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Menu plan 4 Aug 08

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Last week would have gone a lot smoother if I’d managed to plan the shopping as well as our meals. I was still on the uphill stretch from being sick (today is the first time I’ve felt like I had any energy) and I couldn’t get my head around more than one day at a time. By Thursday night I’d dropped the culinary bundle completely, we had KFC for dinner *sigh*, then on Friday we had pizza (not homemade). On Saturday I bought Cornish Pasties and sausage rolls (I figured the kids weren’t going to go for the pasties) and … Continue reading Menu plan 4 Aug 08

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Chicken and pumpkin risotto

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I have cooked risotto once before but if I remember rightly I didn’t have half the things I needed and between that, trying to keep it kid-friendly and trying to short cut the standing around stirring thing it just ended up being a total flop, no-one wanted to eat it. When I was doing the menu plan for this week I thought “stuff the kids, I’m cooking this for me” and, because doing anything as simple as following instructions in a book is just boring, my first successful risotto is in fact my own recipe. 500g butternut pumpkin, dicedolive oil … Continue reading Chicken and pumpkin risotto

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More on the Hillsong thing

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Further info on the Hillsong run “personal development course” – another article in the SMH, Hillsong accused of closet zealotry. What on earth possessed anyone to think that letting a religious group run a class for the kids who have explicitly opted out of any religious studies was a good idea? “The teacher’s federation representative for Cheltenham Girls High, Doug Williamson, said non-scripture students at the school were being invited to join the Shine program, where they were exposed to religious content.” At least in that case the parents were apparently informed that Hillsong was running the course and had … Continue reading More on the Hillsong thing

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Things I want to try cooking.

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What we have here is a bunch of stuff that I’ve been wanting to try my hand at for, in most cases, a very long time. Perhaps if I list them here I might even make some of them eventually. Soft pretzels – because OMG YUM! Mozzarella Fresca – I think this would be such an awesome thing to do with the kids, beats going to a cheese factory to learn about cheese making. Beef jerky – there are lots of recipes around, many of them seem to be characterised by a certain vagueness with instructions such as “add some … Continue reading Things I want to try cooking.

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Menu plan 28 July 08

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The past week went pretty much according to plan. This week Adam is off to New Zealand for a couple of days and I always find having him away leaves me much less motivated to cook so it might be a little more challenging this week. MondayVeal casserole, noodles and green beansApple crumble and custardTuesdaySpaghetti bolognese and saladFruit & yoghurtWednesdayChicken and pumpkin risottoFruit & yoghurtThursdayButter chicken curry, rice and steamed vegFruit & yoghurtFridayBouillabaisse with breadIce cream & fruitSaturdayBBQ – steak, sausages, jacket potatoes and saladGrilled fruit kebabs with chocolate sauceSundayHomemade pizzaFresh fruit Continue reading Menu plan 28 July 08

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Getting to know you

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Eve tagged me for this one. What were you doing ten years ago? I was pregnant with Caitlin. I was at home with 15 month old David and aside from going horse riding with friends every 2nd week (yep, I rode till about 6 months with my first 2 pregnancies, we’d given up by the time Tom came along), I didn’t have much contact with anyone outside family. I’d become quite friendly with my next door neighbour, who was pregnant with twins and due about a month after me, which was nice. Adam had just started working at a new … Continue reading Getting to know you

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Hillsong helping girls “discover their value and created uniqueness”

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This makes me feel physically ill: From the SMH – Hillsong hits schools with beauty gospel You know what? Even if you take away any religious connotations the mere fact that there is a course being taught IN SCHOOLS, purportedly to boost teenagers’ self-esteem, which includes teaching “a range of skills including how to put on make-up, do their hair and nails, and walk with books balanced on their heads” makes me furiously angry. Continue reading Hillsong helping girls “discover their value and created uniqueness”

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And here was me thinking I’d never want to own an iPhone

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From an article at EW – Dr Horrible: An oral history Fillion That is my friend PJ Haarsma. I called him up and I said ”Can you make me a thing? That looks like a thing?” Twenty minutes later he says, ”Check out this website. You can call it up on your iPhone and you have a Dr. Horrible van remote.” At Comic-Con, I’m going to release the Website that has the Dr. Horrible van remote. It’s a lovely article full of fun stuff from Joss, Felicia, Nathan, Neil, Jed and Maurissa, go read the lot. ETA: Dr Horrible van … Continue reading And here was me thinking I’d never want to own an iPhone