may day long weekend - baking

WOW     i think it's important to start this blog by stating that every weekend should be a long weekend!! we had originally said we would go away camping but that was quickly canned as the bug had to work. after being away for our anniversary then a extend birthday trip to brissy for my dad's big one it felt like i was hardly home - and who wants that...you spend so much time creating a sanctuary and never in it - i don't think so. around rolled friday afternoon and i got slight early mark and was home but the time i'm normally leaving. it was one of the best weekends i can remember in along time, i sewed and baked and cooked, and did some more sewing, more baking and more cooking..... oh it was fantastic!

i have to admit i love love LOVE cooking it's one of my favorite 'past times' in life, there's nothing quite like people coming together to share a delicious meal cooked with love. unless i'm baking or a really complicated recipe i generally don't follow the method, i kind of just skim so i will try my absolute best to give better instructions for the recipes.

friday dinner

 i'd seen a recipe for home style ravioli using wonton wrappers and for the life of me i couldn't find the recipe again - typical me. so i made most of it up as i went and hope that it didn't turn out badly as we we're spontaneously having new friends for dinner. well it was a hit and actually very easy to make so will get the recipe out there shortly.

all baking is done with love

saturday was the perfect day for me; baking, sewing and more baking then we had friends for dinner so i was in my element. the bug had to work on saturday so i was up early baking biscuits as i couldn't sleep. around morning tea time i went to the hospital (where the bug works) bearing gifts of freshly bake choc-chip & cranberry anzac biscuits and a delicious soy latte YUMMY. needless to say he was very appreciative and delighted that i had found yet another amazing recipe to add to my repertoire. we polished off the majority of these biscuits over the weekend and on monday afternoon i make some more but without the cranberries still very delicious.

baked anzac goodness

saturday evening i must have seemed like a total show off for the dessert i pulled out..... i'd seen the recipe in the woolies good taste january '12 edition and drooled over it and now i know why. the whole recipe was actually super easy to make and as my friend jess said "you need a minutes silence to enjoy it all" which was absolutely true. 

choc-mint slice . . .

the finished product . . .