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Banana bread
Here is the recipe of banana bread my kids will eat. Plus I got to try out my new mini tins 🙂
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Pizza dough recipe
Here is Dingo’s pizza recipe: 650g flour 400ml liquid (includes water, 50 ml of mild and 25 ml olive oil) pinch of salt heaped teaspoon of yeast desert spoon of caster sugar mix dry ingredient, add room temperature liquid and mix kneed until it forms into a dough ball place in a clean container and […]
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The drought
Photo credit abc.net.au Virginia Tapp There has been much noise in the media about the drought, however since a drug smuggler has taken the headlines I wanted to do my bit to turn the attention back to real people, real problems and a whole industry in trouble. These links will tell you more than I […]
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One cup fruit cake
I have been developing a fruit cake recipe that will fit into a large cup. It has been trial and error to find a recipe for a small size, as only I eat fruit cake.
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Good grass and dust
Growing up out west or in the bush, the dry season and wet season were not the only seasons I knew, there is also the bull dust season. I know what is means when the wet season doesn’t arrive, it is when the bull dust covers everything. A fine layer of dust that settles in […]
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Library time
My love of libraries started in childhood and has never left me. My first library visit was when I stared school. In high school the library was a sanctuary away from the playground bitchy/popular girls. As an adult I love to visit and read the magazines, loan out audio books and update my apps using […]
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Back to school
As I sit here wrapping books I feel a sense of pride. Proud that my children have survived the infant years. Having spent time recently with a new born I recalled all the horrible early years of sleep deprivation and constant worry. My two children have grown out of that stage and are now completing […]
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Cup of tea with me
Late late year in the mist of packing and moving I completed an online course for blogging with Pip Lincolne. The course inspired me and challenged me. I highly recommend this course and think you should do it too. Pip has set a challenge, so here goes: 1) Name, State and what you do on […]
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Cooking chicken on a can
Yesterday I managed to cook 2 chickens using the can method on the BBQ and it worked. Heat up the BBQ to 180 degress Prepare the chicken and I stuffed half and onion inside the chicken and pushed it up into the neck part of the cavity. Pour out or drink half the contents of […]
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Tick bites and dogs
Why do animals get sick when it is a public holiday? Jessy our new puppy started vomiting this morning and my gut felt bad about her feeling unwell and imagined the worst. How can our poochy be sick, she is full of energy even when vomiting? My head said, stay calm she has eaten a […]