This has been a week of firsts...The most important first: Stella's dance troupe got first place the first time they performed their new song & dance number (they got highly commended for Jazz - which they absolutley nailed). All the kids work really hard (so does their teacher), so it was great to see.
I made my first lot of whey & cream cheese from Nourishing Traditions and it turned out well. I've used some whey in my first lot of lacto-fermented mayonnaise, which is sitting on the cupboard now. I've got my first lot of water kefir brewing. Stella & I made our first lot of yoghurt which is really yummy. I got my paws on our first lot of raw milk and raw cream. Today we tried our first lot of raw milk in a smoothie. You would think since I live not far from dairys I could find a source of raw milk...but no I have to buy "Bath" milk. That's the loophole. Health food shops are allowed to sell raw milk for beauty purposes....But hey you can buy whatever flavoured milk you want in the supermarket! another first - Bre has her first (and hopefully last) case of hand, foot & mouth. She picked it up from daycare, luckily only a mild dose because some of the other kids are absolutley covered. I like to think that maybe our diets have played a part in her getting such a mild dose.
The veggie garden is pretty much planted out now. Lots of beetroot - I love beetroot, cabbage, cucumber, zucchinni, pumpkin, beans, carrots, radish, capsicum, eggplant. As well as everything else we've got in. More will get planted as the season progresses, but we have a great start. I'm going to be buying some mason jars so that I can preserve some by lacto-fermentation, as well as using them for my water kefir, freezing stocks & whatever else I can think of.
The no coffee thing is not doing well. I'm now back on instant & I'm trying to limit myself to 3 cups a day. From there I plan on cutting down further. I'ts such a hard habit to break...I love coffee & the only time I actually hated the taste was when I was pregnant with Bre.
I'm also starting to think about Christmas. It's really not that far away. Usually I bake presents for people (the last 2 years i didn't - heavily pregnant & then small baby/sick child). I've been thinking how I can make the presents more "real" food. The shortbread is a challenge. If anyone else has a suggestion on how I can tweak the recipe (the butter is fine, it's just the caster sugar). I've also found where to get ethical, free range happy ham. This is major because I love Christmas ham & wasplanning on not getting it. I'll have to order soon & i'll be paying more but at least I know the pigs have been treated well and have had a happy life (with one bad day).
GIVEAWAY: Come up with a smoothie recipe. I'll make it and Stella will score out of 10 (I'll add 2 points for unusual ingredients). The winner will recieve 4 stainless steel straws - 2 smoothie width 2 normal. Competition finishes 9th September. So get creative!
Can you let us know where you found the Happy Ham? I would like to pre-order for us too (in SA).
ReplyDeleteI thought you may have struggled with the coffee. I was going to suggest still having your large cup in the morning at least. Small steps and thats ok!
How interesting about the milk!
Congratulation Stella for First Place in Jazz routine! Your are a dancing rockstar! xoxoxo
Hope Bre gets rid of that foot n mouth quickly! xoxooxox
I googled free range ham NSW. I think the place I'm ordering from is called urban meats and it's in marickville. Google but put in SA or Adelaide & you should find something. You pay more but it's worth it!
ReplyDeleteBre all better. She really only had a mild case, some of the others were covered! I did note that the ones who had mild cases were all the boobie bubs. The bad cases were all formula/cows milk. I found that interesting...it would be interesting to find out if that's always the case
And I don't mean to offend anyone who formula/cow milk feeds as I know that it's a personal thing. Just noted that out of 10 cases in my room the 4 mild cases still have boobie.
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