Sunday, 19 April 2020

That Went Quickly

This week has positively flown by, we've roughly kept up with some form of school work even though it has still been the Easter holidays.  I had to laugh when I saw an Instagram video post of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge talking about the importance of mental health during this time (that wasn't the funny bit)  At the end of the interview they were asked, "so how are you all coping?" and that was when they had admitted they hadn't told the kids it was the Easter holidays and that homeschooling was 'interesting' :-)

Building the raised bed

 Ben finishing the raised bed with the advice of Dave in positioning of the drill holes.













From the kitchen


  Easy Banana Muffins

70 grammes unsalted butter melted and cooled slightly
190g flour
50g xylitol/sugar
2 level tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 ripe bananas mashed with a fork
2 eggs
1/2 tspn vanilla extract
130g grated/ finely chopped chocolate

Heat oven 160C and grease muffin tin or use paper liners

Whisk flour, xylitol, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.

In another bowl whisk melted butter, mashed banana, egg and vanilla until blended.

Add banana mix to the dry bowl then use fork to combine.  Do not over mix.  Stir in the chocolate and fill the muffin cups 3/4 full.

Bake until a toothpick can be inserted and comes out clean, 20-25 minutes.

These muffins were totally yummy and we will definitely be baking them again.


 Butternut, chilli and peanut butter soup served with vegetable and sausage tartlets.


 Sausage and Veggie Tartlets

454g sausagemeat
1 Courgette grated
1 Carrot grated
1 Onion finely chopped
320g weight in puff or flaky pastry
Flour to dust

Preheat the oven to 200C

Place sausagemeat, courgette, carrot and onion into a bowl.  Mix well to combine.

Roll out the pastry and cut into rounds and place in a shallow muffin tea and then add small amounts of the sausage and veg mixture.

Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes.  These are great served hot or cold.


Everyone tucking in to our Saturday night supper :-)

3 comments:

Eva said...

Are you building one or two raised beds? So great Dave can help Ben. And so many good looking food things. Do you tolerate xylitol? I get horrible stomach pains from it. I once had a bag, but finally threw it out. I wonder what they meant with "homeschooling being interesting." Could be either negative or positive.

doe said...

I agree with Eva that it's so nice to see Dave and Ben working together on the raised beds. It's going to be wonderful growing your vegetables! Lol about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I think the most difficult part for people in regard to homeschooling is relaxing into it and having fun and not worrying about if one's child is keeping up with the Joneses.

Thanks for the recipes! Everything looks great. I think I'll have to try the muffins with the chocolate bits! I've never cooked with xylitol, but I've seen it in my health food store . . have you ever tried stevia? Is that something your crew could tolerate?

Sending you lots of love!!! xoxoxo

Kezzie said...

Oooh, the soup and sausage tarts sound and look SUPERB!!!!!! I want to eat them right now!!!
I loved seeing the photos of Dave and Ben working together! What a lovely picture!
Haha, a lot of people are realising that teaching is hard!!! There was a hilarious meme I saw of a lady crying and saying a public sorry to all the teachers she's ever been rude to!