Happy New Year!

Thank you Doug and Glenn for crawling around

on the ground and in the roof.

(Doug in his workshop)

 

Glenn in the lounge below the television)

Top is the new dish to get clearer television signal,

below is existing dish to receive BYU television.

They are still working on sorting out the signal.

Soon it will be all worked out!

Happy New Year to you too!

Flourishing...

Dianne's "Touch of Class" is beautifully blooming.

My staked tomatoes are up to my face!

 

And the roses for Patrick and Hilmar are all blooming right now too!

For the bounty of the earth I am truly thankful!

Young Men's Fun Hairstyles

All the children who swim here have great fun.

This was a hilarious moment!

"Pizza" Recipe

 

Base: 

(I got this base recipe from Karen Webster.  I use it all the time)

1 cup              cake flour                                       

1/3 – ½ cup   milk (or milk powder and water)        

4 Tbsp            oil                                                     

1 heaped tsp Baking powder                                  

½ tsp               salt                                                    

 

Mix all together  

 

 Press into pizza pan   

 

 Toppings:

 

 Spread tomato sauce/paste on pressed base    

 

 Sauté onions, green pepper, mushrooms   

 

 Add minced beef

 

 Brown

 

 Spread over tomato sauce/paste.

 

 (I shredded some fresh spinach and sprinkled it on this one)

 

 Sprinkle with cheddar or other cheese

                                                          

 Bake 190C for about 30 min 

 

 Enjoy!

 

 

 

Vi Walking with her New Stick

We gave Vi this walking stick as a Christmas Present. 

She is delighted and walking more and more confidently! 

We are all thankful.

"Vegetable Fritters" Recipe

Thanks Mom for this recipe...  I use it often.

It's easy...  The frying somewhat time consuming...

Mix all together: 

1 tin mixed vegetables

1 tin cream style sweetcorn

1 chopped onion

Left over vegetables – fresh or raw

(I keep the broccoli stalks in the fridge when I serve broccoli,

I food-processor-chopped them for this mix)

2 eggs (or more… depending how much vegetable mix you have)

Flour to bind to sloppy mixture 

Shallow pan fry in vegetable oil

Drain on a paper towel – optional… 

Serve hot with salad right away

or enjoy cold later – with salad!

We love them!
We don't eat fried foods often, so we enjoy them when we do!

"Ginger Drops" Recipe

 Blessed Christmas Everyone!

 

 

CREAM TOGETHER (1)

175g margerine 

175g butter

2 c white sugar

 

ADD TO (1) AND MIX THOROUGHLY

4 T raw molasses or treacle

2 eggs  

BLEND TOGETHER (2)

3 c flour

2 t bicarbonate of soda

2 t ground cinnamon

1 t ground cloves

2 T ground ginger 

Mix (1) and (2) together 

Drop by spoonsful onto ungreased baking sheet.   Allow for spreading.

Bake 180 - 200C for 10 – 12 minutes. 

Cool slightly before carefully removing carefully from baking sheet onto cooling rack. 

This mixture makes about 5 dozen. 

Enjoy! 

Thanks Sister Mellander!  I think fondly of you every time I make these.

c = cup = 250ml

t = teaspoon = 5 ml

T = Tablespoon = 12.5 ml

 

Christmas Day Opening Presents at Doug and Nadia...

Enjoy!