Okay, so dish #2 was a hit! It is from South Africa, and is called BOBOTIE. It is kind of a twist on meatloaf. Very interesting blend of spices and ingredients. I fed this to my Sister, her husband and their son. Everyone loved it! Deanna brought a rice pilaf to go with it, and I served mixed veggies on the side! Great meal!!!
Minced lamb or beef, or a mixture of the two (I would use 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. meat)
butter, vegetable oil
2 onions, chopped
1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 slices bread, crumbled
1/4 cup milk
finely grated rind and juice of 1/2 small lemon
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt, and milled black pepper
3 oz. dried apricots, chopped
1 Granny Smith apple peeled, cored and chopped
1/4 cup sultana raisins
1 1/2 oz. slivered almonds, roasted in a dry frying pan
6 lemon, orange, or bay leaves
Topping
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preparation
Set the oven at 325. Butter a large casserole. Heat butter and oil in a saucepan and fry the onion and garlic until translucent. Stir in the curry powder and turmeric, and cook briefly until fragrant. Remove the pot from the heat.
Mix in the meat. Add the crumbs, milk, lemon rind and juice, egg, salt, pepper, apricots, apple, raisins and almonds. Mix. Pile into the casserole and level the top. Roll up the leaves and bury them at regular intervals. Seal with foil and bake for 1 1/4 hours. Increase the oven temp to 400. Mix together the topping milk, eggs and salt (double the recipe if you need more), pour over and bake uncovered for a further 15 minutes until cooked and lightly browned. Serve with Yellow Rice (or Pilaf) and Blatjang (apricot,raisin chutney).
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Scrapbooking ....
So I've been alone now for what ... 5 weeks? I've got a little over a week left until the kids get home. What to do ... What to do? Hmmmmmm ....
I finally, after using every excuse not to, have brought out the scrapbooking supplies. For me, scrapbooking is very rewarding, and I LOVE reminiscing on old pictures. I love stressing over how to make the perfect page and display the pictures in all their beauty and "cuteness" (since, really, they're mostly just pics of my kids). Even found a couple of the Farmer's wife in there. You'd think I would have kept up with the task all these years!
But NOOOOOOOOOO ... I've found that it is also the easiest thing in my life to procrastinate about. For one thing, it takes up a lot of room and makes a big mess! It also takes a lot of preparation to get to the point where I can put the pictures on the pages. There's the picture sorting and the inventory taking and the shopping for new paper and supplies! Not to mention the preparation of the house in order to make enough room for scrapbooking. One needs to clean up the everyday mess in order to have enough room to make the mess of scrapbooking! Huh?
Of course, it is totally possible to complete 10-12 years of scrapbooking in 9 days! Isn't it? I started working on Liam's book first, I got about 3 pages done then arrived at Christmas 2002 .... What? No pictures? Do I even remember where we went that Christmas? Was that a Christmas that the kids were with their dad? Did we go to Saskatchewan? Did ANYBODY TAKE PICTURES??? HELP!!! Well, I obviously can't go on with Liam's book until I figure out what happened to those pictures...
DAY 1: 3 PAGES SCRAPBOOKED, KICKING SELF FOR NOT AT LEAST KEEPING THE PICTURES ORGANIZED IN THE BOX! BUT AT LEAST LIAM'S SCRAPBOOK IS ONLY 8-9 YEARS BEHIND ... THAT'S DO-ABLE!
On to John's book ... he's got a whole drawer full of pictures, but none are in order! Spend one entire day sorting pictures and still not done! Am really seriously thinking about pitching some pictures in the garbage! Yikes!!
DAY 2: 3 PAGES SCRAPBOOKED! THINKING, WOW, DID I EVER TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES OF MY FIRST BORN ... ISN'T HE CUTE? ... JOHN'S SCRAPBOOK IS ABOUT 12 YEARS BEHIND WITH A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF PICTURES TO SORT THROUGH. HAVING SERIOUS WORDS WITH SELF ABOUT KEEPING PICTURES NEATLY ORGANIZED IN BOXES!!
I am looking at Sara's pile of pictures. Oh my Gosh! Her pile is very small! Did I forget to take pictures of her?
DAY 3: 3 PAGES SCRAPBOOKED! BERATING SELF FOR NOT TAKING ENOUGH PICTURES OF SARA. I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF A MOTHER AM I ANYWAY?!! (BUT WON'T IT BE EASY TO PUT HER ALBUM TOGETHER!) SWEAR TO TAKE MORE PICTURES OF HER FROM NOW ON.
I am thinking DIGITAL photo albums for Lily! Are you picking up what I'm laying down?
I finally, after using every excuse not to, have brought out the scrapbooking supplies. For me, scrapbooking is very rewarding, and I LOVE reminiscing on old pictures. I love stressing over how to make the perfect page and display the pictures in all their beauty and "cuteness" (since, really, they're mostly just pics of my kids). Even found a couple of the Farmer's wife in there. You'd think I would have kept up with the task all these years!
But NOOOOOOOOOO ... I've found that it is also the easiest thing in my life to procrastinate about. For one thing, it takes up a lot of room and makes a big mess! It also takes a lot of preparation to get to the point where I can put the pictures on the pages. There's the picture sorting and the inventory taking and the shopping for new paper and supplies! Not to mention the preparation of the house in order to make enough room for scrapbooking. One needs to clean up the everyday mess in order to have enough room to make the mess of scrapbooking! Huh?
Of course, it is totally possible to complete 10-12 years of scrapbooking in 9 days! Isn't it? I started working on Liam's book first, I got about 3 pages done then arrived at Christmas 2002 .... What? No pictures? Do I even remember where we went that Christmas? Was that a Christmas that the kids were with their dad? Did we go to Saskatchewan? Did ANYBODY TAKE PICTURES??? HELP!!! Well, I obviously can't go on with Liam's book until I figure out what happened to those pictures...
DAY 1: 3 PAGES SCRAPBOOKED, KICKING SELF FOR NOT AT LEAST KEEPING THE PICTURES ORGANIZED IN THE BOX! BUT AT LEAST LIAM'S SCRAPBOOK IS ONLY 8-9 YEARS BEHIND ... THAT'S DO-ABLE!
On to John's book ... he's got a whole drawer full of pictures, but none are in order! Spend one entire day sorting pictures and still not done! Am really seriously thinking about pitching some pictures in the garbage! Yikes!!
DAY 2: 3 PAGES SCRAPBOOKED! THINKING, WOW, DID I EVER TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES OF MY FIRST BORN ... ISN'T HE CUTE? ... JOHN'S SCRAPBOOK IS ABOUT 12 YEARS BEHIND WITH A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF PICTURES TO SORT THROUGH. HAVING SERIOUS WORDS WITH SELF ABOUT KEEPING PICTURES NEATLY ORGANIZED IN BOXES!!
I am looking at Sara's pile of pictures. Oh my Gosh! Her pile is very small! Did I forget to take pictures of her?
DAY 3: 3 PAGES SCRAPBOOKED! BERATING SELF FOR NOT TAKING ENOUGH PICTURES OF SARA. I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF A MOTHER AM I ANYWAY?!! (BUT WON'T IT BE EASY TO PUT HER ALBUM TOGETHER!) SWEAR TO TAKE MORE PICTURES OF HER FROM NOW ON.
I am thinking DIGITAL photo albums for Lily! Are you picking up what I'm laying down?
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