It's simple.
Melt the butter.
Add the marshmallows.
Melt.
Add cornflakes.
Remove from heat.
Add M&Ms, smarties or pebbles.
The End.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The I-just-need-something-sweet snack.
It's simple.
Melt the butter.
Add the marshmallows.
Melt.
Add cornflakes.
Remove from heat.
Add M&Ms, smarties or pebbles.
The End.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Valentines Day!
Happy Valentines Day!
Flowers die and you can't eat them (unless you want to), so .. the mountain came to Mohammed today.
Molding chocolate.
Dark Choc. Toffee Pops.
Melting chocolate.
The Rose.
The Rose Bouquet.
The Calla Lily in there.
Complete.
Husbands deserve a valentine too.
It's amazing what you can do with modelling chocolate besides lick your fingers.
Flowers die and you can't eat them (unless you want to), so .. the mountain came to Mohammed today.
Molding chocolate.
Dark Choc. Toffee Pops.
Melting chocolate.
The Rose.
The Rose Bouquet.
The Calla Lily in there.
Complete.
Husbands deserve a valentine too.
It's amazing what you can do with modelling chocolate besides lick your fingers.
Monday, February 13, 2012
4/47 - Early valentines.
3/47 - Seafood Chowder
We had Valentines Day early. Larry has dialysis tomorrow afternoon.
The pictures explain themselves.
Fish broth. Clams & Oyster Sauce.
4/47 - Chocolate Molten/Lava Cake.
For real .. I will never make this again unless someone pays me to. Do you know what makes it "molten" and "lava"? No, not the gooey goodness that is uncooked chocolate inside the cake after breaking into it, but the chocolate explosion burned into the bottom of my oven as it oozed out mid-bake.
All that aside ... it was a fantastic recipe that gave me a headache times ten.
Our Valentines table set up.
Romantic yes? There's an unlit candle in there somewhere.
I had too much to do today .. I should not have bothered with valentines food, but I love my husband enough to cook despite a work deadline (hence the computers).
We had Valentines Day early. Larry has dialysis tomorrow afternoon.
The pictures explain themselves.
Fish broth. Clams & Oyster Sauce.
4/47 - Chocolate Molten/Lava Cake.
For real .. I will never make this again unless someone pays me to. Do you know what makes it "molten" and "lava"? No, not the gooey goodness that is uncooked chocolate inside the cake after breaking into it, but the chocolate explosion burned into the bottom of my oven as it oozed out mid-bake.
All that aside ... it was a fantastic recipe that gave me a headache times ten.
Our Valentines table set up.
Romantic yes? There's an unlit candle in there somewhere.
I had too much to do today .. I should not have bothered with valentines food, but I love my husband enough to cook despite a work deadline (hence the computers).
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Saturday.
Death by Chocolate from Breakers was a big fail. The chocolate sauce was the $1 a bottle stuff from Heinz Staff Sales that tastes like orange juice. Staff sales are staff sales for a reason ... because staff screwed up the recipe and they can't sell it in stores. I know this because I have two bottles of the same sauce from the same place for the same price with the same taste. Orange juice.
Sweet breads. I made Larry & Tyler try them before I told them what they were.
Tyler thought they were chicken nuggets and Larry knew they weren't normal.
Sheep brains. A kiwi's foie gras.
Tried Ngatarawa Stables Sauvignon Blanc with the garlic broth.
Molto deliziosa!
Love winter and everything about it. Love having a fire burning every night. Love the gloom. Love the rain. Love the bitter cold and love those cold rugby mornings and afternoons. Love it.
Thanks to TradeMe, I found some locals selling wood for cheap and got our first bin load delivered this morning.
Winter in Rural-ville is extra gloomy because you have the open space to see the gloom moving in and out and that's the best part.
I love the freedom of not having residency over our heads anymore and knowing that this winter will be a good one because there is nothing to worry about anymore. Winter 2011 was the worst winter for us emotionally. Things are different this year and we can enjoy the season with our only woe being - need more wood!
