We had some beautiful Autumn weather this week in Melbourne. It was lovely to work in the garden pruning some bushes, pulling weeds and planting a few cuttings we've grown. We opened the doors to let a gentle fresh breeze in and the Sun streamed through our windows.
Here's how our week looked -
* I dug up about 3 kilos of potatoes from our garden. It was really good timing because I was down to our last couple of potatoes in the pantry.
* I made chocolate and raspberry muffins with choc chips for a Mother's Day afternoon tea at our place. Luka and Bryson were here when I made them so they were happy to help with the stirring. We made plenty for a gift as well as some for our freezer too ( for work morning teas ).
* I baked ANZAC biscuits to go with a Mother's Day present for my Mum. I placed them in a cello bag and put them in a decorative tin. Mum was thrilled with her gift.
* I used recycled gift bags for Mother's Day presents and gave handmade cards. Megan even gave the gift bags back so I could reuse them over and over again.
* I made up a jar of French onion soup mix. I used 3 of the store bought packets and added onion powder, onion granules, parsley, paprika and garlic to help them stretch further.
* The shower cleaner bottle was almost empty so I refilled it using cooled boiled water and dishwashing liquid.
* The metal button / stud on a pair of my jeans was falling out from where it had been fastened. So I pulled it off and sewed up the hole. Then I sewed on another button.
* Gratefully received more paper supermarket bags from a friend. We use these as a bin for rubbish in the kitchen. I just stand it upright in the cupboard under the sink.
* On Thursday I planted more potatoes in our raised garden bed. I've counted 14 weeks ahead on our calendar and marked the date for when they should be ready to dig up.
* I used the bag from the toilet paper as a bin liner in our kitchen. Why throw it out when it can be used for rubbish, then thrown out ?
* I made scones for the Mother's Day afternoon tea we had here. I served them with homemade jam and whipped cream. We had some plain scones leftover so they went into the freezer.
* We used the solar lanterns, saved water from drink bottles into a bucket ( used for plants ) and dried the washing on the line.
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Lunchbox Chocolate Choc Chip Muffins
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| Potatoes, beans and feijoas from our garden |
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| Chrysanthemums in our garden |
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| Jessica and I on Mother's Day |
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| The biscuits were from church for the Mums |
Hi Wendy,your scones,& muffins sound delicious I have found a new use for those brown shopping bags,I keep potatoes in one & onions in the other side by side in a dark spot
ReplyDeleteA lovely week Wendy! Lovely photo too! Baking is such a good gift. Everything is so expensive now that baked treats are just so popular. So good that you can dig up some spuds. I have been peeling potatoes today as my daughter gave me some but I also have a big box full of potato plants to dig up ahead... the plants haven't started to die off yet. Have a great weekend! xxx
ReplyDeleteThe weather has been lovely here today too, a welcome change after days of rain. Lovely Mothers' Day photo, Wendy! At our place this week:
ReplyDelete* planned weekly meals based on what we already have here
* had lots of little ripe avocados so made nachos & topped with these, spring onion and soured cream
* picked lettuce, spring onion, perpetual spinach and flowers from our garden.
* packed lunch to take to our son's weekend sports events
* used 10% off at supermarket to buy some toiletries, got more soap and crackers from discount store
* bought 2x marked down oranges -will use juice in a cake
* filled up fuel after checking prices, used 4% off
* our son vaccuumed car - no cost and he did a great job
* washed five small clip lock bags that a colleague was going to throw away. These are fine to reuse now instead of going to landfill.
Have a lovely week!
Hi Wendy, What quantities of onion powder,onion granules ect do yo add to the three packets of French onion soup to make it go further? I would love to try this..thank you in advance
ReplyDeleteI don't measure quantities. I would have been 3 tablespoons of the onion flakes, maybe a teaspoon or two of the garlic and a good shake of everything else.
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