Is my new storage box that Maus made. As you all know, we alternate between two houses. We have well-stocked pantries in both houses but there are some things we just don’t want to double up on. So we take a number of items back and forth in case we need them in the other house. I usually use a cut-off wine box for the job but Maus decided it just wasn’t up to scratch. My box fits perfectly in our oversized esky. She is such a sweetie, sometimes …. Continue reading
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In my kitchen – August 2014
In my kitchen:
Are some very cute oat bran muffins. I was attracted to the recipe because I have had some oat bran in the cool room for a little toooo long. Also, I like to delude myself that anything with oat bran in it must be good for me. It is a Charmaine Solomon recipe. Charmaine suggests grinding the oat bran in a food processor or blender until very fine. This resulted in a lovely, finely textured muffin. The muffins didn’t look like, or taste like, horse fodder at all. I was very impressed. These were orange and currant muffins. I am going to replace the currants with dark chocolate chips. I love orange with chocolate – I bet it will be good. Continue reading
Prospective Mothers – update
Remember my Prospective Mothers post? Don’t worry if you don’t, they all died. Continue reading