Sweet breads. I made Larry & Tyler try them before I told them what they were.
Tyler thought they were chicken nuggets and Larry knew they weren't normal.
Sheep brains. A kiwi's foie gras.
Tried Ngatarawa Stables Sauvignon Blanc with the garlic broth.
Molto deliziosa!
Love winter and everything about it. Love having a fire burning every night. Love the gloom. Love the rain. Love the bitter cold and love those cold rugby mornings and afternoons. Love it.
Thanks to TradeMe, I found some locals selling wood for cheap and got our first bin load delivered this morning.
Winter in Rural-ville is extra gloomy because you have the open space to see the gloom moving in and out and that's the best part.
I love the freedom of not having residency over our heads anymore and knowing that this winter will be a good one because there is nothing to worry about anymore. Winter 2011 was the worst winter for us emotionally. Things are different this year and we can enjoy the season with our only woe being - need more wood!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Off season - Re: Larry
The seasons are out of wack. Lambs being born mid winter and fruit ripening earlier than usual.
My grandmothers plum trees, which usually give fruit the size of a golf ball with a color of deep red, gave off fruit this year the size of tennis balls and they were juicy and sweet at green. We have several cherry plum trees on our property, the biggest one didn't give fruit at all this year. It's strange because it's the first year it hasn't given fruit. It blossomed nicely, but the fruit just never came.
Prepping the back car port for our first load of wood for winter, I noticed one of the plum trees at the back riddled with cherry plums. The tree is small and the fruit is green, but they are very much so ripe and juicy.
There's easily a few thousand on the tree. I picked enough to full a shopping bag.
Me thinks a plum salsa is in the works .. it will go well with a steak of veal that we can't afford.
If you ever come to New Zealand, come in summer when most fruits are in season. Hawkes Bay is known as the fruit bowl of New Zealand because the fruit here is plenty. If you ever see Enza apples in international grocery stores, they're straight from The Bay. Pacific Rose is the top species of apple.
Re: Larry
Uneventful morning at the hospital for test 2. When the hospital called for the appointments two times were set up. 2.30pm on the 9th and 9.30am on the 10th. Both times on the hospital computer weren't the ones they gave. They had 12.30pm on the 9th and 8am on the 10th. We were 30 minutes late yesterday because of this and an hour late today.
Their fault.
My grandmothers plum trees, which usually give fruit the size of a golf ball with a color of deep red, gave off fruit this year the size of tennis balls and they were juicy and sweet at green. We have several cherry plum trees on our property, the biggest one didn't give fruit at all this year. It's strange because it's the first year it hasn't given fruit. It blossomed nicely, but the fruit just never came.
Prepping the back car port for our first load of wood for winter, I noticed one of the plum trees at the back riddled with cherry plums. The tree is small and the fruit is green, but they are very much so ripe and juicy.
There's easily a few thousand on the tree. I picked enough to full a shopping bag.
Me thinks a plum salsa is in the works .. it will go well with a steak of veal that we can't afford.
If you ever come to New Zealand, come in summer when most fruits are in season. Hawkes Bay is known as the fruit bowl of New Zealand because the fruit here is plenty. If you ever see Enza apples in international grocery stores, they're straight from The Bay. Pacific Rose is the top species of apple.
Re: Larry
Uneventful morning at the hospital for test 2. When the hospital called for the appointments two times were set up. 2.30pm on the 9th and 9.30am on the 10th. Both times on the hospital computer weren't the ones they gave. They had 12.30pm on the 9th and 8am on the 10th. We were 30 minutes late yesterday because of this and an hour late today.
Their fault.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Re: Larry
Myocardial Perfusion Scan.
That means, a heart scan using nuclear medicine done in the X-Ray department.
He was given Persantin to dilate his heart vessels in order to get a clear image. Myoview is the radioactive tracer to highlight the blood supply to his heart.
