Bargains, Baking & Beautiful Things.

Welcome,

It seems we have four seasons in one day today.  Currently the sun is out and our backyard is glistening after a short burst of rain.

School is closed today, so this gave me an opportunity to spend more time with my boys.  It has been a relatively relaxing day....a quick trip to the shops this morning, then back home to chill out together.

Our trip to the shops was specific...I was after this weeks sale items at NQR.  It's great to stock up on goods that can be frozen when they're on sale, as well as pantry fillers.

We stocked up on:

5 boxes of battered fish fillets 6 fillets per box
3 tubs of 1kg margarine
1kg of chunky chips (oven fries)
and of course the boys got a 500mL bottle each of creaming soda

All of this came to a total of: $19.90! Bargain!






Having done a large grocery shop over the weekend, our fridge, pantry and freezer are now well stocked.

Over the weekend I was also looking through one of my old handwritten recipe books.  I came across a simple savoury muffin recipe.  We had some ham in the fridge that need to be used up, so for something different, I decided to make some for our Sunday lunch.

Simple Savoury Muffins

Makes 12 average size muffins

2 cups Self Raising flour
2 cups grated cheese
2 cups milk

Preheat oven to 180°C
Add flour and cheese to bowl, mix in milk, pour into greased muffin tray. 
Bake for 30 minutes.  Enjoy!
Let your imagination run wild with additional ingredients.  We used ham, corn kernels, spring onions and a pinch of chicken stock powder.
You could use capsicum, grated carrot, pineapple, salami, olives, mushrooms....the list goes on....

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On a different note, my cousin is getting married next month, so I decided to make them something for their special day.

The E & D represents their initials.... Eleanor and Daniel.
I also made a card to go with it.

....and finally I also made a card to go with the "wish it, dream it, do it" canvas that I added to last weeks blog post.

What did you get up to on the weekend?  
Do you have any easy recipes you would like to share?  Would love to hear from you.
Enjoy your week and......

Thank you for stopping by.

 Carolyn