Friday Post

From the Country...

"A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember."

OUR CAMPING ADVENTURE

From the City and the Country....

Our gear:

enough delicious food to feed an army (including the ingredients to make a from scratch cherry chocolate cake)

4 tents

2 babies (a 4 and a 5 month old)

three wild country boys

2 husbands

1 old friend

1 dog

2 beach umbrellas

4 packs of playing cards

enough smores makings for three whole days (thats two bags of marshmellows, 1 large jar of chocolate hazelnut spread and two boxes of graham crackers)

1 canoe

1 camera to document it all

Dead Beat Blogger Returns!!!

Whoa, whoa whoa. As you can tell Laura and I have been finding it increasingly difficult to blog, life is busy, there is always something on the go and I'm even finding it hard to cook and create

recipes. Brutal, I know.So here's just a tidbit of what I've been up to:

Camping with the girls on the long weekend

Robyn's Sweet Potato Salad

Camping Feet

Raspberry Bran Muffins: Recipe here

Ruby sunning herself

Tam's chocolate chip cookies

Breakfast

Breakfast

Ali and her gold coat

Of course

Spinach Salad

Black Bean Burritos : recipe here Made without Meat

The View

Robyn

Ali

Amy and Hayley

New Potato

Salad: Recipe Down Below

Grilled Zucchini

Tam in the Sun

Fire Roasted Chicken

New Potato Salad:

1 1/2 quarts new potatoes, washed but of course with the skins, boil gently until slightly soft not mushy, 15-20 min.

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1 tbsp dijon mustard

1/4 cup olive oil

2 cloves fresh garlic

a whack of rosemary (large bunch)

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Puree everything except the potatoes in your food processor.

Pour over cooled potatoes and allow to chill for atleast two hours.

Enjoy!