Thursday, March 22, 2012

An Awesome Dinner



I just have to share about Dinner tonight…I was having a great time checking out a lot of different people’s Pins on Pinterest this morning and found some great ideas for dinner…
It was just a 2 course dinner but we had something very different.


Slow Cooked BBQ Meatballs…
We had an amazing slow cooked BBQ Meatballs which I found just a small bit about on the pin because the original page has disappeared.
It had a Picture.

And simply said 1 jar of Grape Jelly, 1 bottle of Ketchup and a pack of frozen meatballs in the slow cooker. Because we live in Australia and finding Grape Jelly would be very difficult, I imagined it was a Jam kind of thing and chose Plum jam…and of course we call it tomato sauce not ketchup… so I put ¾ of a 600ml bottle of regular tomato sauce, 1 whole 500g jar of Cottees Plum Jam and 2 packs of the Coles variety fresh meatballs (approx 24 meatballs) into the crock pot and cooked it for about 5 hours…Oh My they were the tastiest meatballs I ever had, the flavour was just divine.


Cheesy Cauliflower Puree…
We also had some vegetables and a great idea I saw on " I Breathe...I'm Hungry..." having cheesy cauliflower puree, instead of potato’s. 

The original Picture and recipe are the sole property of  Melissa of "I Breathe...I'm Hungry..." and used with her permission.

What a hit that was, I have been wanting to use my new food processor so this was the perfect opportunity.
The reasoning behind using cauliflower instead of potato is simply because it is much lower in carbohydrates, Awesome…
I have to say that my food processor was a bit big and the puree may have been a better consistency if I did it in smaller portions, but boy it tasted great and the Kids loved it.



Pots De Crème…
(Sorry no Photo)

For dessert we had the most amazing Pots De Crème from over at “the Pioneer Woman” blog… I just used vanilla instead of Grand Marnier and it was deliscious…I used the most amazing ground coffee from here in Australia from a gorgeous little place at Montville in the north coast hinterland of Queensland. You can find them here
This dessert is so Yummy, but be warned it is very rich...I may have been better off making smaller servings and just savouring every mouthful.

What a divine dinner we had, if you get the chance to visit the blogs I have mentioned I promise you won't be disappointed.

How awesome is it that you can so easily find many amazing recipes and ideas for meals online...thank you, thank you, thank you to all those wonderful people who share their amazing talents and ideas with us all...it certainly made our family meal a delicious experience.
until next time...



Monday, March 5, 2012

MIA...


I have been MIA sorry Ladies…it has been a big start to the school year and I have been battling a certain “illness” that makes life so very difficult if you are a woman of  certain age…

I have not really had much of a chance to sew, I am disappointed about that but it will happen…eventually.

I just wanted to share a couple of interesting things I found out there on the world wide web…



This page is awesome, she has some excellent tips. It is well worth the time to read through.



I want to share her  creative savings tip for home Ice Packs…
Find her post on this very handy tip here.
What a brilliant idea, what a great saving by making these yourself.


I love this site I found her through Blog hopping, she has some amazing ideas. Go have a look and enjoy her site …Here…

Ribbon Organizing…
Do you have loads of ribbon sitting in boxes or drawers or just tucked away somewhere waiting to be used? Do yours get as messy as mine? Well Jordan has a fantastic idea here to make messy ribbon a thing of the past.

How very Clever…
I am hoping to continue to blog more regularly, but bear with me friends if I am MIA at times...
happy stitching to you all, I would so love to hear about what project you are doing right now, so why not leave me a comment and I will check out your blog if you have one.