Great Bake Fest 2010

On January 25, 2010, in Australia, Confidence Issues, Fun, Health & Beauty, food, weight loss, by ness

Today, I’m prepping for a little catering project (totally for me, not a paid gig or anything) the likes of which will thrill my family’s tastebuds, and will exasperate our jeans.

If I were as organised as the Pioneer Woman, then I would be tweeting about it like she does on Thanksgiving, or sharing all her recipes like she does every other time, but for the most part, I’m going to a) try and get done and b) maybe take some photos. So here’s hoping I get some photos up early tomorrow.

Basically, I’m making all our favourite snacks and eats, because I’m celebrating my birthday tomorrow. Yes it was actually last week, but for various reasons, we decided that tomorrow would be a better day to celebrate.

So! I’m going to be making:

The Pioneer Womans Fried Chicken Strips (in hors d’ouevres size) with sweet chilli dipping mayonnaise

Glacé Cherries Wrapped in bacon – no link, as it’s a three step process – wrap cherries in streaky bacon, secure with toothpick and fry!

Lamingtons (in honour of the fact that it is Australia Day tomorrow – 26 Jan)

Bakerella’s Vanilla Cupcake/Brownie ‘Hamburgers‘. (no meat in these babies!)

So basically there are enough saturated fats in this selection, to practically ensure some sort of cardio-graphical-myopathilogical-infarction-related event… hmmm perhaps a look at somemedical coding training courses might be in order before I get started?

It’s basically a snacky, picky, nibbly little soireé for my family (clearly the chicken strips and bacon cherries are with my boys in mind) and for some family members who are stopping by after work for a bite and a glass of vino.

To celebrate ME. Yay! I do so love adoration, adulation and the spotlight.

Plus if I can pull off all these fiddly food things, it’s just another reason for gathering praise. (No I’m not a hopelessly arrogant attention seeker, but I *am* talking myself out of self-esteem issues, so bear with me mmkay?)

Plus! I get to wear the über cool, so chic, aussie flag apron that Eatshootblog sent me! I may just pair it with the matching bandana!

Okay, time to head out(of my blog), because I’m going to be flat out like a lizard drinking! (tee-hee).

Happy Monday everybody!

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1 hour and 9 Minutes Ago…

On April 2, 2009, in Flipper, Freebies, children, by ness

…and 365 days ago, I was lying on an operating table with sky high blood pressure, my innards on a table somewhere off to one side, having my second (and last) child. Of course I was awake.

Enough about the graphic specifics of it, because look who turned one today!?

Guess who *totally* loves the Tellytubbies? Man, he was BUZZING when he opened his first gift this morning another TT dvd. He already has one, that he loves and babbles to when it’s on, and he knew immediately when he opened this one, what it was. His second gift, a soft squishy Barney toy was another big hit, because of course he knows exactly who Barney is too!

I’ll post more pictures tomorrow, when I’m down off my sugar high, but for now, please go check out this post on my other blog, where I’m giving away layered .psd files, (Free photo frames), so stop by daily for the next week to pick them up gratis, free, and for niks!


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Food Glorious Food

On March 24, 2009, in Flipper, children, food, by ness

Do you guys watch Masterchef Goes Large? On BBC Food? I can’t get enough of that show.

I love watching what people come up with, during the ‘invention’ test where they’re given a bunch of ingredients (most of which I don’t particularly like actually I mean really, squid? Thanks, but no) and they have to figure out what to make from scratch.  Sometimes I have a good laugh at the people who suck, and sometimes someone comes through that effortlessly whips up something complicated like Choux pastry from scratch. I love it when the judges, Gregg Wallace and John Thorode are really amazed by someone.

Anyway, the point of talking about this, is that I’m finding that my own cooking repetoire is being expanded by a combination of food TV (which of course I’m watching more of, not having the internet on at the moment GRRR) and when my internet is on, by Ree, the Pioneer Woman, who’s thigh expanding, man pleasing recipes are freakin’ awesome. Yes, you may well require a diet pill after cooking some of those dishes but honestly, it’s totally worth it for how good they taste!

Flipper is turning one, on April 2nd, and I’m DEFINITELY going to try making some cake balls (by Bakerella – and show cased by Ree), I’ve never seen them around here, and I figure they’d be a real hit!

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