All Things Mum

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I thought I would share with you the easiest lasagne I have made in a while. It came to me as I was preparing Shepherds Pie which is a family favourite. Also, it made the list because San Remo Cold Pasta was on special for $3 a pack at the supermarket so I bought two and froze one box. What you'll need: 1x 375gm pkt of San Remo Parpadelle pasta (from the cold food section, not the hard stuff) 600gm mince beef 1/2 brown onion 1 jar of Dolmio Extra Pasta sauce (I used the Extra Garlic) 1 cup of chopped mushroom (or less) 1 cup of chopped zucchini (if you have it on hand, or any other vegetable mix) 1 x 400gm tin of diced tomatoes * Optional: 6 potatoes for the mash topping and 1 cup of cheese for melting on top. Basically you cook your mince with some onion and then add your vegies and then sauce. Simmer for about 5mins and season to taste by adding salt/sugar. At the same time you'll want to be boiling a pot of water for your pasta. Dunk the pasta in for about 5...

On Saturday night I stayed up by myself determined to get started on crocheting this beanie. The only thing I've ever managed to crochet before was a tawashi flower for that cardigan I knitted for Miss 5. I've lost that beanie I bought from the Salvo's for the baby and so now I stumbled across this crochet baby ear flap beanie pattern here and decided to have a go at it. I only have that one 5m crochet hook and I think I'm hooked on it that I'll have to source some more sizes! It took me forever to figure out how to start out. I was going for the miracle circle thingy and then practised a few rows of the double crochet before I unravelled it all and started from scratch. It's difficult to learn and rather annoying having your kids climb all over you and your chair while you are doing this. So they went off to bed and I sat alone in the kitchen learning this myself. I was getting really confused but in the end I figured it out. It felt so good to get st...

   Today we bared the chilly outside and went to Playgroup and the Library. We laughed as we got inside the room as there were only a handful of mother's with chidlren and my clan just about doubled the number of attendees. The baby doesn't enjoy staying for long so we end up doing some free play, craft and fruit before he chucks a tanty. I strolled him into the Library across the way and left the toddler and preschool in the kids room while I browsed the cooking section for that book I knew was waiting for me. There it was: The Australian Women's Weekly Pressure Cooking. Ahhh yes. I had gone past it numerous times but today it was going home with me. Above is the chicken rice congee. I normally make this on the stove top and it takes me a while to boil the chicken and then add it to the rice. It's so good on a cold Winter's day so I am glad I have this recipe for my pressure cooker. Above is Chinese Chicken. I think it's like the soy chicken ...