Thankful for family recipes

I'm thankful to be able to cook same pumpkin scones that I enjoyed as a child.
Seems like Edward likes them too! (I wasn't planning to start him on them this early, but he has long arms and a firm grip!)

A Day in my Life, so far

I thought it would be interesting to share my day as a stay at home/work at home Mum today.

Up early, (before Emily) to eat porridge and up and go.
Say bye to Phill
Check work emails and answer student questions on the forum as Emily eats her breakfast
Build a farmyard with Duplo, Megablocks and some other plastic blocks.
Start a load of washing
Come back to find Emily has put Grandma and Lego (the girl Duplo character) to bed
Eat 2nd breakfast, eggs and baked beans on toast and work on my website while Emily watches Peppa Pig and Playschool
Hang out the washing and love the smell of summer in the air and the cool easterly (which will no doubt be warm soon!)
Remember to check the cricket scores! :) Go Warriors
Convince Emily there are no bees so it's safe to play in the sandpit
Attempt to fold washing and talk to Emily through t he window (but go out every 2 mins due to flies, running out of water or the lid I've angled to shade her falling down
Give Emily a bath
Make lunch (salad vegies and philly, plus some nuts & dried fruit) and Emily's lunch (3 fish fingers, salad, Heinz Salad Cream, nuts and dried fruit)
Print off 3 cinnamon bun recipes and start making one of them (why do I always want to bake when it's time to mark assignments)
Put Emily to bed for her afternoon sleep (twice!)
Write this blog post
Sleep!
Mark some assignments.

Let's see how I go with that!
Melissa

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Recipe for a family tradition

One tradition for the Kerr family at Christmas (and for my family throughout the year) is roast sausagemeat. I’ve not really come across many people who’ve heard of it, outside my extended family, so I thought I’d share the recipe. I enjoy the tasty crust it forms on the outside and at only $2 per 500g it is a meal that won’t break the budget.

 

 

Roast Stuffed Sausagemeat

500g sausagemeat
A few crusts of bread or breadcrumbs if you prefer
1 tablespoon of flaked dried onion or one diced fresh onion
1 tablespoon of mixed herbs

Roll out beef sausagemeat onto a floured cutting board

Sprinkle with bread pieces, onion and mixed herbs – Grandma even used to leave out the hearbs at times  for some more fussy cousins on Christmas day!)

Bake in oven 180°C for 2 hours ( based on 500 grams of sausagemeat) with dripping (or olive oil) for basting.

Serve with roast vegies and enjoy with some good old Gravox gravy

Recipe thanks to my Grandma, Barbara Kerr

Do you have a family meal no-one else seems to have even heard of? I’d like to see it! Can you comment with a link to your recipe?

Melissa

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14 December 2010–Phill’s birthday

I’m still not quite used to the Christmas/birthday season around here. It makes for some busy days!

We celebrated Phill’s birthday with the traditional steak diane thanks to Mum S and I made the ever popular strawberry hazelnut gateau. In the afternoon I’d had the brilliant idea to made dinner rolls using the breadmaker and they were very popular. Les (and Asha) and Steve joined us to celebrate! Phill’s presents were a hit all round with Bunnings vouchers, flying monkey (which has been adopted by Emily) and the sibling’s Lego Starwars Wii game, shirts and more. Emily had a late sleep so was able to stay up for the 7pm dinner but wasn’t too sure about the sparklers.
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Melissa

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Celebrate Monday

I’ve been making the most of our breadmaker, and I made a few rolls. With some spiced, crumbed chicken breast fillets, egg, cheese, pineapple and salad, Phill loved them! Emily even approved of the roll though she didn’t really eat much of the salad.

This post is inspired by Simple Scrapper Celebrate Monday
Melissa

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