Friday, June 27, 2014

Sumner of Colour Week 3

Hey....quick one...off to drs...
Here is my week 3 summer of colour.
Thanks Kristin...link in my favourites list to the left at twinkle twinkle.
Inspired by a friends words.



Until next time
Lots of it
Mandy
Xxx

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Summer Of Colour Week 2

Just letting the paint dry on my finished piece....I didn't think I was going to get it done then last night with pen in hand I began to doodle...I finished to doodle then painted this morning...I always have trouble seeing the right colours...but I think it's close enough.
Thanks Kristin for hosting Summer Of Colour.xxx




Until next time
Lots of it
Mandy
Xxx

Sunday, June 15, 2014

5 Cheese Pizza

My kids love cheese...so do I. So I created a pizza actually 2 pizzas for our family of 9 tonight, a 5 cheese pizza.

A year or two ago I bought a bread maker...I mostly use it for dough. My dough recipe is simple.

4 cups of plain flour
Pinch of salt
Pinch of sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 sachet 7g powdered yeast
60 ml oil...I used macadamia oil tonight

Pop it all in the bread maker and an hour and a half later the dough is ready. Pop it into the fridge until your ready to use it. I usually make it in the morning.

Pizza sauce
About 14 small roma tomatoes
4 cloves garlic
1 onion
Garden herbs
I used rosemary, mint and basil
 Whizz all but 4 of the tomatoes with all the other ingredients in a food processor.
Heart some olive oil in a pot and pour mixture in. Cook until it boils the turn it down and simmer for a while. Chop up remainder of the tomatoes and toss the in the pot. Cook until they are tender. Turn off heat and let cool.

Roll out pizza bases with a bit of flour on the bench....and throw them up in the air to impress the kids...lol...I made 3 very large ones with this amount of dough.

I spread the sauce then added
Grated mozzarella
Grated tasty
Crumbled feta
Slice round mozzarella
And grated parmesan cheese

Pop it into a hot  oven until it's cooked.

Serve with a nice green salad.

Yummo and all the family agree. A delicious vegie meal.




Definitely worth a try if you gave an idle bread maker...I have already been asked if I could make it again...

Until next time
Lots of it
Mandy
Xxx


Saturday, June 14, 2014

Week 1 Summer Of Colour

Aqua yellow and hot pink was the color prompt for this week's art. I thoroughly enjoy participating in summer of colour. .. thanks so much miss Kristin for this wonderful event. ..xxx
I am looking forward to xhecking out all the wonderful at people have worked on this week.


Until next time
Lots of it
Mandy
Xxx

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

PAINT ON MY HANDS

Yep...I miss it...I love it...
Getting paint on my hands...this is the first part of my piece for SOC...hosted by the beautiful Kristin....I will post up my finished piece with the link to her blog when I finish the piece.


I have also been busy building,  with the kids,  a vege patch in the backyard. Hopefully we get many years of produce from it. We want it to be organic,  with organic soil and good raised garden beds. However,  we did use normal seedlings.  Hopefully these won't be to bad as long as we use no chemicals on them ( if they even grow!)


Hopefully my little gardens inspire you to plant something of your own.

Until next time
Lots of it
Mandy
XXX

Thursday, June 5, 2014

It's Been A While...SOC

I am very excited to be starting art again....its what this soul needs.

This is SUMMER OF COLOUR 4

I can't believe 4 years have passed!

Beautiful Kristin over at Twinkle Twinkle has made an introductory blog entry so you know all about it...and a cute little youtube vid.

http://twinkletwinklelikeastar.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/the-summer-of-color-2014.html?m=1


Click on the link...to the left of my favourite blog links...twinkle twinkle
As it looks like the above  link isn't working.


Here is a vivid inspired page I did then some of my previous entries from years gone by.
















Try and pop on over to check it out.

Until next time
Lots of it
Mandy
Xxx

Monday, January 27, 2014

Lunch

Well...been a while...lots happened but no time to post...home schooling takes up much time...I'm hoping to do more regular posts...a bit more art too..

So, today will be about simple eats.

I made a frittata today...simple and quick.

Cook all of these in a large non stick frypan with a little olive oil.

Onion chopped
Carrot grated
Zucchini grated
2 handfuls of baby spinach
Cut off kernels from one corn cob

Fry until cooked

Mix 8 eggs and a splash of water.
Pour into pan and stir lightly with wooden spoon to mix egg with veges.

Grate some cheese over the top then leave on low for about 5 minutes.

Take of stove and pop under grill until it's bubbly and cooked.

Bit of cracked pepper over the top.

Delish and the kids loved it.



Until next time
Lots of it
Mandy
Xxx

Challenge For This Weeks Food for the Family

It’s been a while I know. Life happens, keeps us busy, and you even forget you have a blog let alone write in it. So here it is...a CHAL...