Hope DD is feeling a little better today. I to am a fan of Nigella and find her cooking easy to follow :o) Kids love the recipe called pigs bum in the how to eat book. basically it's a steamed sponge pudding with rhubarb in which turns it a glorious pink colour lol
What started out as a cold and rainy miserable day which helped make my
> decision to keep DD1 home (she's had a persistent cough), has turned into
> quite a good one. I've managed to bake and ice a batch of cupcakes (gosh I
> love Nigella Lawson's cookbook), bake a batch of anzac cookies, sew together
> one whirligig and piece 3 more into a strip (It's starting to look really
> good), hang the Spring Sue Show quilt so that it airs out a bit (being
> folded away for a few days has made it look quite okay).
>
> The girls have been absolute angels and have been playing/reading and
> resting quietly. Oh and I've also got DH and one of his colleagues at home
> and they've taken over my dining room table with a band saw and dremel
> fixing up about 50 holders for hand scanners which a client had complained
> about. And THEY'VE been angels too! LOL.
>
> Outside, well it is still wet and rainy and cold and I've just heard thunder
> so it could be storming soon. But who cares, the heater is turned up, the
> smell of baking is still wafting around, and in about an hour and a half or
> two the smell of my homemade potato wedgies and t-bones will start to make
> my tummy rumble. A tummy which lost 1.1kg (2.2pounds) yesterday! So it
> deserves a bit of yumminess.
>
> Oh for more days like this....
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> Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU)
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