Sorry for the lack of posts. I know Christmas and New Years have come and gone. But I hope you are happy and healthy so far this year!
Seriously, December is pretty much a write-off for our family. Jacob's birthday, the boys' birthday, Christmas parties, Christmas, New Years. It's madness.
So here is the crazy chaos that is December...
Our Playcentre Christmas Party/Teddy Bear Picnic
Little men following the big kids on a hike.
The Cool Santa sporting Ray Ban Sunnies, of course.
Uncle Jeremy - I mean - Santa giving Wim his gift.
Back at home - we slowly welcomed Summer and the Holiday Season
The boys learning some proper gardening skills
Making Xmas Cards
Star biscuits!!
The Wellington Multiple Births Christmas Party
H & J checking out another Santa.
More gifts from Santa!
The serious business of meeting Santa!
The boys had their second birthday as well! Jacob did an amazing job baking both cakes and cooking up a storm on the BBQ! It was a very small party, but thankfully fairly chilled out compared to their first birthdays!
It always makes me slightly angry when I find simple recipes like this that I could have been making for ages! Way too easy, way too yummy, way too quickly eaten. The recipe I actually used was from the Treats from Little and Friday. (which of course I'm dying to go visit the cafe in Auckland.)
Check out the book at least. There are so many great recipes.
Good cheese and fresh herbs from the garden.
Yes, I cheated. Store bought puff pastry.
Messy twisties.
And yummmmmm. Amazing warm out of the oven.
Yummy for boys, and yummy puff pastry crumbs on the floor for Timmy.
These are something I make quite often. I found the original recipe here when I was just starting out Baby Led Weaning and solids with the boys. They are nice little afternoon tea snacks and yes, there is a bit of sugar in them, it's not ALL bad. Besides, I think Jacob and I eat most of them!
The last batch of these I made, I had some handsome help in the kitchen!
Here is our latest version of them!
The Always Keen to Help Hendrik.
Preheat your oven to 180C and line a baking tray, 20x25cm, with parchment paper.
Place all of the dry ingredients into a big bowl and mix to combine. The key is to have 3 cups of a mix of oats, fruit, nuts etc. We use our favourite muesli from Moore Wilson's that has oats, almonds, papaya, raisins, and such. Then we add in anything else we like.
Melt the coconut oil and golden syrup, it doesn't combine as well as butter, but still does the trick in the long run.
Pour the syrup mixture into the dry bits bowl and stir to combine. Pour it all into the baking tray and pop in the oven.
Bake for about 20 minutes. Take it out of the oven and let it cool completely before cutting. This is the hardest part, especially if Jacob's around to sneak a few nibbles off.
We leave it in a airtight container in the pantry, I wouldn't know HOW long it would last, as it's usually gone in a couple of days.
H & W proud of their efforts.
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Muesli Bars with Coconut Oil
by August-14-2014
Ingredients
125 grams coconut oil
1/4 cup golden syrup
1 1/2 cup rolled oats, or we use our favourite muesli
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup self raising flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 180C and line a baking tray, 20x25cm, with parchment paper.
Place all of the dry ingredients into a big bowl and mix to combine.
Melt the coconut oil and golden syrup in a saucepan.
Pour the syrup mixture into the dry bits bowl and stir to combine.
Pour it all into the baking tray and press it down and into the corners of the tray and pop in the oven.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Take it out of the oven and let it cool completely before cutting.
