Friday, June 10, 2011
Roast Vegetable and Chicken Pie
I have been trying some new recipes, and as tonights meal was quite successful I thought I would share it with you...Roast vegetable and chicken pies and the recipe can be found here I did alter the recipe slightly and decided to use pastry sheets cut into quarters and placed them into muffin tin.
Even the salad dressing was quite tasty...I never use to like leafy green salads but this one is yummy and I will be making this again....This dressing recipe makes about 1 cup....4 oz red wine vinegar, 1/2 clove garlic, 4 oz olive oil, 1/8 cup sugar, salt and pepper to taste, 1/4 c grated parm cheese, Pour over green leafy salad mix, slided red capsicum and sliced red onion.
I hope you all have a great weekend
Lisa
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Some Good Mail...
The weather here is Tassie has turned really cold...I am sure there's snow close by. But atleast I have plenty I can do indoors under the heater.
My little motifs pile is growing to over 20 nowIt only takes about 10 minutes to whip up one of the little ones...providing the kids don't start talking to me when I am counting trebles! lol!
And some good mail arrived on Friday from the lovely Maree, her online store Ollie And May
Yesterday in the post I received Some Kind of Wonderful and Cotton Floss from Anni's shop Hatched and Patched
Both such beautiful books and I'm very tempted to make quilts from both books and also the smaller projects, but will have to put them on my 'to do' list as I already have so much to do!
Enjoy your week!
Lisa
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Pincushion...
I know...lots of photos, but I am just so pleased with how my pincushion turned out mainly because this stitchery design nearly got put in the bin! But thanks to my Mum and sister on their colour thread advice it all really came together well! My stitchery belt has a little inside pocket to hold small scissors, quick-unpick etc.
I plan to curl up on the couch tonight and crochet some more motifs...I think they would look pretty cute on a hair clip for my Miss 9! Well that's my excuse for making more...lol!
Enjoy your Evening
Lisa
Crochet Motifs
What started out to be only one small crochet motif as a practice to get back into the swing of things, as it had been a year or so since I had done any crochet...I think has quickly become an addiction. I think they have so many uses...scrapbooking, embellishing quilts, pincushions and I think they would look so pretty at the centre of a hexagon...will definately have to explore that further! But for this afternoon I am going to finish off my pincushion, so I hope to be back later!
I hope you get a chance to do some sewing too!
Lisa
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Much Happier!
I started stitching my design for my pincushion belt (as mentioned in previous post) on Saturday, but I wasn't at all happy with my thread colours and unpicked so many times...and thought the best thing to do was to just put it aside. As I had planned to visit Mum today, I decided to take it with me, so pleased I did as my sister also came and suggested that I stich a contrast colour next to the already stitched yellow centre. It makes the centres stand out so much more now and I am so much happier with it! The colours arn't quite true in this pic, the threads have came out a bit darker than they actually are.
Still lots more stitching to do on this one as it's nearly 15 inches long! I did have a couple of pictures but I have learnt that if you press the delete button one too many times, you will delete photos! lol!
I hope you are all enjoying your week!
Lisa
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Pincushion....
I have been making a little pincushion today...a practice one as I have a stitchery design drawn to go around the outside. And my problem now is that I have another idea to use the stitchery as a belt to wrap around the pincushion and tie it together in place with ribbons. (does this make sense?) Maybe I'm going to have to do them both and see which one looks the best!
One of my crochet motifs on top that I made some time back. I must make some more as they are handy to add to pincushions and for scrapbooking.
I hope you are all having a great week!
Lisa
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Sticky Cinnamon Rolls
I purchased a new bread machine on Friday and have been busy trying a few recipes. Yesterdays bread was so nice, but todays Cinnamon Rolls were delicious!
I have had a few bread machines over the years and tried a few different recipes and would have to say this is the most successful.
I have had a few bread machines over the years and tried a few different recipes and would have to say this is the most successful.
My new machine is a Breville, but I am sure it could be made in any machine, so here's the recipe if you would like to give it a try...
285ml Water, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 1/2 teaspoons sugar, 4 cups bread flour, 2 eggs, 60g softened and chopped Butter and
3 teaspoons Tandaco yeast............Place all these ingredients in bread machine (in this order) on dough setting
Filling......2 tablespoons melted Butter, 4 Tablespoons Brown sugar, 1/2 cup pecans finely chopped (I used walnuts)
1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
Handshaping procedure....
1. Roll dough into a 40cm x 40cm square. Brush dough with half the melted butter. Sprinkle with combined sugar, pecans and cinnamon.
2. Drizzle remaining butter over sugar mixture . Roll up width-wise and cut into 2cm thick slices.
3. Place 5cm apart, on a lightly greased baking tray. Cover loosely with lightly greased plastic wrap and stand in a warm area for 20 minutes or until doubled in size. Remove plastic wrap.
4. Bake in a pre heated oven at 180 C for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Brush with Gelatine glaze whilst still hot, then drizzle with vanilla glaze.
Gelatine Glaze..... 3 Tablespoons water, 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, 3 teaspoons gelatine,
Place ingredients into small saucepan, stir over low heat until sugar and gelatine dissolves.
Vanilla glaze....... 1/2 cup icing sugar sifted, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence, 2 tablespoons milk
I hope you enjoy this recipe too!
Lisa
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Photo Playing
I am not the most computer confident person, but I believe the best thing to do is just have a play....and thats what I have been doing this arvo and discovered this pretty daisy frame. Looking forward to playing some more when I have a bit more time
Now it's time to organize the Tea
Enjoy your weekend!
Lisa
Edit...photo editing done in picnik
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