01 November 2013
Easiest breastfeeding top DIY
24 September 2011
Braai Day (BBQ)
In the spirit of National Braai Day in South Africa (barbeque day) I have started a braai kit. Today I'm only giving you the papers, but more is to come! I'll post the elements when they're all done and they include a burning fire!
So, here's your South African Braai Day / Heritage Day papers:
27 October 2010
Masquerade
In this kit:
- 6 doodles
- 1 lace fan x2 (1 with and 1 without a shadow)
- 5 feathers
- 1 flowered overlay
- 3 glitter embelishments
- 9 masks (3 are white for you to add your own flair)
- 1 open red curtain
- 3 rose elements
- 15 papers
Not all of the papers and elements are shown on the preview. I added quite a lot of random elements to suit different people's expectations of Masquerade.
Some of them you'll like, some you may not, but all of them are FREE and I will welcome any comments you have!
15 September 2010
Purple Haze Papers
I have decided to play around with my favourite color: purple! I've made a few papers and just enjoyed myself for a while and here's the result!
It's of course free to download and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did creating them! Your comments are always appreciated so let me know what you think.
I'm working on some other stuff, so don't disappear - I'll be posting a little more often now.
28 December 2009
My Cats
I have made a LO with them so you can see how absolutely adorable my cats are and why I miss them so much!
The black-and-white one is Didi, my 3-year-old girl and the other is my 1-year-old boy, Pablo.
We're not really moving in the sense of the word - we're not moving to a new house, but we are storing all our stuff, because we are going to Canada for 2 years! (More on this later). I have LOTS of packing to do, so I'm sure I won't have time to blog during the week.
Right after that we are going on holiday for another week and my life is so confusing right now with a new challenge with each new week, I don't even know what is in store for me for the next month! So, you probably won't hear from me during the next month, but I'll update you on everything once all has calmed down.
Have a lovely day... and month!
What's-in-the-fridge Quiche
While they were here, I decided to make them my Spinach and Seared Fillet Pasta, which they loved, so give it a try! I promised to post a photo next time I made it, so here it is:
(Click on the picture to go to the original post for the recipe)
And now for my new recipe! This is my favourite way to cook. You know the feeling - dinner is coming up, but you have no idea what to cook and your husband (and kids) will not be happy to go to bed with rumbling tummies!
So here I have a sollution for these days: Just make sure that you always have a few key ingredients on hand. I always have some ready rolled puff pasty (store bought) in my freezer and I (nearly) always have eggs and cheese, which are the only must-have ingredients for this quiche!
What's-in-the-fridge Quiche
Defrost the puff pastry, preferably at room temperature, but you can use the microwave - just don't let it cook!
Pre-heat the oven to 180◦C.
Spray, oil or butter an oven-proof dish and unroll the pastry into the dish. Cut to fit and put in the fridge until needed.
Now for the fun part: the fridge raid!
- Onions are always welcome and I never make a quiche without them
- Left-over meat like saussages, viennas, steak, etc. or a some bacon (skip the meat entirely for a vegetarian dish)
- Some veggies that will spoil if you don't use it right now, like broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, etc.
- Any cheese you like (or have in the fridge), grated
- Don't forget your cubpoard! There may be a forgotten can of mushrooms or asparagus that will be great in a quiche!
If you are using ingredients that need cooking, like raw onion (spring onions can go into the quiche without cooking), just stir-fry until cooked and place in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Now is the time to add salt and pepper and other seasoning to taste. Mix thoroughly and scoop loosely into the dish with the pastry.
Beat 2 eggs in a separate bowl and add about 150ml milk and a heaped teaspoon of plain flour. Pour this over your ingredient mixture and pop into the oven for 45 minutes or until the eggs have been cooked through.
Serve hot or cold.
If you are still a bit insecure in the kitchen, you can try my fridge-raid quiche that I made yesterday (picture):
- 2 Onions (sliced and cooked)
- 1 Packet of diced bacon (cooked)
- 1 Left-over Kassler chop (smoked pork), sliced
- A few sundried tomatoes, quartered
- A handful of fresh rosa tomatoes, sliced in smaller pieces
- 1 can of sliced mushrooms (drained)
- 100g Gouda cheese, grated
And that's all there is to it!
A few good quiche ingredient ideas:
bacon, pancetta, viennas, sausages, onions, spring onions, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, asparagus, mushrooms, baby marrows, tomatoes (sparingly, as they contain lots of juices), cooked potatoes, cheddar or gouda, feta, camembert or brie
22 December 2009
Christmas Addon
I hope you like it and it's always nice to hear your comments (good or bad) so that I know what I'm doing right or wrong and what to do in the future.
Have a wonderful, blessed Christmas!