From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Goes a long whey!

March 26, 2008

After making mozzarella on Saturday, we were left with over 2 litres of whey so decided to have a try making ricotta cheese.We ended up with a yogurt pottle sized amount of ricotta which we used in lasagne the next day. We still had over 2 litres of whey left so made Pumpkin soup in [...]

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Making Mozzarella Cheese

March 26, 2008

On Saturday we made Mozzarella cheese! We started off with two 2 litre bottles of milk, a little citric acid and a little rennet (you can buy all these things at the supermarket).  You also need a thermometer. We followed Ricki Carroll’s 30-minute Mozarella recipe and it was actually very easy (especially if it is [...]

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Extreme(ly foolish) apple picking

March 24, 2008

We picked a whole lot of apples from our apple tree on Saturday. The upper branches were quite high, and we don’t have a ladder, so we set up the trampoline under the tree and set to work … The pickings:

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Peter and John heal a crippled man

March 23, 2008

The sermon today at our church was on Acts 4.  The narrative is a continuation of an account in Acts 3 of Peter and John going to the temple in Jerusalem one afternoon at the time of worship. As they arrived at the temple they saw a crippled man coming to beg.  The man asked [...]

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Monte Carlo Biscuits

March 21, 2008

We had the Emmanuel Christian School fair last weekend and I made these Monte Carlo biscuits for the baking stall.  I found the recipe in the December 07 issue of Taste Magazine (my sister-in-law gave me a subscription for my birthday last year). The cookies turned out beautifully and I am told they were very [...]

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Update on the vege garden

March 13, 2008

We have been harvesting lots of veges from our garden.  Lots of celery, silverbeet, lettuce, parsley, basil, spring onions and courgettes (just little ones though).  I think we will pull the courgette out soon and next time will just plant it in our old compost pile as it takes up a fair bit of room.  [...]

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Guitar boy

March 9, 2008

Nathan playing Daddy’s guitar.

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Toe-eater

March 9, 2008

At 4 months old Miriam has discovered her toes and she likes to grab hold of them and put them into her mouth at every opportunity!  Isn’t she cute?

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Willowbank Wildlife Park

March 9, 2008
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Muesli

March 9, 2008

Muesli Ingredients: 6 C wholegrain rolled oats 2 C medium ground rolled oats 1 C bran 2 C all-bran cereal 6 C cornflakes (I used puffed millet this time) 1/2 C coconut 1/2 C sunflower seeds 1/2 C sesame seeds 1/2 C pumpkin seeds 2/3 C honey 1/2 C oil Method: Combine dry ingredients and [...]

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