wow. Watch | Walk off The Earth (Gotye Cover)

Who’s going to say it?  I will.  BETTER.

Cook.  Eat | Peach & Weet-Bix Muffins

Cook. Eat | Peach & Weet-Bix Muffins

This is neither a glamourous nor adventurous recipe but damnit we have some serious stock of Weet-Bix in the pantry!  All that aside, these muffins are really good, knobby with lots of texture, super easy and quick to make and they taste delish.

Recipe from Food in A Minute

Ingredients

  • 410g can Peaches in clear fruit juice
  • 8 Sanitarium Weet-Bix biscuits, crushed
  • 1 cup wholemeal flour
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup lite milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 50 g butter, melted

Tips

Grease muffin tins with a light spray of vegetable oil rather than butter.

Method

1. Preheat oven to 190°C. Drain Peaches , reserve the juice and chop peaches.

2. Place the crushed Sanitarium Weet-Bix biscuits, wholemeal flour, flour, brown sugar, baking powder and cinnamon into a mixing bowl. Stir ingredients together and add the chopped peaches.

3. Pour the milk and reserved fruit juice into a bowl. Add the eggs and baking soda. Whisk to mix.

4. Pour the egg mix into the dry ingredients. Add the melted butter. Mix together, being careful not to over-mix or the muffins will be tough.

5. Spoon the mixture into greased muffin tins. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until muffins are golden and spring back at a touch. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning onto a cooling rack.

Happiness

Happiness

Happiness surely is a warm dog and a couch to lay on with him;