Soccer and Cabbage

You could be forgiven for looking at the title of this blog and struggling to find a link.
There really isn't one.

So the soccer bit first.
This weekend saw the start of the kids soccer season, and Daryl managed to miss it by being in Singapore. He ended up arriving home today at about lunchtime due to the Icelandic volcano with the unpronounceable name preventing him from catching his flight to London.
But I digress, so back to the games.

Lauren's team was the first to play, and given that they only had once practice together beforehand, it was interesting to see them play and see who was good at what. All in all it was a good game, and they are learning to pass well now. Lauren had a great assist, where she was at the back of the field in defence, and kicked the ball over everyone's heads, and it landed neatly in front of another player from her team who slotted it into the goal! Final score 5-0.

Kyla's team was second to play, and that was a great game to see. Everyone played well, including the 2 new girls who had never played before. Kyla scored a cracker of a goal from about 10m back, and was justifiably pleased with herself.
Final score 4-0.

Braden's team was the final game for the day, and due to the game being at Shepherd's Park in Beachaven, I was only there for about the last 10 minutes of the game. I did notice that Braden (who is a defender) was playing well into the opposition's half, and it soon became clear. He tells me that his team's goalies (one for each half) did not touch the ball as goalie. It really was a bit of a walkover - and the score would have been much higher if the goals had been the proper size instead of the tiny ones that were being used.
Final score 7-0

So , a successful day of soccer, and apparently Daryl's team won too, 1-0, even though Daryl was not there to help.

So, now to the Cabbage.

The foodlover's challenge for the week was to use cabbage or almonds (or both) in a recipe we had never cooked before.

I did Chinese steamed pork and cabbage rolls.
This gave me a chance to use my Bamboo steamer for the first time, which was fun.









The kids and Daryl all liked the rolls, which we had with rice, Andrew's sprinkles from Japan, and soy sauce.

The verdict was a 4/5, I would probably do this one again. A good way to use a vegetable that up till now I have tended to only use in coleslaw or sauteed or in colcannon (once).


Kyla chose to use almonds, and due to the fact that we had been to Blossoms for lunch and had cake today (we met Daryl there after he arrived home from Singapore) we didn't need another cake. So she made Praline, which we had with cream/vanilla yogurt mixture, and peacherines.
This was also voted 4/5. Very yummy indeed.