Blessed Easter everyone!

So instead of putting Rosie's adorable face on my blog, I thought that I should include a photo of my latest cake creation. I won't take any credit for this as the design was given to me by a woman at work. She however tied a ribbon around the cake while I decided to sit a pretty chocolate bunny on top (which makes little tinkle sounds) to make it an Easter cake!

It is definitely death by chocolate: chocolate mudcake, chocolate ganache, kit kats around and smarties on the top with the chocolate bunny! It just screams Easter, doesn't it? :)

Blessed Easter everyone! Enjoy the chocolate but let's not forget what Easter is truly about- remembering our Lord who died for our sins so that we can live forever in His love. I am eternally grateful.

Homemadee tortillas!!!

Let's set the scene... no wait, I'm too excited. I'll just skip to the end - THEY WERE DELICIOUS.

So I did heaps of cooking on the weekend. Now that winter is here and we are eating less grilled meats but more stews and hearty food, I thought that I could cook for the week. This meant that all Luke and I would have to do when we got home from a tiring day at work would be to reheat our food and mooch on the couch.

SO, Sunday was chosen to be the epic cooking day. I made curried sausages, chicken stew, a huge batch of chili con carne (con beans and musshrooms too might I add!), glutinous chicken rice AND some begedils! (They deserve their own post, which I will write in time...). When it came to today (Tuesday), Luke and I were spoilt for choice... WHAT WERE WE GOING TO EAT....

We decided on the chili, but as it was already cooked, I thought that I should try my hand at making some fresh tortillas. I had just found a recipe online and it looked easy enough... so why not?

The outcome?

They were PERFECT and absolutely delicious! It is true what they say, once you have had home made tortillas, you will NEVER go back to store bought! After devouring this for dinner with my chili, lettuce, tomato, cheese and sour cream - I agree!

Nom nom nom...

x

Vale Jimmy...

This is a bit late, but it was hard for me to write anything about Jimmy and not burst into tears.
The world lost this amazing man on 20 March 2012. My thoughts and prayers go out to his wife and two children.




Thank you Jim, for saving our beloved footy club, for working tirelessly with the underprivileged youth, for helping so many achieve their potential. Thank you for fighting your illness so courageously, giving hope to all who were the in the same boat. Thank you for showing us all that you can do anything if you put your mind to it. Thank you, for your incredible legacy.

Rest in peace, Jimmy. You were larger than life and well loved by many. Gone, but not forgotten. The world is definitely a lesser place without you.

x