He was hooked up to a heart monitor (ECG) and a drip line inserted. The persantin was given over 4 minutes through the drip.
After a few minutes the nuclear medicine doctor feeds the tracer through his line. During this he's doing a work out with his legs while his heart is monitored. Aminophylline was given to counter act the effects of the persantin. Nausea, headache, dizziness - which he had.
We had an hour to wait. During this time he had to eat egg sandwiches. Apparently the protein helps get better scans. The scan took 30 minutes.
Another scan tomorrow morning.
All this is procedure to secure a place on the transplant list. The purpose of the test is to evaluate the heart to see if he will be able to undergo the transplant surgery.
He's currently radioactive.
Waiting for him to turn into a Ninja Turtle.
That means, a heart scan using nuclear medicine done in the X-Ray department.
He was given Persantin to dilate his heart vessels in order to get a clear image. Myoview is the radioactive tracer to highlight the blood supply to his heart.
He was hooked up to a heart monitor (ECG) and a drip line inserted. The persantin was given over 4 minutes through the drip.
After a few minutes the nuclear medicine doctor feeds the tracer through his line. During this he's doing a work out with his legs while his heart is monitored. Aminophylline was given to counter act the effects of the persantin. Nausea, headache, dizziness - which he had.
We had an hour to wait. During this time he had to eat egg sandwiches. Apparently the protein helps get better scans. The scan took 30 minutes.
Another scan tomorrow morning.
All this is procedure to secure a place on the transplant list. The purpose of the test is to evaluate the heart to see if he will be able to undergo the transplant surgery.
He's currently radioactive.
Waiting for him to turn into a Ninja Turtle.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Blueberry Ice Cream & Welfare Cupboard
Passed the sign heading home from town this afternoon.
Blueberry ice-cream was a-ok.
For the last 2-3 years we've put off restocking the welfare cupboard just incase we weren't staying. The Christchurch earthquake was a wake up call to locals who weren't prepared. The LDS church in Christchurch turned one of their stake centers into a food court for a while and at church we were reminded of the importance of keeping a welfare cupboard.
I spent just over $100 on the basics and plastic storage containers. Pasta, flour, rice, sugar, salt, vege stock cubes, candles, toothpaste, toothbrushes, detergents, toilet paper, baby diapers and some canned food.
Not everyone likes the budget brand, but when you're in a desperate measures situation you wouldn't care about the difference between dog food and chicken alfredo.
These are camping utensils. Spoon, fork, knife and chop sticks. $5 from The Warehouse.
This week tooth brushes are 88 cents and toothpaste is 98 cents per from Pak n Save. Soap is $3.50.
The baking basics.
So we're getting somewhere after nearly 3 years. It's cheaper and uses less effort to buy canned fruit over preserving them. Winter is coming up, I will be preserving feijoas since no one sells them in a can. Larry also requested I try preserving/bottling salsa - this is one of the 47.
I've had to rearrange my shed for the welfare cupboard. It's been a storage unit for my brothers gear. I evicted their gear from the welfare cupboard over the weekend. The brown door along the back wall is the cupboard entrance.
It's an exciting thing getting on top of this. I'd like to get two of these in the next month and a tent sometime.
We've had 2 earthquakes measuring 5+ in the last 2 weeks. It's a gentle reminder for us to get things in order. It's common knowledge in our religion to be ready.
Blueberry ice-cream was a-ok.
For the last 2-3 years we've put off restocking the welfare cupboard just incase we weren't staying. The Christchurch earthquake was a wake up call to locals who weren't prepared. The LDS church in Christchurch turned one of their stake centers into a food court for a while and at church we were reminded of the importance of keeping a welfare cupboard.
I spent just over $100 on the basics and plastic storage containers. Pasta, flour, rice, sugar, salt, vege stock cubes, candles, toothpaste, toothbrushes, detergents, toilet paper, baby diapers and some canned food.
