Fridays Fabuous Finds # 31

This week I was already to post this on Friday....really organized I was....and blogger was not co operating.

Anyway I am here for today with some great links.

• I think that this you tube video speaks for himself.

•  I am looking at lots of new blogs at the moment.  I stumbled across Meet at Mikes.  I love it.  It is worth putting just a little time aside to take a look at her retro feel blog.
• I am in the market for some fridge magnets and I think I might have just found some DIY ones.
• Since my One Little Word for the year is Happiness I thought I would share this article from Life Optimizer
• Finally since I am plodding away at my garden I thought that a watering system should be planned for.  So here we go with a few ideas.  I think some people are so creative.

Wordless Wednesday 27 February

This photo shows Andres homework.  I structure made with creative solutions to hold it together.

 

He struggled all week with his idea and finally decided that he could do glue and a rubber band.  We discussed it a little and decided to use homemade glue (water and flour).

 

 

I am linking this post to My Little Drummer Boys.

Pineapple

Today I thought that I would blog something just a little different.

When I was living in Brunei one of the thing I loved was all the local fruit.  No I am not taking about the vomit smelling durian fruit.

 (image source here)

 

 

I am talking about the pineapple.  Truth be known the pineapple I bought was probably imported but we very cheap none the less.  One of the most painful things about pineapple is the cutting of the skin off.  I always seemed to leave bits of that tough skin on the edible flesh.  So I asked a friends wonderful amah Bless if she would show me how to cut the pineapple the local way and this is what I found.

• Firstly you take the pineapple and cut the skin off.  Now we don't grow this fruit in New Zealand so I thought I would post the photo of an unpicked fruit.

(Source here)

 

 

Then you run your knife around the pineapple following the little bits of skin left and you end up with a fruit looking like this.

 

 

 

 

 

Next you quarter your pinapple down the verticle line.

 

 

 

 

Next you notice that a pineapple has a hard core which can be unplesant to eat so cut it out.

 

 

 

 

Finally you cut your pineapple into bite size bits.  I slice down the long line three times and then cut into the size you enjoy.  That is all there is to it.

 









 

 



Monday Menu 25 February

Here I am this week on my own and rushing around with the after school activities.   So my menu reflects this moment in life.

Monday  chicken (cooked in the crockpot) with potato baked and green vege

Tuesday  Crockpot  beef stew on rice.  Based on the recipe on my blog.

Wednesday  Beef stir fry with a soy and ginger sauce (scroll down to see the recipe)

Thursday  Vegetable and Macaroni Pasta Bake

Friday  Zucchini Loaf and salad

Saturday  lemon and herb marinated chicken with potato and salad

Sunday  leftovers.

I am linking this to I'm an Organising Junkie

Fridays Fabulous Finds #30

So here we are will some more of my finds for the this week.

• check this little idea out for home.  Simple and easy to do and found at How about Orange
• Oh I love this little idea.  Just a pity I don't have a tree like that really close to my house but in the cows paddock.  But I still love the idea from Oh Happy Days.
• I love this little idea for the car but my handbag might benefit from a first aid kit like this.
• What is it about a smile?
• then what about those photos and becoming better on those overcast days.

What great links have you found this week? 

Wordless Wednesday 20 February

So we had a little fun with our photo this week. 

Ok it may not be funny to you all but we had a lot of fun with this photo.

I am linking this post to My Little Drummer Boys.

Monday Menu 18 February

Here we are for this week.


Monday  Noodly Dinner

Tuesday   My husband is making dinner.  Its a surprise.

Wednesday  chicken salad with chillie cream dressing

Thursday  Indian Coconut Chicken Curry .

Friday   Chickpea and vegetable patties with salsa

Saturday  Cajun chicken pasta

Sunday Leftovers.

I am linking this post to I'm an Organising Junkie.

Getting it Clean

Sometimes I think that all that jewellery I have in my draw could do with being worn.  So all that silver that I wore some years ago was dragged out the other day looking rather tarnished.  So after some research and found an easy bit of kitchen chemistry to do the job.

Line a glass container with tin foil.  Sprinkle a generous supply of baking soda in the container.

 

 

Lay your tarnished items in the container.

 

 

Pour to cover boiling water a and leave to do the job for about 5 minutes.

 

 

Thats all there is to it.

Wordless Wednesday 13 February

Here it is.  Found inside our house.

I am linking this post to My Little Drummer Boys.

Monday Menu 11 February

Here is my menu for this week.

Monday   Spagetti and Meatballs

Tuesday  chicken with baked potato and salad

Wednesday  lamb and vegetables hoisn stir fry (sorry this is not on the web)

Thursday  Chicken and pineapple curry.

Friday  Macaroni and cheese

Saturday  Dill and Mustard Chicken Burgers

Sunday Easy do it yourself meal. 

Sorry not so may links this week.  I am linking this to I'm an Organising Junkie