Here's another video of Bibou being really sweet with Seraphine
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Angel Seraphine has finally arrived
Here's another video of Bibou being really sweet with Seraphine
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Strike a Pose Bibou!
Friday, May 18, 2007
How BIG am I?
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Afternoon with Max, Louis and Ella
Well, here we are, May 17th, just 3 weeks shy of the (French!!) due date, and I'm still pregnant. We really thought she'd be out by now, seeing how Josephine was almost 1 month old by now. It's great news... in that she's gonna be fully developed, but she's really big! She's estimated to be around 4 kg if she goes full term. Yikes! I'm so huge and round, I don't walk, I waddle, and you can just roll me from place to place.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Recipe requests - Pavalova and Chili
Despite the down turn in the weather in May (as compared to the fabulous fabulous weather we had in April), we've continued to host BBQs in our backyard, just simply because we can! When it does rain (though it has only been once), we just bring it in the house! One very new and very popular item now is Chili Dogs! Yum Yum
Anyway, today, we had a bunch of my favoriate colleagues over for lunch today. We were really lucky with the weather. The sun even peeked out a little, and made it all very lovely. And now, due to popular demand (they've threatened to come here for lunch every day if I don't put the recipes up here....) here are the recipes for Pavalova and Chili.... my version.
Pavalova
Ingredients
- 6 egg whites
- 330 grams sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 1 teaspoon of vinegar
- 2 teaspoons of cornflour
- Cream and fresh fruits
Method
- Pre heat oven to 165 0C
- Whisks egg whites until stiff enough to form peaks
- Add half of the sugar and beat until mixture is shiny
- Fold the remaining sguar with a metal spoon
- Fold in the vanilla, vinegar and cornflour
- Pour onto greaseproof paper placed on a cookie sheet
- Bake for about 40 -45 minutes
- Turn off the oven but leave it to cool in the oven.
- When ready to serve, whip the creme to whiped cream and cover the cake with it all over and then decorate with sliced fresh fruits.
Chili
Ingredients
- About 1.5 - 2 kg of ground beef
- 2-3 onions
- 10 cloves of garlic
- 1-2 red pepper (finely chopped)
- mushrooms (finely chopped)
- 1 can of tomato paste
- salt, sugar and tobasco sauce to taste
- 2 cans of beer
Paste ingredients (mix all into a paste with some of the beer)
- 1/2 tablespoon of oregano
- 1 tablespoon of paprika
- 4-5 tablespoons of chilli powder
- 2 tablespoons of cumin
- 2 beef bouillon cubes (crushed)
Method
- In a large pot, fry onion and garlic until fragrant.
- Add the paste and fry for a while
- Add all the beef and fry for a while
- Add the rest of the beer
- Simmer for about 2 hours - stiring occasionally
- Add the red peppers and mushrooms, and the tomato paste. Simmer for another 1 hour or so.
- If at any time the mixture becomes too dry, add a little bit more beer. and always remember to stir.
- Add sugar (if it is too spicy for you) or salt or tobasco sauce to your taste
- You may also add kidney beans if you like.
Enjoy!!
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
"Happy Anniversary"!!
Today we had some lovely company... from Kirsty and two of her kids, Lily and Tom. It was another gorgeous day (though that meant hayfever attacks!) and we had the BBQ out, with the pool and all the backyard toys for the kids. Bibou woke up in a GREAT mood today. No whinging and moaning at all. We had such a lovely day with her today. If only she could be like day most or even some days (asking for everyday would be impossible of course). But anyway, we made the most of it certainly. While waiting for our guests to arrive, we spent some time in the garden with Bibou. We had a most hilarious time with her, she was sooo chatty and of course loving every minute of the attention that we shower on her. As the videos will show below, she has a laugh riot and a half!
Special treat today...chips and a bit of coke zero (oh don't shoot me....)
And even though she loves chips (and doesn't normally like to share), she will share her favorite food. She loves offering them to other people and feeding them :) :
Bibou learnt a new word today : Cheers! Of course Daddy taught her that word lol!
Here's a video of Bibou singing 'Wheels on the Bus" with Daddy this afternoon :