Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Queens Birthday Posted in Lunch A wet cold winter weekend - SOB winter is offically here. James was rather cross at the weather - Todd & him had built a grass sled & wanted to try it out but the rain wouldn't stop. He reminded me of a caged lion - he just loves being out doors so to be cooped up is not fun. A long weekend for Queens Birthday - We had lots of visitors pop in. Bill & Robyn came & got the ram - we are rather fond of him - but he is not going to be sausages but will be used for a few more seasons - so that was nice to know. Bill put some wood on truck much appreciated & Brent cut it up so it's all in our stash. James had Todd stay the weekend - he wanted to learn to make bread - so he whipped a batch in bread maker so it would be all ready for breakfast. He was very proud of his bread and will make it at home in his bread maker. Lunch I put on a big vege soup. I add any root vege basically. 2 onions 4 cloves garlic pumpkin, kumera, potatoes, carrots & a few celery stalks. Cover with water & let it boil away, Salt n pepper to taste. MMM nice on a winters day to warm you up. Can add a bacon hock if wanted but I just tend to make a vege soup.  A quick, warm, filling cheap meal. Oh I also whizz it up so there are no lumps. My Basic loaf of bread is 1 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons of yeast - Edmonds sure bake 3 teaspoons of sugar 3 cups flour 1 1/4 cups warm water 1 tablespoon of olive oil. I use this base for all bread - and I use the bread maker - a real time saver. I either fully make the loaf in the bread maker or set it to dough cycle which takes 2 1/2 hours the I mold it or add toppings like I did for the Poppy seed bread. And then bake it in the oven - I do this way often if short of time. One can also mold them into buns II use same base recipe for fruit bread - but just add spices & fruit. Just another wholesome cheap meal. - • Post A Comment! • Send to a Friend! Comments Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - About the bears Posted by MissionaryMom We've had them around twice now. The first time it was at 3:30 am and we had to chase them off. This time they were bold to come in the middle of the day. Feeding them would be the worst thing to do. They are looking for food. We don't want them to stay around. Last year bears did a lot of damage around here. We don't want to worry about the kids playing outside either. Thanks for asking! Carol • Permanent Link