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Gamma’s Day at KINDY!
Ben took his Gamma (Grandma) to Kindy today for Under 8’s Day. Gamma got to meet Ben’s lovely teachers and play with Ben and his friends. I am not sure Gamma is into climbing on the fort though!! The teachers had organised lots of lovely activities – kite making, clay modeling, gluing, bubble blowing, spray bottle painting, threading, painting……. Ben made a kite, did some painting but enjoyed playing of the fort the most (his favorite thing in the world!). All the children and Grandparents shared in a wonderful morning of play and a lovely morning tea. Our sensitive little petal got upset as the morning came to an end and the children became a little rowdy. He is now half asleep on the lounge all snug under a blanket. Thanks to Ben’s teachers and Gamma for a lovely morning xo
Baked Carrots in a Bag
This recipe comes from Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food cook-book. This is a great side dish for a BBQ or simply tasty vegetables for dinner. It can be prepared early and popped in the oven for cooking at anytime. It’s so easy!! But more importantly sooooo YUM!
Ingredients
1 ¾ lbs/700 grams carrots
1 sprigs fresh rosemary
1 clove garlic
1 orange, zest and juice
1 tsp marmalade
1 rasher of bacon
2 pats/ 2 teaspoonsbutter
Salt and pepper
Method
- Preheat your oven to 400F or 200C.
- Peel carrots.
- Leave them whole if small, chopping any larger ones up.
- Get yourself a sheet of aluminum foil about 2 feet/60cm long, fold it in half to make a crease, and then open it out again.
- Pile your carrots in the middle of the aluminum foil on one side of the crease.
- Pick the leaves off the rosemary and finely chop.
- Peel and finely slice garlic.
- Scatter the rosemary and garlic over the carrots.
- Grate over the zest from half of the orange, and add the marmalade,chopped bacon, butter and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Fold the other half of the aluminum foil over the carrots and scrunch and seal the two sides of the aluminum foil bag together, leaving one end open.
- Halve the orange and squeeze all the juice into the bag
- Seal up the final side.
- Place your aluminum foil bag on a baking tray in the preheated oven for around 50 minutes.
- To serve, carefully pour the carrots and all their juices into a nice big serving dish.
Linking up with Heather – Recipe Swap
Goodness Me!!!
What has happened to our four year old? WOW our beautiful boy has been pushing the boundaries.
Yesterday when he was requested to have a bath he informed me ‘I was a pain in the butt!!’
Today when packing up his toys he threw a toy in the basket but it fell out. His response was ‘Holly Crap!!’
Then this afternoon when I was getting the cooking utensils out to make lemon cake for afternoon tea he told me to ‘Chop Chop, Quick Sticks, Hurry Up!!’
Lets hope this little phase passes quickly! Lucky his cute xo
Week 4 with Jamie – Chicken….
I have driven my husband mad this week! You see our group chose Chicken Parmigiana and carrots in a bag to cook this week. I was keen to cook the carrots in a bag but Chicken Parmigiana…… you had to be kidding….ewww!!! I struggled all week with it. I came to the conclusion I’m not such a great ‘team’ player…… I like things to go my way!! My concern was ‘why on earth would we be cooking a fatty pub meal?’. Andrew kept telling me that I was just being silly and everything would be fine. So I went to class this week not really excited about the whole idea of cooking the dreaded Chicken Parmigiana!
Well…… I have to apologize for all my complaining (my poor dear lovely husband….sorry xoxo). Jamie’s Chicken Parmigiana was indeed fabulous! A healthy extra tasty version of the fatty pub classic! And the carrots in a bag…..oh I wish you could have smelt it – carrots, bacon, rosemary, orange zest = mmmmm YUM! My parents joined us for dinner to share in our genius cooking. There was not a scrap of anything left on the plates…..licked clean (well not literally)!
I have learnt a few valuable lessons this week (that I already knew anyway). Jamie always puts an extraordinary twist on recipes and ‘oh Belinda…stop all the carrying on and just enjoy yourself!!’.
Next week – Chilli Con Carne, guacamole and fluffy rice….no complaining here!!
Linking up with Paisley Jade – Things I am loving xo and Heather – Life Made Lovely Monday xo
A Sweet Birthday xo
Our beautiful niece Evie turned one this week. She had the sweetest party ever…. a lady bug party. Thanks Evie and her Mum and Dad for a lovely day xo
