Award 24 August, 2008

Filed under: General — Bel @ 10:26 pm
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I was over browsing Libby’s Life is a Journey blog last week and spotted a mention of me in Wednesday’s post. It’s the Blogging Friends Forever award - how flattering!

The rules are simple.

Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award, 4 of them followers of your blog.
One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
You must link back to whoever gave you the award.

But I’m going to cheat and offer it to anyone reading regularly here who would like to play…

Thanks Libby! x


ABCs of Homemaking 22 August, 2008

Filed under: General — Bel @ 10:07 am
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A ~ Aprons–y/n If y, what does your fav. look like?

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Coconut Loaf 21 August, 2008

Filed under: Recipes — Bel @ 6:01 pm

Here’s another recipe from the Simple Savings site. It’s a quick and easy one which I usually cook in bulk (x5) and freeze.

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Kauri Creek Camp

Filed under: Home Education — Bel @ 12:28 am

I’ve updated the details for our October home ed camp for those interested.

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Sloppy Lentils 20 August, 2008

Filed under: Recipes — Bel @ 11:09 pm

This dish is yummier than it sounds! I based ours on this recipe. I am waiting on my order of bulk lentils so had to use tinned lentils from my emergency supply. I also only had half an hour to prepare this, so the tinned lentils made it possible! This amount served the eight of us with some left over for tomorrow’s lunch (with rice, for something different!)

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Love to Harvest 19 August, 2008

Filed under: General — Bel @ 3:17 pm

There’s nothing more exciting about gardening for me than the harvests.  I just ducked outside to collect a couple of ingredients for tonight’s vegetable stirfry from the greenhouse garden and came back with:

bok choy, silverbeet, kohl rabi (and young leaves), celery (and leaves), baby carrots, broccoli side-shoots, beans, a snow pea, ceylon spinach leaves, garlic chives, ginger, lemongrass and onion tops!

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Vegetable Spring Rolls 18 August, 2008

Filed under: Recipes — Bel @ 10:08 pm

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1-2 pieces rice paper (spring roll wrapper) per person
small quantity of cooked rice
small quantity of stir-fried vegetables
Chilli Sauce (as a dipping sauce)

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August 2008 News 2 August, 2008

Filed under: General — Bel @ 11:38 pm

Again I’m running late with this post. I have been doing our tax, and writing an article, and distracted by the sunshiney days!

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