As we have a reasonable amount of space here, it made sense to plant a vege garden. So far, we have only completed a small section of the garden, but already have been enjoying fresh produce from it. We have been eating lots of lettuce from it, spring onions, snow peas and parsley. Still to come are carrots and broccoli. We have planted Marigolds in the vege garden too, as they apparently repel various small bugs that would otherwise be a nuisance. Not sure if they work but they add a nice touch of colour. When we get the rest of the garden finished and filled with dirt, it will be time to add more plants, to hopefully end up with most of our fresh veges being home grown.
The next bit of news is that I was particularly spoilt this Mother's Day with my family (read Daryl organising it) giving me a shiny new Kitchen Aid mixer. This will replace the electric beaters that wore out and died recently. Since then I have discovered it is remarkably tedious having to beat egg whites with a hand whisk, or beating egg yolks and sugar till pale and thick by the same method. Not good for an arm that has OOS tendencies.... and besides, it looks so good on the bench!
So far it has been used to knead dough for pizza bases, caramel mud cake for Kyla's birthday cake, the filling for a cheesecake type dessert and the egg whites for the sponge part of the same dessert.
Copy-cat!
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