Monday, 10 June 2013

Rubarb & Date Crumble... noms...

Mmmm, pudding....  perfect for cold wintry nights!  I thought I would re-share one of my all time favourites to keep you warm and full and satisfied during these chilly evenings!


For the rhubarb:
- 600g rhubarb, cut into 2cm pieces
- 3 large apples, peeled, cored and cut into 2cm pieces
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 1 cup pitted dates, halved
- 1/2 sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Place all the ingredients in a large saucepan, mix together and place on medium-high heat.  Simmer for about 15 minutes until the fruit just starts to break down.  Pour into your favourite ovenproof dish.  The fruit should be 3-4cm deep in the base.

For the crumble:
- 3/4 rolled oats
- 1/2 cup soft brown sugar
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 cup roasted unsalted macadamias, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 100g unsalted butter, cut into 1cm cubes

Place all the ingredients except the cream in a large mixing bowl.  Rub together by hand until the mixture begins to come together, but is still quite coarse.  There should be no visible chunks of butter.  Spoon the crumble evenly over the rhubarb mix then refrigerate until required.

Preheat the oven to 200'C then bake the crumble for 20 minutes or until the topping is golden and crisp.

Dish out the crumble into bowls and serve with whipped cream or ice-cream (as we do!).
Recipe by Al Brown from Cuisine magazine July 2010

Sharing is Caring ... Enjoy :)
L xx

Linking up with lovely foodie Ange.
Fun with Food

Winner Winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered the Stuck On You Giveaway!

Random.org has drawn a winner for us and....
 
Congrats Remaliah!

I'll be in touch soon with details : )

Don't forget to check out Stuck On You's great new party range! It's pretty awesome!

Have a happy Tuesday : )
L xx

Sunday, 9 June 2013

Matariki Crafting Blog Hop Fun!

Happy Monday Peeps!

Lovely Juliet is hosting a winter "get your craft on" inspirational blog hop over the next couple of weeks.


Head on over to her blog to see who is lined up to get in you in the mood to craft the winter away! There are also some amazing prizes to be won - go on, have a look!


And don't forget to enter the Stuck on You Giveaway - winner will be drawn tomorrow :)
Have a great day!
L xx

Thursday, 6 June 2013

Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Show & Tell - Chirpy Cushion

Good Morning Lovelies

Show & Tell Thursday's

Hope you're well and truly into the short week and enjoyed the long weekend!

A number of months ago a friend and I were browsing Pinterest and came across this Pin.  She exclaimed she loved it, and so the minute she left I pinned it for future reference.  (The source of the pin is this blog.)


Fast forward a few months and her birthday was coming up... what to do, what to do... Aha! Lightbulb!  Why hello there little pin!

I grabbed some natural linen, visaflix, tree fabric, bird fabric, a cushion, pencil, scissors, iron, along with some embroidery cotton and a needle.  I decided to make it a simple envelope back so set about working out the dimensions of the cover, drew a mirror image of the tree and birds onto the visaflix, then ironed that onto the tree and bird fabric, cut out, iron items on to the linen.

Blanket stitch around all objects adding eyes, legs and feet.  And lastly sewed the sides together to complete the cover and popped the cushion in.  Tada!

And now.... the winner of the Awesome Skeinz Giveaway is... Pearlin with her lovely Scarf and Hat!  Yay and congrats Pearlin - I'll be in touch soon to make arrangements : )

The giveaway for June is currently a work in progress... I will be back very soon I hope with some details!

In the meantime link up and go wild - cant wait to see what you've been making!
L xx



Show & Tell Thursday's



Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Party, party, partaaaaaaaayy!!

I don't know about you, but....  I don't think I've met a kid who doesn't like a party...  and I have it on good authority there are one or two mum's out there who do too!

Last week the lovely folk at Stuck on You asked me if you guys would be interested in hearing about their new range of party goodies...


Nah, of course not.  You don't want to know about the different themes available do you?



And maybe you'd be interested in trying some of these new sparkly items...?


Nah, definitely not.  Who wants to choose their own colours and fonts anyway?


But I thought it would be worth a shot putting it out there right? ; )


So, if you're at all interested in winning a $25 Stuck on You Voucher... just leave a comment (and perhaps a great party success or disaster story) to go in the draw! The winner will be drawn randomly and announced next Tuesday (11 June).

Yay for parties!  And good luck : )
L xx

Monday, 3 June 2013

Just a heads up...

Hi Guys,

Just a heads up... Stuck on You are celebrating 1 Million happy customers by offering 25% off their entire store along with Free Shipping!!  Just click on the picture below or head to their Facebook page for more info : )


I've just ordered a couple of items I've been oogling for a while... : ) Yay!

Also - I'll be back in the next day or two with a Stuck on You giveaway - double yay!
Hope you're enjoying your long weekend!
L x