Banana Muffin Addiction

Here is my plan. Just go with it okay. I have 3 bananas left from my bunch the parents brought down for me from the farms North of here. I am so excited because they are almost perfect for making Banana Muffins, I am so excited!!! I want to make them tonight but I am half way through making my previous fritter recipe for staff lunch tomorrow. Here is the recipe I use I got it from one of my aunties. If I don't get it done tonight it will have to be tomorrow.

Banana Muffins

Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups self raising flour
- 3/4 cup of brown sugar
-1 cup of milk
-1 egg
-2 tbsp butter
-1 tsp vanilla essence
- 2-3 bananas mashed

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees, prepare muffin tray.
2. Combine milk, egg, butter, vanilla and bananas blend in a metal bowel.
3. Add flour and sugar and mix well.
4. Put mixture into muffin tray
5. Bake for 20-25 mins or until golden
6. Serve warm with butter or eat cold.

Wedding Invites!

So exciting, just heard word from the people over at Orchard and Brown. Our wedding invites are getting printed this week. Can't wait to see them all finished. They have been excellent to work with. The proofs and adjustments have been done beautifully and makes us both feel super special. If you need invites for anything check them out (here is the wedding section broken up into categories depending upon style), they are based in Sydney.

They also have an Etsy Store that covers weddings, children parties and baby showers. Here are some pictures of my favs.

Crafting Update

Had three crafting projects I was throughly enjoying...until my cute little kitten Delenn got into my bag. Can't salvage any of them for swapping. Will try to save later for my own home. Not a happy camper :(

Fritta Pictures

I have had a few emails about the recipe I posted. Here are some pics to clarify.

Step 3: Put all ingredients into a bowl and mix together.


Step 4: Pour into tine lined with baking paper. Push in grape/cherry tomatoes


Final Product: After cooking for 25 mins

Love a Good Fritta

So I have been running on no sleep and zero spare time thanks to my job consuming all. However, this has lead me to be inventive in the kitchen. What do you do when you get home, it is already 7:30pm and you have about 4 hours of marking to do. Opps...forgot about dinner. Look in fridge. Find eggs, basic vegetables and a few rashes of bacon.

FRITTA TIME!

This is a recipe I found online and have adjusted to suit me. It is quick easy and tasty yummy the next day for breakfast and lunch. It is also healthy. Have a go and tell me what you think.

Baked Tomato, Zucchini and Bacon Fritter

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

5-6 large eggs lightly beaten
1 onion diced
4 bacon rashes diced
1 sml zucchini grated
1 carrot grated
2 tblsp self raising flour
2 tblsp milk
Clove of garlic crushed
Salt
Black pepper
1/3 cup grated tasty cheese
8 grape tomatoes halved (cherry tomatoes would work)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 175°C. Line a 16 x 26cm baking pan with non-stick baking paper.
2. Pan fry bacon and onion
3. Place the eggs in a large bowl and add the onion, bacon, garlic, zucchini, carrot, flour, milk, salt, pepper and half of the cheese. Stir until well combined.
4.Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Arrange tomato halves on top, pressing into the mixture slightly (i make random patterns like smilie faces or Pacman). Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
5. Cook for 20-25 mins and serve warm.
6. Put left overs in fridge in a air tight container and eat next day warm or cold.

I may have been very hugrey and didn't get a chance to photograph this one, sorry guys.

Random Weekend

Like the heading suggests...random weekend. Alright exciting news, I picked up my wedding ring. YAY! I love it and it looks great on my child like hands. I also have learned that working two jobs sucks especially around report writing time and on top of that planning a wedding means no sleep for me. Sadly no exciting cooking or crafting this week. To busy trying to work out this national curriculum and getting through my 20 hour professional development I need to do in my own time (sleep????)

On a random side note. We have a Cockatoo in the neighbourhood who has decided I am a good perch. Scott and I put out wild bird seed so we can get a free show each morning. See this post about some of our visitors. However, lately each time I have gone to put food out a 'wild' (I use the term loosely) Sulphur Crested Cockatoo either lands on the fence right next me, lands on the bird feeder as I am filling it OR on me. This scared me half to death the first time. Especially because I was wearing shiny earrings and just had a mental image of one being ripped out. It keeps doing it and I don't know why it thinks landing on a human is a good idea???? For those who don't know this type of cockatoo weighs about 900g and is 50cm long. It is not small animal to have chilling on you. I am hoping it either stops or I learn to get used to it. I have started talking to it. Perhaps it was a tame one that escaped who knows. I shall call it Bob.

Pointy End of Term 4.

With only 3 weeks left until reporting due. This is how I am feeling. No crafting and minimal cooking.