~Cook Up with Donna hay and Irina~

Phew, it's taken sooo long for me to get this post up

A cook up with donna hay magazine Issue 77 Oct/Nov 2014

As seems to be the case recently I couldn't decide which Dessert to make so of course I made both and we had them over the next few nights

The Menu ~all adapted for Gluten Free

Parmesan-Crusted Fish with Zucchini Salad

Lemon, Honey and Almond Cake

Peach and Vanilla Sorbet

First things first........prepare Dessert

Soaked Lemon Peel in base of cake pan for the Cake.

and ta da after not long at all the meal is all ready

nice and easy especially since it was a very warm night at the time

The fish was nice and light and the salad was lovely and tasty with no need for any starch

The salad was comprised basically of Zucchini and Baby Spinach leaves with a Zesty Dressing

The Sorbet hit the spot for the evening

The cake was excellent the next day and perfect with coffee

Here 'tis sitting atop JoJo's Wiggles Tray

And unbeknownst to me Mr Armchair took a snap whilst cooking one evening lol

Bon Appetit......Dzintra 

A Carer's Break Away!

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to participate with other Carers a trip to the 

Snowy Mountains of New South Wales 

A pic of sunset at arrival

DS trying out a tandem bicycle he has purchased to take JoJo for rides with Mr Armchair assisting

The welcoming fireside at our venue Rydges Snowy Mountains

A cushion I purchased........as if I need a new cushion but this was TOO hard to resist

the back

The Sun coming up over my view at Lake Jindabyne

On the last evening there was a Masquerade Ball and I wore an authentic mask and cape purchased in Venice by DS

The Menu for Dinner but of course I had the gluten free version

A most interesting dessert

One of the beautiful prints on display

The next morning we were in for a treat

I knew we were going to Thredbo but I didn't know this included going on the chair lift

A W E S O M E

Going up

On the way up some parked machinery

A quick selfie......and I was loving the cold

whoever thought I would miss it lol

1 deg celsius up top

Up the top

and coming back down

Thank You Carers ACT

I had the best time

Now back to the business of caring and working out this new NDIS scheme

(National Disability Insurance Scheme)

~Celebrating The Chookshed~

This is the pile of Fat 1/4's I made up from my stash for my Quilt Past Times

Pattern by Lynne Wilson designs for moda

I had the blocks made in a previous Workshop held by Lynne and thought I would put them together to celebrate Chooky's Third year of The Chookshed

Here they all are laid out

Unfortunately I wasn't feeling the best and took to my Sewing Room armed with tissues and cough drops

from there I graduated to coffee and chocolate

then Mr Armchair bought me in some bubbly and chips

I just have to sew down the centre line to join it all together

After looking at the photo (and it's not obvious in person)

I'm wondering about the 2nd bottom row on the left

the 2 triangles might be a bit light???

so now I'm thinking about it all.........

Thank you so much Chooky for hosting this fun weekend

I just love being part of it all and seeing what everyone else is up to!!!

HAPPY 3 YEARS

and may there be many more!!!