Not everyone likes the budget brand, but when you're in a desperate measures situation you wouldn't care about the difference between dog food and chicken alfredo.
These are camping utensils. Spoon, fork, knife and chop sticks. $5 from The Warehouse.
This week tooth brushes are 88 cents and toothpaste is 98 cents per from Pak n Save. Soap is $3.50.
The baking basics.
So we're getting somewhere after nearly 3 years. It's cheaper and uses less effort to buy canned fruit over preserving them. Winter is coming up, I will be preserving feijoas since no one sells them in a can. Larry also requested I try preserving/bottling salsa - this is one of the 47.
I've had to rearrange my shed for the welfare cupboard. It's been a storage unit for my brothers gear. I evicted their gear from the welfare cupboard over the weekend. The brown door along the back wall is the cupboard entrance.
It's an exciting thing getting on top of this. I'd like to get two of these in the next month and a tent sometime.
We've had 2 earthquakes measuring 5+ in the last 2 weeks. It's a gentle reminder for us to get things in order. It's common knowledge in our religion to be ready.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice.
It's the irritating little man that decides to get in your way on the one holy day of the month you get to the bank to cash your pay, I didn't mean to hurt him; I just happened to have a pin and as he counted his ten cent coins I bent and stuck it in.
Unrelated: Small steps.
We start with scrabble. Halo is still a long way off at this point.
Bless his eyes may improve.
Unrelated: Small steps.
We start with scrabble. Halo is still a long way off at this point.
Bless his eyes may improve.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Deep fried platter - 2/47 + Super Bowl 46
#16 was a deep fried platter of some sort.
Mushrooms.
Onion Rings.
Fries.
Flour - Egg - Panko.
For a crispier batter: Milk - Flour - Egg - Flour
For a tempura batter: Milk - Rice Flour - Egg - Rice Flour.
This was our super bowl platter accompanied with different sauces not including ranch because NZ don't sell a decent ranch dressing. Regardless of my heritage, I've always loved the Star Spangled Banner over every other national anthem in the whole world. Runner up would be Australia. Our national anthem is in my bottom 5. We're an hour into the game and Larry has dialysis at 2.45pm. Hoping Madonna is entertaining the crowd during my drive to the unit and back. She's in my top 5 of musical abominations.
Mi Americano.
I'm contending with him comparing American football to Rugby.
"The Americans demolish each other in tackles - not like those All Blacks!"
" You can pass forward in football - not like those All Blacks!"
" It's almost choreographed in football - not like those left foot All Blacks!"
" Their play is contained - not like those All Blacks!"
"That's how you do it All Blacks! Take a leaf from Americas page!"
I've reminded him three times now that the All Blacks won the rugby world cup last year.
I'm about to pop a cap.
Mushrooms.
Onion Rings.
Fries.
Flour - Egg - Panko.
For a crispier batter: Milk - Flour - Egg - Flour
For a tempura batter: Milk - Rice Flour - Egg - Rice Flour.
This was our super bowl platter accompanied with different sauces not including ranch because NZ don't sell a decent ranch dressing. Regardless of my heritage, I've always loved the Star Spangled Banner over every other national anthem in the whole world. Runner up would be Australia. Our national anthem is in my bottom 5. We're an hour into the game and Larry has dialysis at 2.45pm. Hoping Madonna is entertaining the crowd during my drive to the unit and back. She's in my top 5 of musical abominations.
Mi Americano.
I'm contending with him comparing American football to Rugby.
"The Americans demolish each other in tackles - not like those All Blacks!"
" You can pass forward in football - not like those All Blacks!"
" It's almost choreographed in football - not like those left foot All Blacks!"
" Their play is contained - not like those All Blacks!"
"That's how you do it All Blacks! Take a leaf from Americas page!"
I've reminded him three times now that the All Blacks won the rugby world cup last year.
I'm about to pop a cap.
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