Living in the Kitchen

I am loving my kitchen at the moment. My new flat has lots of countertop space and it makes for fabulous cooking. These are two recipes that i tried last week that will be in my "to do again" book.
Scrummy Brownies


POINTS® value: 1.5


Ingredients


3 medium egg(s)
30 g cocoa powder
80 g half-fat butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
50 g self raising flour
150 g caster sugar


Insturctions


Whisk the eggs and caster sugar together. Whisk in the cocoa, vanilla and flour. Melt the butter and then whisk into the mix. Pour into a lined square baking tin greased with a spray of fry lite. Bake in oven preheated to 180 C for approx. 10 minutes . Check if the brownies are ready by putting a thin knife or skewer into the tin, if it comes out clean of mixture they are done, if not leave a little longer. When done, take out the tin, cut into 16 squares and leave to cool in the tin. When cool, turn them out and enjoy!
I found this recipe on the community board of WeightWatchers and decided that it looked too go to pass by. This is now definately one of my all time favourites and i have already made this twice. The first time i added some green leafies to it and the second time it was just as the recipe called for. Both times it was totally yum. The only thing that i did not add either time was the cumin but perhaps next time i will give that a go too.

Quick and Easy Butternut Soup

From the kitchen of SARAHBOX

Estimated POINTS® value Per Serving 0
Servings 4

Soups Community built Recipe

Ingredients

1 Butternut Squash
1 onion
1 1/2 pints chicken or vegetable stock
1 tsp olive oil
Salt and Pepper
1 tsp cumin (optional)
Few drops Worcestershire Sauce (optional)

Instructions

Finely chop the onion and gentl fry in the olive oil to soften.
Meanwhile, chop the butternut squash into 1 inch cubes.
Add butternut squash and hot stock to the pan and boil for 15 minutes, or until squash is soft.
Whizz in a food processor and season to taste, adding cumin or Worcestershire sauce if desired.

We have pictures

So, we finally have some pictures on this blog! Pictures from my camera - I am so psyched about this....lol

I can only show you a few a day because well, if i showed you them all today then i would have nothing to share for the rest of the days right....and we dont want that!

Yesterday i got such a nice package from Amazon. I ordered this book because i thought that with everything that i am going through at the moment it might be a great way for me to sort out my feelings, to learn more about myself and to help with the healing processes.......and of course it looks great and has so many talented ladies in it. And i was right - this book is awesome! I sat down last night and had a quick flick through it. The prompts, the art journal pages, the work is just all so touching and thought provoking. I just know that this book is going to be a really good thing for me.

As well as the above book, i also got my SuperChicks CD! I LOVE IT. This is my favourite song at the moment for so many many reasons. Before you play the video just pause the music on my sidebar, turn your speakers up LOUD (but not if you are at work of course) and hit the play button!


This is my latest canvas that i painted last weekend. It is 6 x 6 and was a lot of fun to do. I was trying to just do something a little different, no expectations, no standards to match. I just wanted to have fun, relax and keep my mind busy. This is now hanging in my lounge and the only thing i might change are the yellow curtains. For some reason they really do look as bright and yellow in real life as they do in this photo.......will definately have to do something. If you do have any suggestions or ideas please feel free to leave me a comment. I love hearing from you!
14 days till my first exam!! Scary or what?

It's the little things

Its funny how it is so often the little things that make such a big difference - good and bad. I used to think that it was mainly the big things in life that defined who you were as a person but more and more i am realising that it is not simply those big once off events that shape who we are but it is also those small everyday things that also have a hand in shaping us.

Now i am not saying that those big once off things in life dont shape us - they definately do. I am having first hand experience with that at the moment. But by going through this big thing i am learning that life is made with those little things. Finding a parking space right outside my house after work, seeing a letter from my lovely gran in the mailbox, sharing a smile with someone who you care deeply about. Those are the moments that shape us, that make life the little bit better.

This is just something that i have been finding in my life lately - just my thoughts.

I treid to be really organised this past weekend. I took all the photos that i wanted for the week, went round to my parents and used their internet to upload them to my blog. Monday morning i came to post and something must have happened to them because i couldnt get any of them to open. So, i am having to be picture free again! Very frustrating.

I have so many things to post but for now i am going to wait until i can get my pictures uploaded properly. I dont want to tell the stories but miss out on the photos.

I came across this quote a while ago and thought i would share......have a great day everyone.

Faith Isnt Faith Unilt It's All You're Holding On To

I want to watch this....