Linkup Party Likes #19

 

Hello all, how was your weekend?  Did anyone grab a bargain in the Black Friday and Cyber Sales? Hope all in the USA had a lovely Thanks Giving too!!!

We went camping over the weekend and it was Ethan’s first time.  We only went for 2 nights and it rain most of the Saturday but all in all it was a lovely weekend catching up with friends and family.  Oh and the boy’s had fun 4wd.

Before we left I managed to whip up another nappy wallet that is to be part of a great charity auction over at Lace & Dryde for the pretty and the punk facebook page.

I also finished a new trolley cover too.  I am hoping to have a few more done over the next week to upload to my Made It store.  Think I might have to have a sale first before uploading new stock, so stay tuned.

Now for the linkup parties.  A lot of people are getting in the Christmas spirit and coming up with some wonderful ideas.

I love the fabric La La Bliss has used to make this great little apron:

And who doesn’t  love to bake a few yummy treats for the Christmas table.  Echoes of Laughter has shared a great Sugar Cookie recipe:

Echoes of Laughter also have this great Peppermint Foot Soak gift idea as well.  I just love this and will be making some for myself lol:

 

How about something for the man of the house.  Here is a Manly Hand Scrub you can make yourself over at Paper Turtle:

Don’t have a wreath for you door this.  Well why not make one yourself.  The Kurtz Corner has used tulle for this lovely wreath:

And here’s another great wreath over at Saved by Love Creations using a couple of t-shirts, awesome:

Need some gift tags for your Christmas presents, well Persona Designs have some great Be Merry holiday gift tags for you to download:

And finally here is one you could make for Christmas but I am going to bake this one for morning tea in our camp oven when we go camping next.  You can find the recipe for these yummy cinnamon rolls over at June Cleaver Nirvana:

So hungry now, must be lunchtime.  Have a great day!!!!

What's on the Menu

 

With all this lovely warm weather we are having and the fact that it doesn’t get dark till 7pm, Hubby and I decided we wanted to try and have more bbq dinners.
One of my favourite things as a kid and still now is a good old skewer with lots of meat and veggies on it.

You can put anything on a skewer, mushrooms, onion, capsicum, pineapple, zucchini, cherry tomatoes, haloumi cheese, eggplant, chicken, beef, pork or lamb.
And don’t for get to add some yummy marinade. What do you like to put on your bbq skewers?

What’s on the Menu

 

A couple of months ago at a taste testing booth at our local Woolworths, I tried this curry sauce called S&R Golden Curry that is found in the Asian section.

I have seen this on the self at the supermarket over the years and although I love a good curry was never game enough to buy and try it. 

Well am I glad they finally sampled it because it is super delicious and we have it nearly once a week. 

It is actually a hard block of curry sauce. So you can break off and add as little or all of it to make the meal.

The lady had actually made a simple noodle and vegetable curry as she was also promoting the noodles and I can tell you its that tasty that I didn’t even realise it didn’t have any meat in it. 

I have cooked it with both chicken and beef though and it comes in mild, medium and hot flavour.  We have tried all 3 flavours with hot being our favourite.

So how do I cook with it, well I do it in my pressure cooker and serve it with rice.
To cook it in the pressure cooker, fry some onions in olive oil in the bottom of the pot, then when they are clear, remove onions and place a trivet in the bottom. 

Then I place the beef, onions and peeled potatoes on top of the trivet and poor in enough water so that it just covers the beef.  Now cook it for around 30 mins.

I have been using good old casserole beef and it turns out so lovely and tender.  After 30 mins I take out the trivet, drain the water, leaving enough to make the sauce and throw everything back in. I also like to have peas in my curry and on an odd occasion I will replace the potatoes with cauliflower.

Now to just add the blocks of the curry sauce and keep a low heat under it for another 10 minutes for it to thicken.  Mmm yummy!

Now I serve my curry with rice of course but after having this curry sauce with noodles I have told hubby that he is going to have to give it a try.

For the rice, I use to be hopeless at cooking rice. It always seem to come out gluggy or dry but after my mum mentioned she cooked her rice in the microwave I gave it a go and haven’t looked back.

I have a 800 watt microwave and to cook rice I just add one cup of boiling water for every cup of rice plus one extra cup of boiling water (1 cup rice, 2 cups water or 2 cups rice, 3 cups of water and so on). 

Just cook it for 15 mins and when it is finished fluff it up with a fork.

Now serve and eat, its yummy. And if you are lucky to have any leftovers it’s also great as a toasted sandwich.

I’m hungry now.  What are you cooking for dinner?
Happy Cooking !!!!

OZSALES!!!

Over a year ago, a friend of mine invited me to register with OZSALES.  What is OZSALES you might ask, well its an online shopping club where you can purchase designer labels/items that have been reduced from 60% to 90% off.
 
Now it's not just clothing that you can purchase, they also have items for the home, beauty products, food and wine and every now and then there are Secret Sales.

So if you like to shop from the comfort of your own home, please hope on over and register using this link here.