Recipe Share

It's always good to share a good and tasty recipe with friends. I love successful baking so I will share this recipe with you. Its a delicious and healthy snack and I have enjoyed every single bite. Its a date and carrot loaf. Super healthy and so easy - could it get any better than that.

Enjoy!

Carrot and Date Loaf

PREP TIME: 10 mins COOKING TIME: 40 mins SERVINGS: 10 slices Nutritional Information: Good source of fibre, vitamin A. Source of magnesium, folate, niacin, thiamin, iron. Per serve (when serves 10): 812 kJ (194 cals) 4g protein 5g fat 34g carbohydrate Ingredients: 1 cup of dates, chopped 1 cup water 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 cup grated carrot 1/2 cup walnuts * 1-1/2 cups wholemeal self - raising flour (I got a good consistency with just over 1 cup) 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg
Instructions: Place dates, water, sugar and bicarbonate of soda in a saucepan, bring to the boil, simmer 5 minutes. Cool Preheat oven to 180 C. Add carrot, walnuts and flour and spices stirring well. Spoon into a greased, paper-lined loaf tin and bake for 40 minutes. Turn out, cool thoroughly before slicing. * I didn't have walnuts so just added some almonds and chia seeds which tasted great! Recipe used from here

Cakes with style

Don't you just adore a lovely looking cake...and of coarse eat a slice or two!


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So far...

We have been at our Laundry renovations for a couple of months now. We soon came to terms that it wasn't meant to be a "done in one week end" job and so Mum and Dad have been coming over once a week for a little bit of reno and then dinner. It has been enjoyable and we are slowly getting there. Here is some pics of the journey so far. I think in a couple of weeks, we will be through stage one! Then onto turning the old laundry into a study. Eeek could be a while!

There are a few pics here so hope they don't bore you too much. I am looking forward to posting the finished product!

The existing walk through wardrobe from spare room to bathroom.

Getting started. Ripping out carpet and shelving.

Knocking down walls. Brad wore my swimming goggles to protect his eyes. He had a ball!

Demo complete now to re build it. Plumbing too!

I have a go drilling on the plaster board.

Look at him go, he still has it! He has a tool for everything.

So...this is where we are up to. Brad has plastered the walls and they look fantastic. They should be ready to paint in a day or so. Then its just the bench, sink, power points, bi fold doors and a few finishing touches, then our European laundry will be in full swing.

This is the old existing door through to the wardrobe. Mum and I have wallpapered it and will be putting some recessed shelving in.

Home made

Its been a while since my last post. I can put this down to a busy few weeks. I have however been quite busy around the home. So with my iphone in hand I went around and snapped a few pics of what has been taking place in our little home. Enjoy!

A lamp I picked up from an op shop - Of coarse painted base white and covered the shade in a beautiful wall paper! Super easy and looks lovely I think.

This is the before look at the funny shade of green shade.

Mum picked up this chest from hard rubbish for me last year and I had it outside as a chest to keep bits and pieces in on the deck. A neighbourhood cat made it her bed and so I brought it in, gave it a fresh splash of white paint, recovered the top in stripes and bought this amazing mustard cushion from freedom and there you have it!

Who could have known a few different sized jars, clumped together, some pink flowers popped in a few and then candles in the remaining could look so delectable.

Celebrated my beautiful sisters 22nd birthday over a brunch! It was lovely.

This was a batch of mince pies I made for a 'Christmas in July' party we hosted. I am a little bit proud of them for a first attempt. Yes that's right, I made the short crust pastry from scratch!

Also a first for me was the baking of a sponge cake for the Christmas do. Well it worked and tasted delish!

I got bored with a boring white sliding door in our kitchen, so i bought some black board paint ($15 for a small pot) and went a bit crazy painting my door. I do need a proper duster though as a wet cloth is just not cutting it.