Showing posts with label muffins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label muffins. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

House Fire and Twitch Pics

What a looong weekend....on Friday morning an electrical fire started in the garage of my daughter's home...it destroyed everything in there but fortunately the car and motor bike were out. Gone are a fridge, beds, the childrens' bikes, a dryer, baby photos, sewing machine, all her husband's tools and his guitar and amp, 3 of Elizabeth's best paintings and lots of other things but no-one was injured so we are very grateful for that. Unfortunately the smoke filled up the garage next door and caused a great of damage to the two valuable cars parked in there and the fireman had to break open the roller door to gain entry to turn off the power...



DD was in the process of moving out and got the keys to her new flat that afternoon so we have the spent a cold weekend moving her into there...family and friends quickly rallied and delivered 4 beds, a fridge and lots of kitchen equipment so we are very grateful for their work. You know who you are.
Even 7 yr old Baxter came over with another bike and some Lego and other toys for Caleb and David.

David is not staying under the bed btw



I'm having a quiet day at home today, baking muffins for Joe and for Elizabeth and my grandsons...I am using my Mum's recipe and my Nana's big spoon...five generations of love in that bowl and that makes me happy. 12 muffins are mixed berry and 12 are date and pear...Mum's recipe is here but these days I use 1/3 cup of apple puree/sauce instead of the oil. I put chocolate drops on the top of the second batch but they burned...learn something new every day!


Chilli sauce guaranteed to put hairs on your chest!


Our neighbour's pawpaws/papaya are huge now and this is only one of her 6 trees...she grew them all from the seeds of a pawpaw she bought locally...


I finished a knitted bunny in the Fremantle Dockers football colours for some-one who loves rabbits and the Dockers ;)



Yesterday evening I glanced outside and saw Twitch sitting in the mint planter so that he could reach the chilli bush...he was eating it's leaves! Joe grabbed the camera and took these lovely photos and Twitch made my day with his cuteness...







 He looks like a toy when he stands on his hind legs...it's called periscoping and rabbits often do that to see better or to reach tasty treats as in this case :) He's very cheeky and you can see he's fully recovered from EC illness he had recently.

Time to wash my baking dishes now, hope all is well in your neck of the woods,
Love from Sue
xx







Friday, 5 July 2013

Mum's Muffins

I first wrote this recipe down on the 10th August 1998 and have no idea how many times I have used it since then!


You'll need

1 cup of milk
1 egg
1/3 cup of vegetable oil

Blend them together and then stir in

2 1/2 cups of SR flour
1/3 cup sugar

Choose from this list of treats or add your own favourites...

1 orange, processed
100gm choc chips
a chopped apple
300 gms chopped rhubarb
2-3 mashed bananas
3/4 cup of frozen blueberries

I only had 2T of blueberries so threw some choc chips and seeds in to make it up.
Bake at 190C for 15-20 minutes. That's it! They'll freeze well and will satisfy that sweet tooth without too many calories.
Mum will ask why I am using paper cases again...because I lost my muffin pans as well as a few other items when we moved house last year. Sorry.

I keep meaning to show you these photos of the long-billed corellas that we see around the area now...these were on the seafront over-looking the Indian Ocean. They are big, noisy and destructive and just fascinating to watch, I love 'em!




I've had a lovely week and am looking forward to 2 outings this weekend, a special soccer match and the the casino with Mum on Sunday.
What are your plans?
Hope you have a lovely weekend whatever you decide to do,
Love, Sue

Priscilla has just updated her blog and has some rather exciting news, the link is on the right-hand side of this page. Please keep her in your thoughts. xox