As always, let me start with something beautiful. Not scenery- that follows, but flowers form my amazing hubby. Roses in fact! I haven't felt particularly deserving of late, being sleep deprived and less than gracious about it. He sees thing differently. I'm grateful he does.
Let me now show you yesterday's delish breaky: my gluten free bread, topped with blackberries, natural yoghurt, drizzled with coconut oil, sprinkled with walnuts, cinnamon and topped with a fresh sprig of mint. So good!
And now, some scenery! My non teen, hubby, bubby and I went on a rather epic walk yesterday afternoon. My non teen and I powered off and left hubby to push bubby. We made it to a spot I just love just past the bridge. The heavy rainfall this summer has left the dunes looking gorgeous and green.
Travelling a familiar, much loved path. What a view!
I feel so incredibly blessed that this is minutes from my home.
Here we have this morning's breaky: Coffee/ yoghurt smoothy. Yep, one of those days where I have tried to incorporated caffeine into every main meal. Please sleep through tonight, my sweet bubby!!!
These past few days, I have been on a mission to get organised. A trip to my uni was very productive. I have applied for advanced standing as 2 of the 3 subjects I have previously completed are anti-requisites, which apparently means very similar to ones already on offer with the restructured course. I filled out the form as best I could and emailed it off today. Now, to play the waiting game.
I also have a totally unflattering uni ID card now. Lucky I have such frizzy dark hair. You can guess its me a mile away with one eye closed. Turns out that I don't have to start uni now, but can do it anytime this year. Yay! So grateful they have three semesters a year. And if I get advanced standing, I will have completed a potential 3 subjects already. That would be awesome! Fingers crossed.
I have been organised with blogging on Hank & Petal , with two posts this week! Check out The Healing Power of Art and The Creation Of Mardi Loves Lipstick! . It feels good to get back into this blog- I miss being creative.
On a mundane note, but still qualifying for being organised, I just totally blitzed my linen cupboards today!!! I have been desperate to do it for the longest time, but it took getting a pink plastic bag in the mail to fill for the local op-shop to motivate me. That giant pink bag, and another one of my giant rubbish bags is now curb side to be collected with half the contents of my cupboards. De-cluttering is good for the soul!
I was going to blog last nights dinner, but someone (ie: me) forgot to take a pic. I was very tired and just grateful to eat and get to bed asap. Anyway, it was make yourself burger night, using my Aussie Day beef patty recipe. Gotta say, they were juicy, gigantic and divine!
Tonight's dinner was motivated by the desire to rid my pantry of peanut butter. I still have 3 full jars! A little bit of web browsing led me to this recipe by Claire Thomson, tweaked by me of course!
Marinated Chicken Skewers
makes 8
Ingredients:
2 large chicken breasts, cut into thin strips.
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1/2 clove garlic, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp rice malt syrup or honey
1 tbsp soy sauce or tamari
Method:
Lightly toast coriander seeds (I used a dry pan on medium heat) and then grind to a powder (I used my coffee grinder).
Add all ingredients except chicken and mix well.
Pour over chicken that has been threaded evenly onto 8 wooden skewers.
Marinate for 30mins -2 hours.
Grill for 5 minutes, turn, repeat, until chicken is cooked through.
Satay Sauce
Ingredients:
150gms natural peanut butter
1 tbsp soy sauce or tamari
1 tbsp rice malt syrup or honey
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tbsp olive oil
150mls coconut milk
1/2 cup lemon juice
Method:
Place all ingredients in a container and blend.
Heat prior to serving.
Can be used as a dipping sauce, or poured over the top.
My serve- without rice. Not a glamorous looking dinner, but it tasted amazing.
My non teen was held up in traffic, something about police, a car hijacking and gun shots. So the planned dinner with warm, tender skewers with a side of dipping sauce never eventuated. However, as this dinner was a winner, I'm doing it again soon. After all, I still have all that peanut butter!
I am going to leave you with my little cutey at the park yesterday. She may not sleep all night long at times, but when you're this adorable, you're quickly forgiven :)
She is my reason for this blog. I'm grateful every day for her and the family that is growing around me.
I hope that satisfied you! I am attempting to make a twist on my gluten free bread tomorrow by crossing it with my banana bread. Should be interesting :)
Until next time, thanks for reading.
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